Example sentences of "in [adj] time have " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a Royal Show briefing , Egil Hersleth of the Norwegian Red Cattle Society said that the Norwegians had included mastitis resistance in their selection index for about 20 years , and in that time had reduced its incidence by 1% in the national herd . |
| 2 | Rigoberta Menchu has lived in exile in Mexico for the past 11 years , yet the only weapons she has used in that time have been words . |
| 3 | I have been metal detecting now for over twenty years , and in that time have owned and tested many detectors . |
| 4 | Three of the six horizontal wells drilled in that time have set Gulf of Mexico records for overall horizontal length . |
| 5 | He 's been the manager for 18 months , and in that time has bought their first £1m player , followed it with other seven-figure signings , and taken the club into Europe . |
| 6 | He took up archery just eight years ago and in that time has become a national instructor , teaching people of all ages , as well as reaching the championships . |
| 7 | His only acquisition in that time has been full-back Gary Parkinson , currently on-loan from Middlesbrough . |
| 8 | This created the conditions which were to set the pattern of religious justification for strife for centuries to come , and there is little doubt that nearly all , if not all wars in historic time have had some kind of religion or ‘ god ’ put forward as requiring the human race , or parts of it to engage in bloodshed and misery . |
| 9 | Oh it 's had all new windows put in some time has n't it ? |