Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the threatened coal strike of 1925 , which occurred at more or less the same time , seemed to confirm this impression . |
| 2 | Miss Kenton and my father had arrived at the house at more or less the same time — that is to say , the spring of 1922 — as a consequence of my losing at one stroke the previous housekeeper and under-butler . |
| 3 | ( Johnston 1976 , p. 217 ) At more or less the same time , Laura Mulvey took the discussion of women 's desire and fantasy out of the realm of the ideological/symbolic . |
| 4 | When both partners retire at more or less the same time , the adjustment is often easiest to organise . |
| 5 | At more or less the same time , a heroin injector from Liverpool , who had also been dealing to finance his own habit , moved house to one of Wirral 's more affluent townships and began dealing in heroin on a large scale-in ounces and half-ounces . |
| 6 | Is there any reason why the same debate , or a debate on the same question , should not be conducted at more or less the same time in a great number of different places ? |
| 7 | It is no coincidence that expressions of the ‘ pro-Palestinian ’ and ‘ pro-Zionist ’ factions have occurred in rival publications at more or less the same time . |
| 8 | Amaranth fell into a gentle sleep at more or less the same time as did the bulk of Sir Teddy Taylor 's conference audience . |
| 9 | Er , the truth about genetics was discovered more or less the same time Darwin put forward his theory in the early eighteen sixties by who was er erm carried out erm experiments in sweetpeas in the monastery garden and apparently sent a copy of his paper to Darwin . |
| 10 | Partly this was a matter of timing : both approaches penetrated the mainstream of macroeconomics at more or less the same time . |
| 11 | But whether you are here for the first or merely the latest time , as you enter the square — better still , as you emerge into it , blinking away the bright Milanese light as you climb up out of the Metro — there can be no doubting its magical ability to conjure a timeless moment of calm from out of the bustle . |
| 12 | In residential or seasonal holiday resorts where guests stay for a week or more the busiest time for the reception office is usually Friday , Saturday or Sunday with the peak period for arrivals and departures being Saturday . |
| 13 | They will then start all over again and go round the cockpit a second or even a third time . |
| 14 | Somehow we are sure that this is not the first diet you have ever bought , or indeed the first time you have tried to lose weight . |
| 15 | This was March — it was cold , windy , and altogether an unpleasant time of the year to have to sit in a car for long periods observing people 's activities , and how they lived their lives . |
| 16 | Modigliani worked on the painting , an unusually long time for him and perhaps the only time when he agreed to ‘ continue ’ a painting . |
| 17 | This is the first and perhaps the last time that I shall desire it . |
| 18 | My co-author and friend Professor A. R. Collar , C.B.E. , LL.D. , F.R.S. , Emeritus Professor of Aeronautical Engineering in the University of Bristol , distinguished aeronautical scientist and former Vice-Chancellor of that University , died at his home in Bristol on 12th February 1986 , just ten days before his 78th birthday , and only a short time before our book was published . |
| 19 | It is only the fifth time in the post-war history of the tournament that this has happened , and only the third time there has been a First Division v Second Division clash in each semi-final . |
| 20 | No violence , and a good understanding of the crowd , and thus a good time was had by all . |
| 21 | No violence , and a good understanding of the crowd , and thus a good time was had by all . |
| 22 | And believe me , being young , say between 18 and 30 , is far and away the best time to travel . |
| 23 | The majority of women , however , will probably have left parents and home a long time before , and spent many of their subsequent years caring for children and a partner , running the home and having a job too . |
| 24 | As you will appreciate , the best and possibly the only time to carry out such projects is the spring/ early summer period , partly because of the weather , partly because volunteers tend not to be available in the summer . |
| 25 | As expected , having had both a spell of registered unemployment in the last 12 months and also no full time job in the last 12 months contributes adversely to the individual 's chances of obtaining an offer . |
| 26 | Moving the iron back and forwards the whole time . |
| 27 | And then a third time . |
| 28 | and then the second time she had it done |
| 29 | We got bread , no we got bread and then the only time we got chips was in the middle of the week . |
| 30 | And then he talked to his family , and then the third time I asked him again , and he still said it was okay , and so we did it . |