Example sentences of "time [prep] [det] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Mexico accounted in recent times for more than a third of the world 's production of silver , the extraction and working of the metal began there only late in the first millennium A.D. |
| 2 | It 's at times like these that the brain cells slip into surrealist ‘ wavy picture ’ mode as you mentally conjure something with a 10 inch wide fretboard and a progression of thick wound strings tensed across it , creating monstrous internal forces and straining various components to breaking point . |
| 3 | It is unusual for a major organisation to change its chief executive four times in less than a decade and the fact that they chose Roche each time — in a highly competitive market — is an impressive record in the headhunting world . |
| 4 | BAD : The only serious wobble of the campaign followed the appearance of Simon Hughes , the party 's environment spokesman , on BBC television 's Election Call programme when he appeared to contradict or amend party policy no fewer than four times in less than an hour . |
| 5 | I had little time for more than a quick glance round the room . |
| 6 | But there was no time to admire the view , no time for more than a swift impression of airiness and light , of deep , comfortable furniture in maize-coloured linen , before she closed the door quickly . |
| 7 | That image of things would dominate men 's notions of space and time for more than a century . |
| 8 | I 've always been too busy building up my business to spare time for more than a few brief affairs . ’ |
| 9 | CHURCH collections have fallen for the first time for more than a decade , it emerged today . |
| 10 | His overcrowded programme allowed no time for more than the barest formalities between himself and Merrill , and his manner was coolly polite — a situation for which , she told herself , she was profoundly grateful . |
| 11 | A very sticky variety clings to each new copy for an average time of more than an hour before it finally breaks free and the process can begin again . |
| 12 | If they were fed in manually , this would imply exactly the kind of task objected to by the unions — namely , a task paced by the automatic welder and with a cycle time of less than a minute . |
| 13 | Looking after the ‘ tribe ’ is the number one priority , but Mary was always looking at ways of continuing her artistic leanings and it was to heraldry that she returned , this time with more than a hint of aviation to it ! |
| 14 | It was ironical that Adam , who was the owner of that big house and all that land and the contents of the house , nevertheless went down to Nunes the second time with less than a fiver in his pocket . |
| 15 | His articles on his childhood and schooldays had won praise from time to time from all but the most dour Communists , who resented his privileged background . |
| 16 | ENGLAND have two squash players in the world 's top seven for the first time in more than a decade . |
| 17 | Manager Kevin Keegan was delighted by Kristensen 's form as the 28-year-old tasted 90 minutes of first-team action for the first time in more than a year . |
| 18 | Within a few months , for the first time in more than a decade , observers began to detect a thaw in Franco-Soviet relations . |
| 19 | Boris Yeltsin 's planned visit to Japan was postponed , for the second time in less than a year . |
| 20 | But prevailing attitudes towards the Jews at this time among all but a small proportion of the population , discriminatory though they were in different degrees , did not remotely match the anti-Jewish paranoia of Hitler and the activist Jew-baiting elements within the Nazi Movement . |
| 21 | It seemed no time at all until the last model , wearing a mauve duchesse evening dress called ‘ Tour d'Eiffel ’ , had swished back through the gold curtain and Paul de Levantiére was standing to acknowledge the enthusiastic applause . |
| 22 | One particularly notable vessel which he designed was the Stirling Castle , famed for her speed , for example , when in 1882 she brought home a cargo of 6,000 tons of China tea from Hankow in twenty-eight days , beating the previous best time by more than a week . |