Example sentences of "[num] [adj] of the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was this guideline followed : 1 Hardly any of the time ? 2 Some of the time ? 3 Most of the time ? 4 All of the time ? |
| 2 | Was this guideline followed : 1 Hardly any of the time ? 2 Some of the time ? 3 Most of the time ? 4 All of the time ? |
| 3 | Was this guideline followed : 1 Hardly any of the time ? 2 Some of the time ? 3 Most of the time ? 4 All of the time ? |
| 4 | If a message can be compressed one hundred times , it can be transmitted in one hundredth of the time , or transmitted at the same speed through a channel with one hundredth of the band width , and it can be stored in one hundredth of the volume of the original . |
| 5 | This is one sixth of the time . |
| 6 | Now we want this job in one sixth of the time . |
| 7 | One sixth of the time . |
| 8 | You do , in fact , dream , for up to one fifth of the time you 're asleep . |
| 9 | If I go ten times as fast , I get there in one tenth of the time . |
| 10 | A good computer system will reduce the processing of applicants to about one tenth of the time required under a manual system . |
| 11 | In many companies there would undoubtedly be scope for reducing staff , or at any rate switching resources to more productive tasks , bearing in mind that the system reduces recruitment administration to one tenth of the time required under a manual system . |
| 12 | The rules say that any beam-line must be available for general use at least one third of the time . |
| 13 | We want it done two twelfths of the time . |
| 14 | That 's how many gangs erm that 's two twelfths of the time , so it 's one sixth . |