Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A scattering of maggots or whatever that hits the surface in , say , an 18 inch circle ( which is the least ‘ spread ’ you can hope for ) will spread far more than that by the time the current has had its way with it and it reaches bottom . |
| 2 | Only three of the whole group had worked since redundancy , and only one of those did so for more than half of the time between redundancy and interview . |
| 3 | This will do no good for Amsterdam 's tourist trade and London will be wetter than average for the time of year . |
| 4 | The population of more than 300,000 at the time of Cook 's arrival had plummeted to less than 40,000 by the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 5 | They came into the possession of my son Hilbert John Adam Verne-Smith under my uncle 's will , bypassing myself , though my son was no more than nineteen at the time of my uncle 's death . |
| 6 | She spoke quite often of snowy landscapes glimpsed through carriage windows and small hands curled up in a muff made of grey fur , even though she could not have been more than three at the time . |
| 7 | It is therefore in the age of modern popular politics after 1789 , the age of movement towards democracy , that we see also the development of an opposition to democracy with a more sophisticated theoretical basis than any since the time of Plato . |
| 8 | Although correct at the time of going to press , the programme is subject to amendment . |
| 9 | Although unconfirmed at the time , rumours that DEC had struck up a deal with Auspex Systems Inc , the Santa Clara , California network server company that already counts IBM among its customers , have turned out to be correct ( UX No 384 ) . |
| 10 | There were just three scaldini in each compartment , so most of the time we had to take turns . |
| 11 | Although most of the time the energy not carried by the electron was taken away by an everyday massless neutrino , sometimes it was carried by a neutrino that weighed a comparatively large 17 keV . |
| 12 | Given Duchamp 's long residence in America , and his contacts with and influence on American art , I can see why he might be included , although most of the time he was a presence on the scene here he was n't working publicly . |
| 13 | The brain is so good at filling in , that although most of the time the bulk of our image is blurred and lacks detail and colour , we do not realise it . |
| 14 | ‘ They 're built to cope with the largest demand , although most of the time that demand is simply not required . |
| 15 | The intended beneficiary of this dynastic coup was Osred ( II ) , the son of King Alhred by Osgifu , Aelfwald 's sister , a youth of no more than 19 at the time , who reigned for a year but then fell a victim to further shifts of allegiance when in 789 he was taken prisoner , deprived of his kingdom , tonsured at York and expelled , and Aethelred , son of Aethelwald , resumed royal power ( ASC D , s.a. 788 , 789 ) . |
| 16 | Deputy editor Matthew Symonds said the only way the move could be economic was if one of The Times 's rivals was forced out of business . |
| 17 | It was something I felt driven to do — even if most of the time I felt that I was just faking it . |
| 18 | Because some of the time the candidate has to be some of the other things as well . |
| 19 | Any way that you can think of that will help to get these axes right because most of the time it 's going to be this sort of thing I mean you said , Do you want me to work it you know use the graph or just work it out from this . |
| 20 | ‘ But you would n't know that , because most of the time you were n't even there . |
| 21 | They should all have them from a similar area because most of the time they say oh well they live so far away |
| 22 | This was hailed as historic at the time — as a giant contribution towards a peaceful settlement of the Middle East . |
| 23 | Mr Guerin 's lawyer said he had advised Mr Guerin to say as little as possible for the time being . |
| 24 | I was aware that the impending birth of AC2 Herriot 's child did not influence the general war strategy but I still wanted to be as near to Helen as possible at the time . |
| 25 | Everyone was keen to work hard at seeing as much as possible in the time given — including some places not normally open to the public , for which Martin Randall had made special arrangements . |
| 26 | All those who were kind enough to offer me hospitality wanted me to see as much as possible in the time when I was not teaching . |
| 27 | Under these conditions your anxiety will be greater , as you are keen to earn as much money as possible in the time allowed . |
| 28 | They followed as far as possible in the time available , the practices and procedures of the permanent parliamentary boundary commission , indeed of the six members of the committees , five were members of the parliamentary boundary commissions and they were appointed to the committees after consultation with the opposition parties . |
| 29 | Wagenaar ( 1986 ) also found that memories rated as unpleasant at the time were less well recalled than pleasant ones ( for durations of up to two years ) , despite this , events with higher emotional involvement ratings ( ‘ moderate ’ to ‘ extreme ’ ) were generally recalled better than those with lower ratings ( ‘ nothing ’ or ‘ little ’ ) at all retention intervals studied , though again this was a relatively small effect , r(1603)=0.07 . |
| 30 | As Bishop Thomas Brinton of Rochester said when preaching at the time of the Black Prince 's death in the summer of 1376 , it was part of a knight 's duty to help his king in time of war ; failure to do so meant loss of the right to be called a knight , which was both a sign of honour and a mark of responsibility which had to be lived up to . |