Example sentences of "time [prep] [det] than [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 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 .
3 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 .
4 I had little time for more than a quick glance round the room .
5 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 .
6 That image of things would dominate men 's notions of space and time for more than a century .
7 I 've always been too busy building up my business to spare time for more than a few brief affairs . ’
8 CHURCH collections have fallen for the first time for more than a decade , it emerged today .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 !
13 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 .
14 ENGLAND have two squash players in the world 's top seven for the first time in more than a decade .
15 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 .
16 Within a few months , for the first time in more than a decade , observers began to detect a thaw in Franco-Soviet relations .
17 Boris Yeltsin 's planned visit to Japan was postponed , for the second time in less than a year .
18 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 .
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