Example sentences of "[vb pp] in [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He divided the number of crimes by the number of minutes in an hour to show how many crimes were committed in a certain time . |
| 2 | When she went to look round she was both daunted and enchanted by its dark , gloomy interior which was mostly painted green and seemed to be trapped in a 19th-century time warp . |
| 3 | As reported in the Financial Times , he said that the trade union movement would be demanding and , he hoped , achieving the implementation of the proposals for industrial democracy ; and that the next decade would offer the unions a better chance than any other to bring in the desired change . |
| 4 | The IMS 's final comment is important : ‘ If economic revolutions are about wealth creation rather than redistribution , this latest one still has a long way to go ’ ( ‘ Services : the second industrial revolution ? ’ by Amin Rajan , Report by the Institute of Manpower Services Group , Butterworths , reported in the Financial Times , 5 February 1987 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Depending on what set of figures you employ , it is possible to arrive at quite different estimates of the impact of the recession on trade unions ’ , writes Dr John Kelly , a labour economist ( reported in the Financial Times , 11 November 1987 ) . |
| 6 | In addition , as reported in the Financial Times of March 1 the government had a further $850,000,000 made available from the IMF , the World Bank and the Japanese Export-Import Bank to fund more reductions in debt or the debt-service burden . |
| 7 | The 1990 Budget clarified the tax position and a recent survey of pension fund managers reported in the Financial Times appears to confirm a growing use of derivative products . |
| 8 | If I add that the majority of Cubists were formerly considered to be Fauves , I can demonstrate how far these young artists have come in a short time and the logic of their vision . |
| 9 | ( j ) If the work is defective the time spent by the operative in rectification should be included in the operational time . |
| 10 | Daily reports of money market events , prices and yields are carried in the Financial Times . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's the most charming man I 've met in a long time . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You are the most frustrating piece of womanhood I 've met in a long time , ’ he rasped . |
| 13 | Nicest bars I 've seen in a long time . ’ |
| 14 | Nobody stops learning , but at only 15st I 'm the fastest heavyweight the world has seen in a long time . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I have hit shots this week I have n't seen in a long time . |
| 16 | The teaming up of Land 's End Ltd with Rowland Edwards , who seems to have his own unique version of reality , produced one of the choicer pieces of double-speak I 've seen in a long time : a press release announcing a campaign to add fixed anchors and gear to the crags in the interests of the environment and safety . |
| 17 | ‘ All this , with the bonus of an organic approach , makes it one of the most original books on gardening that I 've seen in a long time , ’ says our kitchen garden correspondent , Adam Pasco . |
| 18 | This is the highest quality educational package I have seen in a long time and is well worth registering . |
| 19 | There was an expression on her face I had n't seen in a long time . |
| 20 | Elland Road was the emptiest I 've seen in a long time , 23,000 of which 4000 were Crewe fans . |
| 21 | Hell of a good film though , it 's the best film I 've seen in a long time . |
| 22 | The best one he 's made in a long time , I 'd say . |
| 23 | Wendy , who is also a keep fit specialist , is overwhelmed by her new pupils ' enthusiasm and thrilled at the progress they have made in a short time . |
| 24 | Our team lost the game by 125 runs , but they reckoned overall it was the most enjoyable day 's cricket they 'd had in a long time . |
| 25 | ‘ This is one of the best evenings I 've had in a long time , ’ Sam said , sipping his coffee . |
| 26 | If the verderers ( or their heirs , if the verderers had died in the mean time ) failed to present their rolls to the judges on the first day of the Forest Eyre , or if their rolls were deficient in any material particular , they were liable to amercement . |
| 27 | Many offenders had died in the mean time , and the sheriff failed to produce others , so that the sessions were adjourned time and time again during the next few years . |
| 28 | The solution is to make use to layers to separate out the drawing into smaller sections that can be worked on and redrawn in a reasonable time . |
| 29 | When TV Times readers voted Crawford 1973 's Funniest Man on TV in the magazine 's Top 10 Awards , it confirmed the phenomenal success that Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em had become in a short time . |
| 30 | The flotation went some way to offset criticism of the Nigerian government in a World Bank report , the details of which were given in the Financial Times of March 16 . |