Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] in a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could imagine institutions , for example , being told to be in a different position perhaps in five years ' time or ten years ' time , and being able to do this by a variety of means , working towards it , whereas , it seems to me it 's a very much harder problem , although it 's , it 's understandable as I said in the , in the present circumstances , to actually be able to take on this properly and do a proper job of change in a time scale of perhaps one year or maybe even less than that in some cases . |
| 2 | I do n't like just doing research without communicating it , and I think if you 've got an interest and you can communicate it well to people , then it stimulates their enjoyment and of course in a time when there 's going to have to be more and more leisure I think that 's very important . |
| 3 | And I think if you 've got an interest and you can communicate it well to people , then it stimulates their enjoyment , and of course in a time when there 's going to have to be more and more leisure , I think that 's very important . |
| 4 | Internationally , there were already questions being asked about the place of sport in a time of war . |
| 5 | Robert Bossu had pursued the dispute here to Shrewsbury in search of diversion in a time of frustration and inaction , a pity he must be denied the best of the joke that was so much more than merely a joke . |
| 6 | The European Community is the economic anchor of the New Europe , a force for stability in a time of turbulence . |
| 7 | By John Roman Baker , comprising Crying Celibate Tears , The Ice Pick and Freedom to Party , these award-winning plays explore man 's relation to man in a time of crisis , where the war against the HIV virus is at is fiercest . |
| 8 | ‘ Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep ’ is set on Earth in a time after ‘ world war terminus ’ . |
| 9 | Set against the sweeping backdrop of adventure on the high seas , TREASURE ISLAND charts a boy 's search for treasure in a time of danger and piracy . |