Example sentences of "we [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Finally , ideas sometimes have a ‘ steadiness , order , and coherence ’ and come in ‘ a regular train or series ’ : ‘ when we perceive by sight a certain round luminous figure , we at the same time perceive by touch the idea or sensation called heat . ’
2 If we have to agree to others performing tasks in exchange for the tasks we perform , we at the same time grant licences to them to become expert and to use their expertise on our behalf .
3 It is a growing problem partly and one that is likely to be with us for a long time .
4 It is likely to be with us for a long time to come . ’
5 And I remember to this day , though I was so small , that mother was very angry with me , for unclothing myself before the servant , who was a very nice girl who had been with us for a long time .
6 Leslie had a very good lot of men in his section , some of them had been with us for a long time .
7 It has seemed to us for a long time that something special about Foxton Locks and Inclined Plane is called for , and this is an attempt to meet that need .
8 We could hear the V2s thudding down onto London in the far distance , but the sound came over as a far-off double bang , which puzzled us for a long time until someone told us what it was .
9 Of course the phenomenological approach has been with us for a long time , and has been the primary source of evidence in the psychoanalytic tradition .
10 Within a month of the start of the war it was beginning to appreciate its mistake , but the consequences will be with us for a long time to come .
11 It is true that it has been forecast as being upon us for a long time , but things are now really moving in some areas .
12 You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims .
13 You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims .
14 You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims .
15 You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims .
16 ‘ Lady Isabel will be staying with us for a short time .
17 He 's a very contented baby , a joy to his parents and big sister , and today at nine weeks old ( 40+3 ) , he smiled at us for the first time .
18 Others were with us for the first time — students from the Darlington area .
19 This data set , coupled with extensive satellite observations , will give us for the first time a essentially a snapshot view of the behaviour of the ocean .
20 Finn 's Hotel will enable us for the first time to approach the encyclopedic Finnegans Wake with a true and not misleading knowledge of its origins and of the prototypes of its protagonists .
21 ‘ … and this is Folly , who will be joining us for the first time this weekend .
22 Will my hon. Friend confirm that , if the Government were to introduce proposals to toughen up sentencing policy — to impose stiffer sentences — we could look forward to Opposition Members agreeing with us for the first time ?
23 Well , I 've got , if you you just bear with me a moment , I still have one foot dragging in H one , but I thought we 'd got to the stage where in order to try and clarify thinking on the matter we ought to progress onto H two , erm , that just let me reveal the thinking , erm that , before I do that can I just say in terms of mechanics those of you who have just joined us for the first time , could you turn your name boards round so I can see them , thank you , and when you want to come in the normal practice is to put your name board on end , so it will attract our attention .
24 You will also find a splendid array of fine performers who are coming to us for the first time — many surely due to be favourites of the future .
25 We are unlikely to reach any definite agreement , but the debates will strengthen us for the next time , and weaken the impact of tangential arguments about policy presentation .
26 And he added , ‘ Please do n't send along the young pseudo-philosopher who will tell us for the umpteenth time that , of course , he fully understands the Bank 's attitude .
27 Of all the therapies available to us at the present time , spiritual healing in whatever form it is administered is probably the most deep-acting , the most misunderstood and the least often practised .
28 Perhaps this surrender to the invading power of God 's Spirit , this willingness for him to take us and break us and use us , IS one of the prime lessons which the charismatic movement throughout the churches is teaching us at the present time .
29 Mr Chairman , in his er , video to us , er drew attention to the , both the external and internal challenges which face us at the present time .
30 They have come to their agreement , they have done their job well , and they have produced and excellent education system and the blip which he is talking about is one which is forced on us at the present time by a Conservative Government , who has decided that there is going to be no further expansion in the school service which we 're providing , and indeed is imposing upon us cuts which are going to mean that we reduce those services , and to argue that from a point of view that it 's a considered piece of policy from a Government which if I has introduced , if I may say , Poll Tax , an economy which is a disaster area , exports in nothing happening there , inflation
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