Example sentences of "in [adj] time it [vb -s] " in BNC.

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1 Tritsch Tratsch lasts only about three minutes but in that time it does not waste a second .
2 The river has been cutting downwards for five million years and more , and in that time it has laid bare rocks spanning half of the earth 's history .
3 In that time it has awarded almost 30,000 at various levels , while staff have published over 12,000 books or research articles , and given almost 10,000 papers at conferences .
4 In that time it has more than doubled in value .
5 In this time it seems that all other areas of the Lakes have had a new guide , and some of them two .
6 A primitive shading is found on a few vases of the generation before , by the Brygos Painter for instance to indicate the roundness of shields ; and in this time it appears , very sparingly , both in red-figure and on another class of Attic vase which we have not yet considered , those with a white slip .
7 In recent time it has been thoroughly renovated with its style respected and conserved — and serves still as a place of shelter and of refreshment for travellers .
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