Example sentences of "[num] [noun] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's best to try to memorise all this in small sections — say , six to eight notes at a time — until you can play each complete scale pattern ascending and descending in thirds in time with a metronome . |
| 2 | Ministers could borrow up to fifty books at a time . |
| 3 | The engine was recorded as having a total time of 302.30 hours at the time of the accident . |
| 4 | Steven Osbourne , 30 , used three lines nearly every day for six months — sometimes for 22 hours at a time — to ring the Wheel of Fortune . |
| 5 | This means that your monthly payments are the same for 12 months at a time , unlike the standard variable rate , which goes up and down as base rates change . |
| 6 | Sarah said that the Carmen Curls were quick and effective to use , ‘ although I would prefer to use more than 12 rollers at a time ’ . |
| 7 | Children under 2 years at the time of the return journey travel for just £15 on all flights . |
| 8 | Children aged under 2 years at the time of departure are covered free of charge , provided all other persons on the Booking Form are insured under this scheme . |
| 9 | As Mr Jones points out , losing a student for 12 weeks at a time is extremely disruptive to a small office and costly to the practice . |
| 10 | More functions with prof shaping ( model 2 pieces at a time ) |
| 11 | In 1940 , there were about 400000 km 2 of forest in Central America and this was reduced to about half by 1987 , compared with perhaps 500000km 2 standing at the time of the arrival of Europeans in the early sixteenth century , when there was a large population : the Mayas with shifting cultivation and intensive terraced agriculture . |
| 12 | Teams of 12 firefighters at a time enter the building in a bid to reach the source of the fire . |
| 13 | Kanof et al reported a decrease in height velocity in 88% of Tanner 1 or 2 patients at the time of diagnosis and before treatment . |
| 14 | These are two week holidays for 30 people at a time . |
| 15 | A fleet of 50,000 tons at the time of Drake had become a grander fleet of 200,000 tons a century later when Samuel Pepys was " clerk of the king 's ships " . |
| 16 | In a large frying or saute pan put a slab of butter ( I use a good quality butter and find that it pays to prepare 2 lb. at a time since it keeps almost indefinitely and is immeasurably superior to fresh butter for frying bread , croquettes , rissoles , fish cakes , veal escalopes , fish à la meunière and a score of other tricky cooking jobs ) . |
| 17 | Fry 5–6 skins at a time , for 1–2 mins , and drain on absorbent kitchen paper before serving . |
| 18 | The ‘ starlab2 will boost limited resources for studying astronomy and will be able to accommodate 30 pupils at a time . |
| 19 | It had a strength of forty men at the time of the shooting and carried out surveillance work in areas where uniformed trooPs could not move freely . |
| 20 | ‘ If such an experiment were successful , I would n't care to be within thirty or forty miles at the time . ’ |
| 21 | That is also when you hear stories of doubting runners who have not covered more than 12 miles at a time in training suddenly attempting a 20-miler four days before the actual marathon , just to see if they can get that far ! |
| 22 | - People start using the curious phrase ‘ Indian Summer ’ if the sun stays out for more than 10 minutes at a time . |
| 23 | Classic FM , a consortium led by GWR Group , a local radio-station owner , plans to offer ‘ classical music in a pop format , ie , no more than 45 minutes at a time ’ . |
| 24 | At the end of one week she discovered that he rocked , on average , for 45 minutes at a time . |
| 25 | They also complained at the release of another man detained with Dalkammoni , Marwant Khreesat , reportedly a Jordanian or West German intelligence agent who was believed to have produced a total of five or six bombs at the time . |
| 26 | ( Children saw three , five , or six rods at a time , with different numbers of beads on each . |
| 27 | The system will provide access to at least two fortieths , and up to three fortieths , of the dictionary at any time ( i.e. from about 16,000 to 24,000 entries at a time ) . |
| 28 | Thereafter , warrants were issued for only two months , though they could be renewed for one month at a time in the case of those issued to the police , and six months at a time in the case of those issued to the security services . |
| 29 | But it is also true that warrants to the security services may be renewed for six months at a time . |
| 30 | It was intended that John would spend six months at a time with each of his parents , but when Grace was due to have him back , Herbert took her into John 's room , which was the larger of the two bedrooms in the flat . |