Example sentences of "but in [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In opera , the Mariinsky has not always been so illustrious , but in recent times , particularly under the directorship of Valery Gergiev , standards have risen beyond recognition . |
| 2 | But in recent times the Australian challenge has grown steadily . |
| 3 | Since then , rock has been brought from Trefor Quarry in North Wales but in recent times the use of Ailsa Craig rock has been resumed . |
| 4 | I always knew it probably could n't last because nothing goes on forever , but in that time , I had a great time in New York , and it seemed at one point that everyone was there when David was doing the week at the Universal Amphitheatre . |
| 5 | The North 's share of the world 's energy consumption was expected to decrease from around 70 per cent to 60 per cent by 2020 , but in that time the proportion of the global population living in the South would have grown from 75 per cent to 80 per cent . |
| 6 | Tritsch Tratsch lasts only about three minutes but in that time it does not waste a second . |
| 7 | It 's been two years in the studio but in that time we 've probably only spent four months recording . ’ |
| 8 | The whole performance had taken no more than a minute , but in that time he 'd succeeded in turning the Chamber 's table into a fish-market gutter . |
| 9 | ‘ Career breaks would enable women to choose to take five , six or seven years out to have their families but in that time they would be kept in touch , ’ said Miss Armstrong . |
| 10 | But in that time he was credited with the discovery of three rarities the spring gentian , the mountain avens and the bog orchid , which was then lost again and only recently rediscovered . |
| 11 | originally the council chosen by the King of England to administer public affairs , but in modern times never summoned as a whole except to proclaim the successor to the Crown on the death of a sovereign . |
| 12 | In the past , that wholeness was to be found in the college or the institution and its organic community , but in modern times it tends to be located in the subject-department , which becomes in Burke 's phrase the ‘ little platoon ’ which provides the student with his or her identity , base and purpose ( Mansell 1976 ) . |
| 13 | The exact origins of the contemporary ethnic Japanese are unclear , but in prehistoric times the Japanese islands received various waves of immigrants from the mainland , to which they were once joined . |
| 14 | But in recessionary times , the number of unwanted cats has grown . |
| 15 | ‘ Everybody complains about taxes today , but in ancient times wealthy Romans were expected not just to pay their taxes but to finance public works , as well . ’ |
| 16 | The origins of Osiris are shrouded in mystery but in early times he was a fertility god , whose death and rebirth were connected with the cycle of the agricultural year . |
| 17 | But in due time the contribution to population redistribution was significant enough , particularly dispersal from London , with a total of 55,000 dwellings built in no less than 32 towns including Basingstoke . |
| 18 | But in imaginary time , there are no singularities or boundaries . |
| 19 | But in those times Oz and It had a wave to ride , and they did their best to do so . |
| 20 | Erm I think it 's really very sad that i it 's just the society we live in has put these kind of pressures on marriages and you know we 're all human and we can all be tempted to look at other people and be unfaithful but in those times of er you know temptation you just I well I I 've found that that 's where my faith comes in you 're sort of helped through those times . |
| 21 | Amber has always been used predominantly for jewellery , but in later times it also served to meet a variety of personal needs such as smoking gear , rosaries and worry beads . |
| 22 | But in social time and social space we make just such distinctions and we do so in a very consistent way . |