Example sentences of "a [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Monday : The beginning of the show is often a trying time because of latecomers . |
| 2 | but there 's a right time and a wrong time for doing it , see cos basically if you were getting the money , the phone calls that were , that were done a since Christmas right , I 'm not sure how the bill runs , it probably runs December , January , February er I think they run a quarter on the phone bill , and its a three month period |
| 3 | That is why people are attracted to horror books , because it makes us feel part of the action for a little time but yet we can get out of it as soon as we desire . |
| 4 | The poison develops a little time after the leaf has sprouted , so the monkeys can avoid the worst of it if they eat only the youngest leaves . |
| 5 | Seeds of such a size remain in its gizzard for a little time while the rind is stripped off them and then later , perhaps when the bird has returned to one of its habitual perches , the nutmeg is regurgitated and falls to the ground . |
| 6 | In the provinces it took a little time before London fashions were adopted . |
| 7 | Realistically speaking , it will be a little time before there is an answer to the terrifying question between Armenia and Azerbaijan . |
| 8 | All that 's needed is a little time and a box of index cards with dividers . |
| 9 | With a little time and imagination , there is no end to the low fat , high fibre energy breakfasts you can make for yourself . |
| 10 | It is , therefore , worth taking a little time and trouble to understand how this can be attained and is the purpose of this short article . |
| 11 | It just requires a little time and activity from the old grey matter . |
| 12 | So , while there is no need to spoil the fun by trying to make an over-blown production out of your Christmas video , why not give a little time and thought to ways of showing the excitement leading up to the day itself . |
| 13 | For the amateur , however , this is your creation , and you wo n't want it to fail at this stage for the want of a little time and thought . |
| 14 | Er I very much hope so er that my Noble Friend will recognise what does seem to be the prevailing view in this House on , on your all quarters and all parties and er and will indicate that on most of the points of controversy , not just the but most of them , the Government is prepared to think again , he may even feel that it might be prudent to defer further consideration of the committee stage of this Bill er after today 's sitting er er for a little time and when discussions could and should take place between those who hold different views and er his own very considerable power conciliation er could be used . |
| 15 | ‘ This has been quite a punishing time and some of my family have been badly hurt . |
| 16 | This process of the effective addition of value to meet a specific executive information need at a specific time and place is most certainly not a trivial task . |
| 17 | All knowledge , including that about social life , is a product of a specific time and place , both a particular set of social conditions and a particular way of thinking about society . |
| 18 | Certain public transactions , notably where the firm is making an offer on behalf of its client , require funds to be available in a specific currency at a specific time and place . |
| 19 | More commonly , the parties ( or the court ) may consider that the matrimonial home should stand in the sole name of the wife but that the husband should be compensated by the payment of cash , or ( if cash is not available ) that the husband should have a charge on the property for a fixed amount ( as opposed to an interest in the equityas to which see Chapter 6 ) , the calling in of the charge being deferred until a specific time or happening of a specified event ( eg death of wife , remarriage of wife or youngest child attaining the age of eighteen years ) . |
| 20 | to grow things you 've got ta do it at a specific time if you 're gon na wan na plan |
| 21 | It was a bittersweet time but he still held my hand going to school . |
| 22 | Volumes of almost 900m shares reflected not only the Midland placing , but also a sizeable number of program trades , where institutions inject or extract large blocks of funds across a range of stocks at a pre-arranged time and at pre-determined prices . |
| 23 | Erm , and to look at the stories which are of a different time but are still relevant to our time and place , they have a , have a message for us , even though they were set a hundred years ago , they 've still got something to say us , so I think that 's an area we need to explore . |
| 24 | The initial 1987-8 venture was abandoned after three events in the face of a rival promotion in Beijing , but Hearn , unabashed , said : ‘ This is a different time and a different set-up . ’ |
| 25 | You might arrange for pay to be given out at a different time and check whether the trains are less crowded somewhat earlier in the afternoon . |
| 26 | This means that if one tries to take an ‘ essential section ’ there is no essence revealed which is the present of each level ; indeed the break valid for one history would not necessarily correspond to that valid for any other which will live in a different time and in a different rhythm . |
| 27 | Er yeah it is Stefan but because you know it 's the first one to come into leaf and the first one to shed , then possibly it will flower at a different time as well I would think and that may be the clue . |
| 28 | Sometimes it is interesting to play speculative games by projecting historical events and characters forward or backward in time in order to view them in the context of a different time or place . |
| 29 | It does indeed get dark at a sensible time so it 's possible to go to bed before about one in the morning . |
| 30 | Social workers should always have as clear a plan as possible for the child , and implement it in a shorter time than normal . |