Example sentences of "[prep] [art] certain [noun] of time " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a certain period of time denying the cravings for fats and carbohydrates , the mind and body simply rebel . |
| 2 | Every loan should be followed up after a certain period of time . |
| 3 | The aim is to be the first rider over the finish line after a certain amount of time . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've accepted that I can do this for a certain amount of time . |
| 6 | Do you have to be there for a certain amount of time ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | It 's only there for a certain amount of time . |
| 10 | It might be for a certain amount of time while they do so and so and then , what can he do ? |
| 11 | Lastly , we may notice that even a wrongful possession , if continued for a certain length of time , matures into what may be , for practical purposes , indistinguishable from ownership . |
| 12 | They hold down their jobs somehow for a certain length of time , if they have good family back-up , kindly neighbours to ‘ pop in ’ , and various types of help from voluntary and statutory social services in their locality . |
| 13 | Each smallholder has the right to receive water regularly for a certain length of time , and the levadeiro is the man responsible for ensuring this is done correctly . |
| 14 | Any one of the above features could result in a person being labelled schizophrenic , providing some other criteria are met , such as the symptoms having lasted for a certain length of time . |
| 15 | ‘ Parents will often give a guardian the right to occupy the house for a certain length of time , but it is nearly always left in trust for the child . |
| 16 | Er , I think anti-depressants can be helpful for a certain length of time but not for over a prolonged period of time . |
| 17 | But that will last for a certain length of time , |
| 18 | And then they had to be a for a certain length of time before they would be a master joiner . |
| 19 | erm , as long as , cos they can only claim benefit for a certain length of time ca n't they ? , then it switches from unemployment to Social Security . |
| 20 | As a result , Balder was only allowed to return for a certain period of time , only to disappear and return again . |
| 21 | Even Edwards , according to Wood , still presents management ‘ as omniscient , conspiratorial and able , at least for a certain period of time , to get its own way — that is , to solve successfully its problem of control ’ ( Wood 1982 , 16 ) . |
| 22 | British immigration officials have extended Natasha 's visa until February 1993 and have said that it will be renewed automatically for a certain period of time after that . |
| 23 | In the far north-east and Karnchatka a common marriage practice was the residence of the husband in the family of his bride for a certain period of time , in order to pay for her by performing work for the family . |
| 24 | In addition , the copyright monopoly is only given for a certain period of time ( eg in the UK , 50 years from the end of the year in which the author dies ) , but databases are usually continuously updated with new information , therefore does the protection period keep changing ? |
| 25 | Erm , we need to be convincing in challenge , otherwise the challenge , erm , we should question whether there is a need for any change , erm , if things have been done in a certain way for a certain period of time , erm , just because we want to change them , does n't mean to say that it does n't |
| 26 | Three , you could arrange payment of the deposit as requested , possibly for a certain period of time and possibly for a smaller amount than demanded , this would no doubt by in the process of the licence . |
| 27 | Full employment Gross domestic product is a measure of the money value of the goods and services produced in the economy during a certain period of time . |
| 28 | The usual system is for the client to say how much he will spend as a working budget during a certain period of time . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | A takeover bid must be accepted within a certain period of time , namely not less than four weeks but not more than ten weeks from the date of when the offer document is made public . |