Example sentences of "[noun sg] in the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When the Department of Health at the turn of the year invited bids for the money available nationally we could put in a very detailed bid in the tight time scale . ’ |
| 2 | He had put on weight in the short time since going to Mrs Gracie 's ; he was plump . |
| 3 | It did n't seem much on its own but , when it was added to other suggested improvements , it could mean that each operator could put four parts on to each car in the same time . ’ |
| 4 | This policy has been international in scope , as was presaged by LIFFE 's early attempt to use its niche in the European time zone to create a market in US T-bond futures , for which the CBoT had established the world 's most successful futures contract in the US time zone . |
| 5 | It occurred to Thomas as he listened to her that Sara had not changed a whit in the whole time they had been married . |
| 6 | As she put it , " a larger amount of this work can be got over than ordinary work in the same time , and a larger wage is earned by those on piece-work . |
| 7 | If you have not finished your first choice question in the allotted time , stop writing and leave sufficient space to finish it later . |
| 8 | Mr. Peter Walker : It is difficult to answer such a question in the short time available for a parliamentary answer . |
| 9 | Their mission to take troops and weapons to any theatre of war in the quickest time possible . |
| 10 | She moved away from him and went over to the couch she had taken her ease in the last time she 'd been in this room . |
| 11 | You ca n't possibly do this job , ’ but his cases were always brought to a conclusion in the minimum time and , more importantly , with the minimum expense . |
| 12 | So the project was dropped , the local community in the intervening time had er , picked the p the project up if you like , to provide a community er , resource in the low town area of Bridgenorth . |
| 13 | ‘ I have n't spoken more than half a dozen words to your wife in the whole time you and I have been working together , ’ protested Matt . |
| 14 | It has taken him just five and a half years to make his mark in the big time . |
| 15 | So many , in fact , that even with our road hungry Citroën we could n't possibly have sampled the complete menu in the available time . |
| 16 | So many , in fact , that even with our road hungry Citroën we could n't possibly have sampled the complete menu in the available time . |
| 17 | Julia , who had come to understand a little of Allegra Wallington 's character in the short time they had spent together , was as anxious as David to prevent that happening . |
| 18 | It gives me the opportunity to see God in young people and watch them develop in their faith in the short time that they are here . |
| 19 | I think we must twist his arm to see if he can repeat the trick in the longer time available in one of our winter talks . |
| 20 | If the defendant in a default action does submit a defence in the prescribed time , the district judge fixes a date for the preliminary hearing , and the action proceeds in the same way as a fixed date action . |
| 21 | Then when you come to tell your story in the correct time sequence , with any luck the fact that X was there will not be apparent . |
| 22 | Now what I 'd like to do this afternoon in the short time that we have is to outline some of the ways in which the British government is helping to meet the challenges of under development . |
| 23 | The second distinction between the results here and those of Kreps and Wilson is the behaviour of play in the infinite time horizon case . |
| 24 | Sometimes the competitors jump a course of various jumps , those with a clear round will then either go against the clock — which means the person getting a clear round in the fastest time wins . |
| 25 | These two unconnected events were traumatic to Zambian self-confidence and policy.The project has , therefore , two levels of comparison : comparison between two images of Kaunda , each promoted by a separate school ; and comparison of Kaunda 's foreign policy in the two time periods — before and after 1980 . |
| 26 | One thing she 'd learned from Ace in the short time they 'd been together was to be quick on her feet . |
| 27 | and what of the man who 's got to mastermind Swindon 's first season in the big time … many only know John Gorman as Hoddle 's assistant … so who is he … what 's he about … |
| 28 | It did have ethical , social and political implications even for life in the present time , but it could not be reduced to these : rather it set the present in the light of God 's future . |
| 29 | Accepted procedural rules appear to be that the person selected must have the support of a majority in the House of Commons ( if need be , after a new general election ) , and that the Monarch must ‘ secure the strongest Government in the minimum time ’ while still observing the need for public impartiality . |
| 30 | The social worker tried to mediate without success in the available time . |