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

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1 ‘ It 's puzzled me for years that four times out of five the Wheel is recovered , but I ca n't recollect a single instance of the Scapegoat being brought in . ’
2 The actual statistics reveal that four times out of ten a suggestion is followed by an agreement and that is n't a bad hit rate .
3 These ‘ raincoats ’ were nine times out of ten the tea boys of the A&R department and were nine times out of ten a complete waste of time .
4 And I 've , nine times out of ten a good , local , electrical retailer will do it there and then .
5 This means that seven times out of ten the provision of clarification or information results in more of the same or requests for more .
6 Even when brains are being removed from their dead owners and implanted into living people , or fiends from outer space being fought to a standstill , nine times out of ten the magic weapon is the result of dubious chemistry .
7 These ‘ raincoats ’ were nine times out of ten the tea boys of the A&R department and were nine times out of ten a complete waste of time .
8 In nine times out of ten the vehicle concerned will be a motor bike or a motor car .
9 nine times , nine times out of ten the , the er door the back door or the front door has got a great big pane of glass on top of it .
10 . And nine times out of ten when I ask the congregation whether your church is bigger now than it was when it was founded nine times out of ten the congregation say , it is smaller now than when it was founded .
11 ‘ Six times out of seven the train is delayed , ’ he said .
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