Example sentences of "in [adj] the [noun sg] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can no longer say , ‘ OK , but there will be a smart worker who will learn how to do that in half the time it takes now ’ . |
| 2 | The four system units will be organised around products — mainframe computers , mid-range , self-service terminal systems and application software , and is intended significantly to cut the time it takes for products to get to market — the aim is to cut in half the time it takes to develop products and bring them to the market . |
| 3 | We surfed that channel in half the time it normally takes and then towards the end of our Connemara trip , even after a couple of longer crossings where she admitted she was cursing the disappearing stern of my glassfibres boat , she wanted to buy the Seayak . |
| 4 | She did n't look at him , not once , not in all the time it took to complete her task . |
| 5 | Our descent was made in one-fifth the time it had taken us to climb to our record-breaking altitude . |