Example sentences of "the [adj] time in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The total time in work could be raised to four days for someone aged between fifteen and sixteen . |
| 2 | ‘ It is the right time in IBM 's business transformation to identify new leadership , ’ Akers said . |
| 3 | The trend towards milder winters is beginning to concern horticulturists. many trees need lengthy cold spells if they are to open their buds at the right time in spring , and research on the Continent confirms that apple trees will be confused by the changing climate . |
| 4 | I remember listening , fascinated , to her enormous fund of stories of the old times in Jamaica , of my grandad , whom I never knew , and of the ‘ white folks ’ . |
| 5 | But he would have preferred to spend the extra time in bed none the less . |
| 6 | ‘ And the second time in Norfolk you took a bullet in the right shoulder and only got away by the skin of your teeth , leaving Kurt Steiner behind . ’ |
| 7 | When he gets to Iona , Johnson will walk for the second time in footsteps he does not yet know about , those of the man who caused the folklore — Columba was here . |
| 8 | Now back at Jan Smuts Airport , X-Ray Foxtrot may well have flown for the second time in civvies by the time these words are read . |
| 9 | In fact the Eliots travelled across the Atlantic for the second time in October ; when he stopped at Chicago to give a reading on his way to St Louis , a reporter noted that he " looked rather tired and smiled in a vague , undirected way " . |
| 10 | Brian Little has become the first man to win the Vauxhall Conference manager of the month award , worth £250 , for the second time in succession , for Darlington 's unbeaten run throughout October . |
| 11 | MIKE GATTING yesterday warned his England team-mates that the winter tour 's second leg in Sri Lanka will be not be easy after the torrid time in India . |
| 12 | When you have got a 10° bearing change ( or more , if necessary ) , note the elapsed time in seconds , or minutes . |
| 13 | Appliances like cookers and water heaters tended to be used at off-peak times , but the use of electric fires was concentrated on the colder times in winter which coincided with system peak demand . |
| 14 | Offering an agenda for change during bad economic times , the 46year-old Arkansas governor harnessed his youth , dogged determination and a passion for politics to unseat a sitting elected president for only the eighth time in US history . |
| 15 | I asked him whether he felt that this work fed off the troubled times in Belfast , and if so whether it could also have a more universal appeal . |
| 16 | The short time in school has not always provided the opportunity to become actively involved in the internal workings of the administration and , perhaps more importantly , the management of the school . |
| 17 | Davis , who won the world title for the sixth time in May , decided not to compete in the first two ranking events in Hong Hong and Bangkok . |
| 18 | As Ciaran Fitzgerald 's charges bombed for the fourth time in succession to comfortably claim the tournament 's Wooden Spoon . |
| 19 | For the first time in Japan , Suri Giken Co displayed the Streams products from Mentat Inc , Los Angeles , with which Suri has just concluded a licensing agreement . |
| 20 | Arising from the resolute opposition by the District to the Board 's proposals , a sub-committee was also established by the Cambridge Board to consider its relations with the WEA and met for the first time in May 1938 . |
| 21 | This body met for the first time in May 1989 and elected from its members the bicameral 542-member Supreme Soviet — the working constitutional body responsible for all legislative and administrative matters — consisting of the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of Nationalities . |
| 22 | At the beginning of the new school year , in February 1968 , ANDES held a two-month general strike and occupied the buildings of the ministry — the first time in El Salvador 's history that public buildings had been occupied , although this was to become a frequent practice in subsequent years . |
| 23 | They believe it will mean that for the first time in El Salvador 's history , there will be genuine political freedom . |
| 24 | THE recently expanded sales force met each other for the first time in September at their autumn sales meeting . |
| 25 | He became mayor for the first time in October 1261 and was reappointed in October 1262 , years in which the king dominated London , having thrown off the restrictions imposed on him by the Provisions of Oxford in 1258 . |
| 26 | But apart from his rugby chores , McBride will be stretching his maternal instincts to the limit — He 's gearing himself to be a father for the first time in October . |
| 27 | The balance of trade in manufacturing swung from a surplus of £2.75 billion in 1979 to a deficit in 1984 of £3.75 billion and the years 1983 and 1984 were the first time in history that Britain 's trade balance was in the red on manufactures . |
| 28 | Previous attempts to do this had always foundered on the fact that the fun usually resulted pretty soon in procreation but at this very time field trials of the contraceptive pill were taking place which would soon make the division practical and permanent for the first time in history . |
| 29 | For the first time in history , later life has become a normal human expectation . |
| 30 | But also by 1967 , expenditure on education had for the first time in history equalled that on defence . |