Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose that the contract contains a simple time limit clause such as : The Buyer will notify the Seller of any claim it may have against the Seller for breach of contract within three days of delivery and that the seller delivers short of the required quantity and the goods are later found to suffer from a latent defect . |
| 2 | Note that the cavity feedback involves a finite time delay , of order in certain circumstances this enables the Maxwell-Bloch equations ( required to relate E ( L , t + L/c ) to E ( 0 , t ) ) plus cavity boundary conditions , to be expressed as a discrete mapping in steps of tR — this has been extensively studied in the context of passive resonators , and will be elaborated below . |
| 3 | The race build up has been disrupted by the controversy over an attempt to impose a minimum time limit of 1hr 50min , because of road closures . |
| 4 | The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time . |
| 5 | The prospect of another two years of study seemed a long time . |
| 6 | The quantitative details of classical electromagnetism yield an estimated time of about 10 -8 seconds for this collapse to occur . |
| 7 | The tobacco industry plans a long time ahead . |
| 8 | But they did n't reckon with her burning ambition to win a third time . |
| 9 | The seal spent a long time underwater , thinking . |
| 10 | This trend will be most prevalent among larger companies that find downsizing takes a long time due to the complexity of their computing environment . |
| 11 | This trend will be most prevelant among larger companies that find downsizing takes a long time due to the complexity of their computing environment . |
| 12 | I go out all day to college having a lovely time while you stay at home making yourself ill . |
| 13 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
| 14 | You 're the only person there wearing the ball gown , you 're the only person there getting their photograph taken a hundred times over |
| 15 | The omission of the verb gives an immediacy which would be missing from a construction such as It is a virgin scene ( where the present tense is a direct attempt to make a coding time and content time the same ) . |
| 16 | Most parents graduate to giving one warning after the initial command so that the child has a little time in which to respond but parents need to be very careful that they do n't lapse into nagging to get the child to comply again . |
| 17 | ‘ The coach arrived a long time ago ! |
| 18 | If the WC cistern takes a long time to fill , it is possible that a high-pressure type of ballvalve has been fitted instead of a low-pressure type ( page 38 ) or that there is dirt in the valve orifice . |
| 19 | The girl spent a long time wondering whether she could pluck up courage to mention she 'd thought of going to the Swimming Gala if her mother really felt there was nothing she could do . |
| 20 | The 1988–89 Committee spent a long time agonising over the problem of how to keep the broadcasters at arms length , so that their editors would not be able to provide the signal in ways that might be journalistically attractive but would be repugnant to Members . |
| 21 | The telephone rang a few times , and then her father answered in his clipped , business-like voice . |
| 22 | Although the academic study of Roman law took a long time to have practical effect , by the 1170s and 1180s it was occasionally cited authoritatively in some at least of the courts of the south . |
| 23 | You 've probably had this question asked a hundred times , but is Lemmings going to be converted to the C64 ? |
| 24 | His philosophy took a long time to be appreciated , partly because he never pushed his own work , which was subsequently overshadowed by that of Wittgenstein . |
| 25 | In one country at least — the Cameroon — a research institute , The Institute for the Reform of Primary Education at Buea , was set up in 1974 with reasonable resources in terms of personnel ( a team of twelve to fifteen nationals and experts has been employed ) , adequate funding jointly from Government and UNESCO/UNDP , and in its initial stages a sensible time scale to work to . |
| 26 | Also the carbs on the SD1 V8 engine take a long time to return to idle when you take your foot off the throttle . |
| 27 | ‘ The old boy married a second time and she 's a splendid woman . |
| 28 | Raffles , stalls and a junior golf competition on the practice green ensured a great time was had by all . |
| 29 | The London Implementation Group has a full time press officer working alongside colleagues in the Thames regions . |
| 30 | All money purchase schemes are potentially unpredictable , and are especially likely to lose value through monetary inflation ( and not least if the annuitant lives a long time ) unless the annuity is fully index-linked , which is not the case under present legislation . |