Example sentences of "the [det] time [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ( One of the few times we missed out was with a 200lb sturgeon caught in the North Sea .
2 It was one of the few times he did n't get up and down from trouble , and that put us level .
3 One of the few times you will find big bream in waters which do not match up to the points I have mentioned is when they are the result of a recent stocking operation .
4 In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother .
5 ‘ As I told you , I did n't go out much when I worked in London , but I 've got a silk dress which I wore on the few times I went to the opera .
6 I blush in light of the many times we have floundered recently , not to mention my straying .
7 Constance remembered the many times she had seen her mother and him alone together either in the village street or at home ; she had been uneasily aware of their absorption in each other .
8 The dilemma can be expressed as follows : the more accessible teachers seek to make themselves to all their pupils as individuals , the less time they have for direct , extended and challenging interaction with any of them ; but the more time they devote to such extended interaction with some children , the less demanding on them as teachers must be the activities they give to the rest ; and the less demanding an activity is of their time and attention as teachers , the more the likelihood that the activity in question will demand little of the child .
9 While the less time she spent in Vitor 's proximity , the less wear and tear there would be on her nerves , his mother 's appeal made insisting on an early exit seem impolite .
10 He wanted more of DeFries ' time as well and the more DeFries saw things going on that he did n't like , the less time he wanted to put in to both of them .
11 The longer you stave that off , the less time you will spend building fatigue toxins .
12 Another important point is that the less time you have in which to do something , the more it costs because you start to run into things like overtime and special delivery payments , rush jobs and so on .
13 ‘ I certainly have made a lot of mistakes and I have learned that the higher up the ladder you go , the less time you have in which to make your decisions .
14 Well I must n't keep you talking because the more I , the more I keep you talking the less time you have to do it .
15 The later it comes , the less time it stays . ’
16 Graham Ward , the Price Waterhouse partner on the Prudential audit and vice-chairman of the Institute 's Auditing Committee , says : ‘ The more efficient a company 's accounting function might be , the less time it should take to do the audit . ’
17 The more people there are helping the less time it takes .
18 The more people there are around , the less time I have to spend trying to be civil to Piers Morrison ! ’
19 The more times we successfully complete a manoeuvre , the more opportunity we are giving the mind to reproduce the same movements .
20 Just dial any of the above numbers , the more times you enter the better chance of winning ! !
21 A number of those with their own businesses commented that the more their wives undertook on the farm the more time they themselves had to earn off-farm income .
22 ( 8 ) The more female ducks the males have to look at the more time they spend looking at them .
23 Second , most workers believe that the more time they spend searching for a job , the more likely it is that they will obtain one which meets their requirements , particularly in so far as the wage rate and working conditions are concerned .
24 The more a person is integrated into a close-knit social network , the more time they spend speaking to the same group of people and the less they spend in contact with others who might change their speech .
25 The sad fact is that many of these ‘ irruptive ’ birds spend their last days in the islands , because if they do not move on immediately while they still have the strength , the more time they spend searching for what is n't there , the less chance there is of their being able to make another long sea crossing .
26 The dilemma can be expressed as follows : the more accessible teachers seek to make themselves to all their pupils as individuals , the less time they have for direct , extended and challenging interaction with any of them ; but the more time they devote to such extended interaction with some children , the less demanding on them as teachers must be the activities they give to the rest ; and the less demanding an activity is of their time and attention as teachers , the more the likelihood that the activity in question will demand little of the child .
27 The more time they took , the more time there was for a crowd to gather .
28 The more time we have had to consider the GCSE , the less revolutionary in any true sense it seems to be .
29 The more time she had to lick her wounds , the better .
30 The more time she spent with Miguel Rafaelo , the more she wanted to .
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