Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [prep] [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I have already noted , some kind of political change goes on at all times , produced by the succession of generations , the rise and fall of dynasties , competition among various social groups , economic and cultural developments , changing external circumstances , and more idiosyncratic factors , which can only be understood fully through detailed historical studies . |
| 2 | Right it is a hundred miles from King 's Lynn to London , the train takes two hours to do the journey the train does not go at a constant speed , it speeds up sometimes and slows down at other times it also stops at stations on the way and on once of course as it , as it 's stopping it 's going more and more slowly and as it 's er moving off again it starts slowly and starts to go quickly but because it takes two hours in all the train goes a hundred miles in two hours we say its average speed for the journey is fifty miles per hour . |
| 3 | [ Honeymoon , by the way , just in case you ca n't cut the etymological mustard , has only in recent times come to denote a nuptial holiday involving the purchase of duty-free goods and the taking of too many colour prints of exactly the same scene . |
| 4 | Of course each individual vine yields much less , but the overall production per hectare is significantly higher and it lives up to three times as long , in productive terms , as a grafted vine . |
| 5 | Apparently , it produces more in the way of smog-causing emissions than a car which has up to 30 times its horse power . |
| 6 | ( The move from Aigai to the more central Pella looks forward to hellenistic times : cp. p. 211 ; also p. 48 on the way Sicily too simultaneously shows ‘ archaic ’ and ‘ hellenistic ’ features . |
| 7 | For all these reasons , there is some mixing , though it occurs more at some times of year ( during the winter storms ) than at others . |
| 8 | Revolving loans — personal customers under this type of arrangement can borrow a multiple of monthly payment , e.g. £30 per month may be paid to the finance house which allows up to 15 times that amount to be borrowed ( £450 ) . |
| 9 | Conversation , comparing what happens today with earlier times helps to focus on the present . |
| 10 | Normally pear-sized , the uterus grows up to five times its usual size in pregnancy . |
| 11 | Sunnyvale , California-based MasPar Computer Corp will this week debut its second generation massively parallel system , the MP-2 , claiming it delivers up to five times the performance of its existing MP-1 . |
| 12 | Garlic is one of the most widely used aphrodisiacs around the world , with a pedigree that stretches back to ancient times . |
| 13 | The most important , perhaps , is freedom from the restrictive grasp of the ‘ all together now ’ class teaching system that goes back to Victorian times . |
| 14 | Its history goes back to Saxon times , and it contains several interesting historical buildings , and a peaceful marina , from which you can take a river cruise . |
| 15 | Goes back to Homeric times . ’ |
| 16 | At least ten times as many people can be supported on a cereal diet than on a meat based diet — and that figure rockets up to 30 TIMES AS MANY people being supported by a diet based on soya protein . |
| 17 | Because of the internal pressure of these reactions , the star swells up to many times its former size to become a ‘ red giant ’ . |
| 18 | Boundary Routing — according to the company — enables up to 10 times as many remote site connections to be added without increasing administrative resources . |
| 19 | Its past activities included smuggling , lace-making and quarrying ; the latter dates back to Roman times . |
| 20 | The lower half of the tower dates back to Saxon times . |
| 21 | A timer can be fitted to an immersion heater so that it comes on at specified times of the day . |