Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a time [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | What we had at Maastricht was old hat ; it was living in a time warp . |
| 2 | It 's like living on a time bomb ! |
| 3 | ‘ We 're living on a time bomb ’ |
| 4 | OUTRAGED residents living in the shadow of ICI 's Lostock plant yesterday claimed they were ‘ living on a time bomb . ’ |
| 5 | Entering one of the 104 spacious suites is like stepping into a time warp . |
| 6 | Provided that the party relying on a time bar clause can establish a need for such a clause — which will be relatively easy in a commercial contract — and provided that the period stipulated is not unreasonable , such a clause will probably be enforceable under the Act . |
| 7 | DNA changes by biological evolution only on a time scale of millions of years , but our powers of destruction are increasing on a time scale for the evolution of information , which is now only twenty or thirty years . |
| 8 | Suppose we have quarterly figures y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , y 4 , y 5 , Then the first 4-quarter moving average will be corresponding to a time point midway between the second and third quarters , and the second will be corresponding to a time midway between the third and fourth quarters . |
| 9 | I 'm thinking of a time scale of about ten years ahead . |
| 10 | When Maddren was appointed manager , he sent for Pallister , who was working as a time clerk and playing non-League football . |