Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Time is , of course , the major direct cost in a building surveying practice and a disciplined time recording system , backed by well-calculated hourly rates based on the relationship between productive and non-productive time expected from the grade of partner or staff member concerned in a normal working year , is essential |
| 2 | I I 've learnt the Pitman school but to a basic level and a long time ago and a lot of it is now forgotten . . |
| 3 | She does this with every class in the school and each class has a fixed day and a fixed time . |
| 4 | A fixed part of the Order Paper and a fixed time was first set aside for questions in 1869 . |
| 5 | Most of those who met the future candidate on the Sailing Party were struck by his insatiable appetite for debate and a good time . |
| 6 | Those people whose first job on leaving unemployment was a " temporary " one were more likely to suffer multiple spells of unemployment , to hold many jobs , to experience a longer time in unemployment and a shorter time in employment over the 20 months following their initial registration than those whose first job was a " permanent " one [ see Tables 4.3.5 ] . |
| 7 | Particular genes can be switched on and off at particular times because the bottleneck/growth-cycle calendar ensures that there is such a thing as a particular time . |
| 8 | I had with the permission of the deputy general secretary leave of conference yesterday I was in London to be told of a further nine hundred redundancies from a company that a short time ago was telling us , and if you look at my report you 'll have to delete the first paragraph where they had secured orders and the security of our members ' employment only to be told yesterday , nine hundred will go . |
| 9 | ‘ But it has been a wonderful year and a wonderful time for me . |
| 10 | The difference between having a good time and a bad time is so minimal it 's unbelievable , but this , with three points for a win , situation it makes it so hard to say well we 're a bottom side , we 're a top side , all of a sudden in half a dozen games we could be like a top side . |
| 11 | but there 's a right time and a wrong time for doing it , see cos basically if you were getting the money , the phone calls that were , that were done a since Christmas right , I 'm not sure how the bill runs , it probably runs December , January , February er I think they run a quarter on the phone bill , and its a three month period |
| 12 | ‘ But we had beautiful weather and a marvellous time , ’ said Mrs Williams . |