Example sentences of "of time [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | POLICEMAN Mick Gallagher rescued Runcorn in the nick of time after the home challenge appeared to be tailing off . |
| 2 | The announcement about dinner being served , Henry observed with approval , had come at just the right length of time after the sherry had been drunk . |
| 3 | This was not cheap and owing to the length of time since the kitchen was redesigned , we have no recourse in law . |
| 4 | The have had er a long grade of time since the complaint was put to the commission , to put a notification in if they wanted to protect their position , but still they could of done so on , on a precautionary basis , and without prejudice basis they have not done so , a longer standing commissioner had invited them to do so ten years ago , they could do so this week on without prejudice basis and that may erm lead to security in the future that they now seek |
| 5 | A respondent from a large practice took the pragmatic view that it was only a matter of time before a computer fraud took place on a scale which made the current level of claims pale into insignificance , making the introduction of a cap imperative . |
| 6 | It was only a matter of time before a competitor sprang on the market . |
| 7 | It is only a matter of time before a tragedy occurs . ’ |
| 8 | Coastguards fear it is only a matter of time before a sightseer is injured in the hazardous scramble down rocks onto the ship 's deck . |
| 9 | It is surely only a matter of time before a tray falls from his hands on to a lady or gentleman 's lap . |
| 10 | And bankers UBS Phillips and Drew predicted : ‘ It is only a matter of time before the Chancellor 's strategy falls completely apart . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It would seem to be just a matter of time before the man 's identified . ’ |
| 12 | Poland was on the brink , it was only a matter of time before the heel of the jackboot smashed down . |
| 13 | With this area desensitized , it is only a matter of time before the sensitivity of faith 's communication is also numbed . |
| 14 | Police believe it 's only a matter of time before the robber uses the knife which he keeps out of sight while demanding money . |
| 15 | It was only a matter of time before the truth emerged . |
| 16 | It had become increasingly clear over the last few days that the anger of East Germans is focused on the Communist Party and that it can only be a question of time before the party has to relinquish its leading role and allow political competition . |
| 17 | Party leaders in many republics have been openly demanding one : it seems only a matter of time before the president offers them what they are asking for . |
| 18 | But they believe it 's only a matter of time before the disease crosses the county boundary . |
| 19 | Conversely , it may take a great deal of time before the vendor actually makes money on the deal . |
| 20 | As things stand , it is probably only a matter of time before the site finds itself in the hands of property speculators , a sad fate for what was one of the largest mills on the Painswick Stream . |
| 21 | Lastly , many scientists believe that an MD is a waste of time while a PhD is what everyone should do ; most of these people are out of touch with the real world . |
| 22 | ( This first turn can take quite a bit of time while the game gets under way ) . |
| 23 | Instead , the money supply might contract over a period of time as the banking sector adjusts stage by stage to successive sales of gilt-edged securities . |
| 24 | You have to make sure that the period of the regular payments is measured in the same unit of time as the interest and the term . |
| 25 | As it happened the new ramp section was only just rescued from a bulldozer in the nick of time as the skate scene said a final goodbye to Andover skatepark . |
| 26 | The no boundary proposal for the universe predicts the existence of a well-defined thermodynamic arrow of time because the universe must start off in a smooth and ordered state . |
| 27 | That is plenty of time because the prison is only ten kilometres from here . |
| 28 | On his own decision to go for the draw with a last-minute John Liley penalty , Richards said pointedly : ‘ Trying to win the game by opting for the scrum would have been a waste of time because the moment we drove for the line , they would have wheeled it or collapsed it . |
| 29 | And there 's plenty of time because the moment they return they 'll all line up at the toilets . ’ |
| 30 | the saving of time because the need for longhand notes is obviated ; |