Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] amount of time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But in Middlesbrough we are determined to ensure that the minimum number of houses are left empty for the minimum amount of time . |
| 2 | The workers have been on duty for the same amount of time whenever measurements are made . |
| 3 | Then I shall batter her with the club for the same amount of time . |
| 4 | The City took a dim view of what it regarded as the inordinate amount of time it took for the group to return a profit there . |
| 5 | In syllable timing each syllable is given about the same amount of time and therefore seems to be more distinctly pronounced than in a stress timed language . |
| 6 | The includers are not always merely disinterested advocates of a philosophy , but people who have become so through experience , through the sheer amount of time they spend with members of the excluded social group . |
| 7 | The aim is to be the first rider over the finish line after a certain amount of time . |
| 8 | In view of the substantial amount of time and effort involved in a buy-out , it is essential that , wherever possible , the commitment of the vendor is obtained as soon as possible . |
| 9 | No account is taken of the importance of housework to women , either in terms of the simple amount of time women spend on domestic-care activities , or in terms of the personal meaning of housework to women ( which may , of course , vary with different social locations ) . |
| 10 | To break into the desktop publishing market as portrayed by the press , however , requires the investment of a large amount of time familiarising staff with a completely new technology and learning about the markets into which you intend to sell . |
| 11 | I found myself tolerant of Ghanaian customs that I had previously criticized , like the enormous amount of time and attention given to funerals . |
| 12 | We were talking earlier , and I understand you liked to ride at the weekends , and you 're often competing on your horse , er , ha , if you were to have a fall , and erm , you had a back injury , or erm , you sustained an injury that would you keep you from work for a substantial amount of time , er , how would you feel , would you be able to pay your premiums ? |
| 13 | ‘ Much in the way Harlem was patrolled by black policemen in the ‘ 40s and sometime into the '50s , in which a policeman walked on a certain beat for a certain amount of time . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've accepted that I can do this for a certain amount of time . |
| 15 | Do you have to be there for a certain amount of time ? |
| 16 | The experimenter then waits for a certain amount of time and repeats the experiment to see how well the rat has remembered what it has to do . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd love to speak languages but you have to live in another country for a certain amount of time and in this job you have to get up and go , so I have n't had much chance to spend time abroad . |
| 18 | It 's only there for a certain amount of time . |
| 19 | It might be for a certain amount of time while they do so and so and then , what can he do ? |
| 20 | The thought patterns like Joanne and others the the concept of putting a little circle down and one word in it and expanding that out and being able to stand around and talk erm for three minutes or ten minutes or whatever for a significant amount of time erm that that was also a revelation to me . |
| 21 | Students making poor progress exercise the examinations committees for a disproportionate amount of time in comparison with their number . |
| 22 | But one thing about partic , observation is , that is involves actually living with the people you 're studying for a fair amount of time is |
| 23 | So what I was gon na say was , that , that partic , partic er participant observations typically involves actually living with the , the study for a fair amount of time , so erm although they might tell you a pack of lies initially you can actually observe what they 're like , what they do and see whether they fit what they 've said and as time goes on you ha hope to develop some kind of rapport with them so that they might totally understand . |
| 24 | Many field officers are preoccupied with the increasing amount of time which must be spent in the office with paper — ‘ keeping the organization at bay ’ , as one of the more critical men put it . |
| 25 | But once the business had been established and the initial problems of setting it up had been dealt with , she had found herself with a certain amount of time at her disposal , time to relax , time to remember . |
| 26 | Historically , evolution has been a process of radiation , with a considerable amount of time for lines to have diverged having elapsed since the first mammals appeared ( Figure 2.1 ) . |
| 27 | In an age of greater leisure , it meets the needs of a society with an increasing amount of time on its hands . |
| 28 | If you had knitted the ribbed welt , it might have knitted 300 rows in the same amount of time . |
| 29 | Psychologists have found that a great number of items can be learned in a fixed amount of time if these fit into established and interconnected patterns . |
| 30 | Furthermore , a great number of items can be learnt in a fixed amount of time if these fit into established and interconnected patterns ; and the smaller the difference between one step and the next , the better the learning . |