Example sentences of "the [adj] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible , therefore , to integrate modules in such a way that Outcomes may be overtaken in less time than the total notional time for the programme . |
| 2 | He waited until it was nearly too late , and then set his alarm for the old confident time of the morning and rang up his agent to tell him to say yes . |
| 3 | It had stood up , of course , and I had the confidence of the first two rounds now , of having the second fastest time behind Carl and of beating Ben . |
| 4 | Second , if you have to break your journey or change flights , make sure you use the appropriate local time for making the connection . |
| 5 | The 14-year-old Billingham Campus pupil clocked 10 mins 29.3 secs , compared with the previous best time of 12:29.5 , recorded in 1989 , despite the cold , blustery conditions . |
| 6 | One particularly notable vessel which he designed was the Stirling Castle , famed for her speed , for example , when in 1882 she brought home a cargo of 6,000 tons of China tea from Hankow in twenty-eight days , beating the previous best time by more than a week . |
| 7 | ‘ It was the worst possible time to be away from the office , but — ’ |
| 8 | He told himself that it was late , the end of a busy day , the worst possible time for rational argument . |
| 9 | The latest surge in the yen has come at the worst possible time for many Japanese companies , especially exporters . |
| 10 | ‘ It was discovered I 'd had an acute infection for two or three months , ’ she says , ‘ which meant I was ill when I became pregnant in November — the worst possible time for a developing foetus . |
| 11 | This is the worst possible time in history to die . |
| 12 | ‘ 'T IS now the very witching time of night |
| 13 | Smith absented himself for the shortest possible time during the annual 1st Glasgow Company camp at Tighnabruaich in July 1909 to receive his knighthood in London . |
| 14 | Any attempt to reward performance job by job should be viewed with caution as , with the exception of commercial developments , where time and money are interrelated , it is usually impossible to complete a job successfully by spending the shortest possible time on it . |
| 15 | Even if the tests begin immediately , the earliest possible time for an abortion would be 19–20 weeks , but this would leave no time for the tests and termination to be organised , or for the parents to discuss the matter at any length . |
| 16 | ‘ Immediately ’ is defined ( at this stage ) as the earliest possible time on the first working day of absence . |
| 17 | This proposed approach to design is thus one in which the constraints or functional attributes are established at the earliest possible time in order to allow the design to be monitored . |
| 18 | Errors which occur in the main archive of dictionary text , through any circumstance , will be repaired at the earliest convenient time without displacing lexicographer activities . |
| 19 | Furthermore , the muscle expresses functional transmitter receptors at the correct developmental time without innervation . |
| 20 | • If you wake early ( often because you need to pass urine ) , stay quietly in bed until the correct rising time after having emptied your bladder . |
| 21 | I raced in Ghent against the Canadian Desai Williams and lost over 60 metres , but I beat the American record holder James Butler at 200 metres with 20.55 seconds , the fastest indoor time in the world that year . |
| 22 | Not necessarily in the fastest possible time of 30 generations , but very fast , nevertheless . |
| 23 | Manley was re-elected president of the PNP for the 22nd consecutive time at the party 's annual conference in late September , his re-election dispelling rumours that he was about to retire from politics and resign as Prime Minister . |
| 24 | The average life of a bond is defined as the weighted average time to redemption using relative redemption cash flows as weights : where t = proportion of bonds outstanding redeemed in year t , B t = redemption price of bonds redeemed in year t , T= number of years to maturity . |
| 25 | ADOPT THE NEW LOCAL TIME FOR ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR LIFE-STYLE Sleep Since the new local time will be behind your body clock 's time , you will tend to wake too early and feel ready for sleep in the afternoon or early evening . |
| 26 | ADOPT THE NEW LOCAL TIME FOR ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR LIFE-STYLE Sleep Since the new local time will be ahead of your body clock 's time , you will tend to have difficulty in waking up and feeling alert during the morning . |
| 27 | the most important time aspect of a planation surface is from the latest possible time of initiation of the cycle that produced it to the earliest possible time that it ceased being shaped ( i.e. its terminal date ) because of either burial or uplift ; |
| 28 | At present the latest permissible time for legal abortion is 28 weeks , but by 20 weeks , the foetus is well formed , and currently doctors and gynaecologists are moving towards the idea of cutting the legal limit for termination from 28 to 24 weeks . |
| 29 | " If you can find someone who needs to send cargo to the Aru Islands , " the Keraing announced , " then we can get the boat and a crew ready for you in a month , which is the last possible time for heading eastwards ! " |
| 30 | Striders continued their total domination of the local athletics scene when they won the Panasonic Northern Ireland League for the 18th consecutive time at the weekend . |