Example sentences of "be [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a huge man in his early thirties who had been for a time a heavyweight boxer . |
| 2 | Had these people been in a time machine , or chained in dimly-lit rooms in Beirut ? |
| 3 | Australia has neither and both countries are in a time zone which does not suit the world television audience . |
| 4 | If a local compromise between capital and labour is helpful to both accumulation and the standard of living of labour ( which it can be for a time ) , then most factions of the bourgeoisie and the working classes may support it . |
| 5 | I feel as if I 'm in a time war , I really do . |
| 6 | Lammert is also keen to shorten the stay of each student at university , but is aware of how difficult and unpopular this would be in a time of high unemployment . |
| 7 | It would be on a time basis . |
| 8 | But in the meantime the investors have had the benefit of a gross roll-up of interest and the flexibility of deferring their tax charge until it suits them which , of course , may be at a time when the tax charge is lower or after they have emigrated . |
| 9 | This will also be at a time when the practitioner who is going through the training is not creating a lot by way of billable hours . |
| 10 | The bars are on a time base as in the Gantt chart and slack is indicated by horizontal dotted lines connecting finishes to starts . |
| 11 | The bars are on a time base as in the Gantt chart and slack is indicated by horizontal dotted lines connecting finishes to starts . |
| 12 | Marx and Engels ' arbiter model of the state suggested that if class forces in society were for a time evenly balanced , then the state bureaucracy and a strong political — military leader could intervene to impose stabilizing policies which were not controllable by capital , although they would be bound to maintain capitalist predominance in economic life . |
| 13 | Danish Christianity went back only to his grandfather Harald Bluetooth , and according to Adam of Bremen Christians were for a time persecuted by Swegen Forkbeard . |
| 14 | All this , of course , is during a time of exaggerated relief following the Pleistocene glaciation . |
| 15 | The lunch hour is like a time warp — give or take a few price increases . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's like a time bomb you carry round with you , ’ Arty said , ‘ and the alarm might n't go off for twenty-five years . ’ |
| 17 | Chain , exasperated by the British failure to provide him with adequate research facilities , migrated to Rome , but was retained as a consultant by Beecham 's at a time when the firm was rapidly developing its research facilities . |
| 18 | This , conveniently , is at a time when sterling has fallen far enough against the Deutschemark to make it potentially competitive within ERM . |
| 19 | And this is at a time when the debate about sexual politics in the press concerns a couple of commercials that allegedly mock men . |
| 20 | The irony is that this is at a time when such diseases are slowly being reduced in Britain . ’ |
| 21 | Possibly we 're looking to reduce home help hours , but this is at a time when , at the same time I 'm saying to you , we 're having problems with our S T G , our special grant for care in the community . |
| 22 | And this is at a time , of course , when we have other doors opening to us , which we shall need match funding , objective rural Dent , and er , er for the for the for the budget to be , it to have been cut in this way , is is is is very serious . |
| 23 | The second method for regeneration to be initiated is by a time clock , so that it takes place at a convenient time such as during the night . |
| 24 | On his return to the Westminster he was for a time senior house officer in the department of clinical measurement before becoming anaesthetic research registrar . |
| 25 | He had a very high reputation as a spiritual guide ( he was for a time Abbot of Bec in Normandy ) and teacher . |
| 26 | They tell us that a stonemason 's third marriage at 57 was his happiest ; or that a retired doctor found ‘ life was for a time difficult ’ for lack of ‘ any special hobbies . ’ |
| 27 | He was a prolific writer of learned articles in the Veterinarian of which he was for a time co-editor , and his classical education is reflected in his thoughtful commentaries . |
| 28 | But for many cities jealousy of Milan was as powerful as hatred of the emperor 's control , and a rival faction formed under Pavia which was for a time loyal to Frederick — a map of the two teams shows in a fascinating way how difficult it was to love one 's neighbour in this world of riotous freedom and traditional internecine feuds . |
| 29 | While Brunner 's theology was for a time regarded , especially in Britain and America , as more ‘ moderate ’ than Barth 's , and therefore preferable , he must now be regarded as the less radical and less creative of the two . |
| 30 | True , revolution was for a time a strong possibility , if not a probability ; and as true , such a revolution would of course have been seen as the means to industrial democracy by those who sought it . |