Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] time [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But arguing for the additional time and money and confronting the critics transformed a potential failure into a ringing success . |
| 2 | Universities are ready to go for the big time and exploit their earning capacity in a way they have n't in the past . |
| 3 | The Direct Tableware Company sales director Roger Young agrees that it will be next spring before any real growth in catering occurs , but he thinks there might be a slight upturn next month in the top-up business : ‘ It 's heading for the busy time and you ca n't serve customers without knives and forks . ’ |
| 4 | It was what she saw as the excessive time and attention given to the ‘ South Bank ’ theologians which she objected to most strongly , feeling that it would only be a matter of time before the Governors took action to alter the position . |
| 5 | If one accepts the story of Molla Yegan 's bringing Molla Gurani to the Ottoman court-and there seems no reason not to-then on the basis of what appears to be the fairly firm evidence for this part of Molla Gurani 's career , Molla Yegan 's return from his journey can not be dated earlier than 845/1441–2 ; and on the reasonable assumption that the purpose of Molla Yegan 's journey was to make the pilgrimage , it seems entirely likely that it was in the year 844/1440–1 , the same year that Molla Gurani made his abortive pilgrimage , that Molla Yegan also performed the hajj and that the two met somewhere after that pilgrimage , though clear information about the actual time and place of their meeting is entirely lacking . |
| 6 | Life is full of ups and downs , but you should enjoy it more if you are able to think about the good times and you 'll feel better able to cope when the bad times are around . |
| 7 | This type of loving commitment can bring a marriage through the rough times and into full blossom again . |
| 8 | I worked with him in the theatre , through the good times and the bad times . |
| 9 | Having watched Leeds from an early age when my father was a season ticket holder in the 60's , I have been through the good times and the bad times . |
| 10 | In 1940 he had been quite prepared , if need be , to serve in a dangerous capacity in the ranks because he felt he could be more useful in such a rôle at that critical moment in the country 's affairs , rather than go through the extra time and training there and then for a commission . |
| 11 | The village founded by King Billy has come through the bad times and it has not surrendered . |
| 12 | Whatever may be the attitude of any individual teacher , if s/he does not receive adequate support from the school in implementing change , s/he is likely to give up , or decide that the innovation is not worth the extra time and energy required . |
| 13 | Is the certificate worth the extra time and considerable effort involved on top of implementing a TQM programme ? |
| 14 | The proposed courses for the next term confirm that the college will be only using fifty percent of the available time and space for eight months of the year . |
| 15 | HERE JACKIE HAYDEN TALKS TO TWO OF THE JUDGES FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION , DERMOT O'SHEA , ART EDITOR OF THE IRISH TIMES AND COLM HENRY , IRELAND 'S LEADING ROCK PHOTOGRAPHER WHOSE CLIENTS INCLUDE U2 AND HOT PRESS , ABOUT THE COMPETITION IN PARTICULAR AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN GENERAL |
| 16 | Barbara Coleman would detest the solitude , the place would bring back memories of the good times and she would be confronted more than ever with the evidence that the good times had gone . |
| 17 | Two others who also became central figures within Johnny 's Circus were Bobby 's friend peter Dunbar , later to become art editor of The Financial Times and subsequently The Economist , and an Italian youth called Eric Verrico who , though not interested in talking about books , occupied a definite position because of his astonishing good looks . |
| 18 | This is an attractive idea , but for most adults the goal of learning through communicating naturally in the language throughout the day will , sadly , never be a practical one ; we have to continue to make use of something like formal classroom teaching because of the limited time and resources available . |
| 19 | The investment is measured in terms of the irrecoverable time and expenses involved in the learning process . |
| 20 | They had hit on the idea of advertising ( discreetly ) in things like the Financial Times and the Economist . |
| 21 | I sat down with the Financial Times and tried to count how many people were actually smoking underneath no-smoking signs . |
| 22 | Then there was the printing works : it had kept pace with the changing times and if it was put on the market there would be plenty of interest . |
| 23 | Most of these were undetectable in that there were few enquiries I could pursue after the event ; for example , the purse stolen by an unknown thief an hour or two prior to the report and perhaps with the exact time and location of the theft unknown left little chance for skilled investigation . |
| 24 | There is also a special utility called a HAM Package for amateur radio enthusiasts , in which a user can enter a call sign and the position of the remote station will be marked on the map , together with the local time and location information . |
| 25 | There is also a special utility called a HAM Package for amateur radio enthusiasts , in which a user can enter a call sign and the position of the remote station will be marked on the map , together with the local time and location information . |
| 26 | Paddy Ashdown really is convinced that he can take the Lib Dems into the big time but not just yet . |
| 27 | Yep … thanks Chappie … you helped pull us back into the big time and gave us a lot of enjoyment ( even when you fell over when trying to control the ball : - ) . |
| 28 | We know that the Trojan War , you know erm , what 's described in the Iliad and the Odyssey to the kiddies and er all these Greek and Greek heroes , we know that war actually happened , but it happened an awful long time before these poems were written and er Freud 's view is that what happens in a culture is there 's some initial traumatic event like the French Revolution or Trojan War , there 's a period of latency during which it seems to be forgotten about and nothing very much happens anyway , and then at a later stage it comes back again , there 's a return of a repressed and er Freud erm Freud quotes one or two other examples , er of the same kind of thing and Mike 's example is a very good one albeit er perhaps it 's good because it 's so recent , so the point you 're making Mike is that are you saying that Freud 's analogy is , is credible where French history and even industrial relations is concerned that there was a trauma , the Revolution of seventeen eighty nine , there were latency periods and then this kept coming back from the repressed time and time again ? |
| 29 | For instance , if the surveyor failed to carry out his inspection and to present his report within the agreed time and as a result a house at a bargain price was lost , then a claim could properly be made for compensation . |
| 30 | If that action is not taken within the agreed time and your debtor 's promise is broken you must immediately move to the next collection stage . |