Example sentences of "in [art] [noun] [unc] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | These had been made by the institution 's carpenter in the guardians ' time , and at their expense . |
| 2 | It was the custom at that time that when a worker married he was allowed to make himself a chair in the company 's time ; this was called a ‘ marriage chair ’ . |
| 3 | So whatever duty you were on — morning duty , that was all right , it was in the firm 's time , but if you were on afternoon duty , you would have to attend court and maybe go straight on afternoon duty . |
| 4 | Only the pain was getting rather tedious and Meg insisted that I had it done now before I retired , on the theory I suppose , that better in the Government 's time than my own . " |
| 5 | Three years later the TUC attitude to black workers , and more specifically black women workers , was shown by its lack of action on such simple and bland recommendations ( from the Camden Council for Community Relations ) as that the trade union movement should press for compulsory language training at work ( ie. in the employer 's time , not after hours ) or co-operate ‘ more positively ’ in agreeing to English classes where the management has taken the initiative , or that there should be ‘ more positive participation in supporting any industrial action taken by minority group workers in their fight to achieve equal opportunity ’ . |
| 6 | The gyro-compass was delayed because precision ball bearings were not available and the self-winding watch because no British watch industry existed in the inventor 's time . |
| 7 | In the author 's time , there was always a queue in front of the TOPIC screen at Harvard , although many dealers did n't know how to work its controls . |
| 8 | With the present pace of things these survivors may in a generation 's time become a picturesque memory like the yeoman 's smock . |
| 9 | We care about the old age pensioners the poor the single parents and all those people who in a winter 's time are going to struggle and some are tragically going to fail to pay seventeen and a half percent V A T on fuel and heating bills . |
| 10 | In a fortnight 's time , when the company replies to a call for a substantial increase in pay and a reduction in the working week , John Hougham , personnel director , will probably throw that philosophy back at him . |
| 11 | In a fortnight 's time she hopes to have 40 different organic producers and suppliers under one roof . |
| 12 | ‘ In a fortnight 's time , or perhaps a day or so before ; it all depends on the weather . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ At this moment , yes , but he 'd been promoted to registrar and would have assumed that title in a fortnight 's time . ’ |
| 14 | That denied David James the distinction of his first clean-sheet for Liverpool , but it will hardly raise Apollon 's hopes of a fight-back in Limassol in a fortnight 's time . |
| 15 | A tasty two-week campaign on national telly will go out in a fortnight 's time in the kids ' peak viewing slot — just between the early evening news and the popular Home And Away soap . |
| 16 | Catherine may attend its British premiere in a fortnight 's time . |
| 17 | BARNSLEY trainer Steve Norton ca n't wait to go off talent-hunting to America again in a fortnight 's time . |
| 18 | When he goes abroad , he always buys a return ticket to the airport a ) because he thinks this will save three milliseconds in a fortnight 's time ; b ) because he knows he 's coming back ; and c ) in case fares go up in the interval . |
| 19 | Bearing in mind that I 'm taking one in a fortnight 's time . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , Mother , we 'll see you in a fortnight 's time . ’ |
| 21 | Ogata to London again in a fortnight 's time . |
| 22 | It is not a matter for our grandchildren or even our children , but it is to be decided in a fortnight 's time . |
| 23 | WALLACE High School defeated RBAI 8–7 in the Sprite Ulster Schools Minor Championship final at BRA to reach the All-Ireland play-offs in a fortnight 's time . |
| 24 | Er , perhaps , er , something like that is gon na happen to you in a fortnight 's time , this Christmas . |
| 25 | ‘ And the Moulid is in a fortnight 's time . ’ |
| 26 | That is why in a fortnight 's time we will have at Westminster and at Broadcasting House the first fully digital editing equipment for radio in Europe . |
| 27 | He told me on the phone that Dawn will be leaving in a fortnight 's time and they have n't found a veterinary nurse to take her place . |
| 28 | He 'd helped set up a new research wing , which was due to be officially opened in a fortnight 's time . |
| 29 | With the Insurance Corporation League beginning in a fortnight 's time , Instonians , like most senior outfits , are experimenting on the opening day of the season to quickly assess their strengths and weaknesses . |
| 30 | In a fortnight 's time , Derry will be playing their first all-Ireland League game when they travel to Belfast to take on North . |