Example sentences of "in [det] [adj] time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How he disciplined himself to make ends meet in that difficult time he explained in his book What To Do When Someone Has Debt Problems , A Practical Survival Guide ( 1985 ) , in the Introduction to which he wrote : |
| 2 | It is only three years since she took up painting dogs as a profession , but in that short time she has been kept constantly in work . |
| 3 | In these egalitarian times it would take no more than the price of an off-season 's weekend bed and breakfast and the permission of a landowner or two . |
| 4 | IN these bleak times it is good to see that one veteran television star has succeeded in resurrecting his career . |
| 5 | In these difficult times it makes sense to look again at this post . |
| 6 | who who do you think , I mean , th , you know , the government 's making it pretty clear at the moment , Mrs , that that er , in these troubled times something 's gon na get squeezed because there 's so m , many people out of work that gi , you know , they 're having to pay more unemployment benefit , there 's not enough tax money coming and and generally the government is hard up , so someone 's going to get squeezed in the social security system . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't know much about etiquette back there in the shtetl , but even in these decadent times we do n't feel a gun in the back is just a snappy way to say ‘ please ’ . ’ |
| 8 | IN THESE TOUGH TIMES we need all the influence we can get ! |
| 9 | If there were no need for sheltered workshops because disabled people were fully integrated into ‘ normal ’ society , then it would be a gain ; but if , as I suspect , in these hard times it is impossible for many severely disabled people to get a job of any sort , surely the lack of opportunity to go to work is a loss — even if the kind of work they do is far from ideal . |
| 10 | In all that time we have actually had two people say yes I would like to cancel , of all the policies that we 've actually issues . |
| 11 | For the last five years I 've been doing this series , for the last 12 months sharing it with Ed Douglas , and in all that time there 's been the rain . |
| 12 | In all that time she only twice took a break from shooting , when she went to Melbourne for her 21st birthday party — a $100,000 family-only blow out at the fashionable Red Eagle Hotel — and a week later for Jason Donovan 's birthday bash . |
| 13 | And in all that time she 'd never heard from Jez , nor even from her parents . |
| 14 | They threw us out at four o'clock and in all that time I had n't said a word , just listened . |
| 15 | I have been using pastels for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 16 | I have been using pasters for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 17 | I have been keeping tropical fish for around 20 years and in all that time I have always had not just one , but a number of aquaria . |
| 18 | But in all that time I 've never been completely sober . ’ |
| 19 | Working day at least in all that time I had entered or come out from that building and its reality had gone for me . |
| 20 | I 've supported Leeds since I was 5 and in all that time I 've never once wished Leeds would lose a game , ever . |
| 21 | ‘ Not only have I been separated from my wife for the past five years — but in all that time I 've only once managed to make love to her . |
| 22 | In all this time it has only ever had three owners . |
| 23 | In those hard times she turned to the god in the village where she lived , and that god stood by her . |
| 24 | ‘ In any other time he would have been a pirate or a highwayman . ’ |