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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But in recessionary times , the number of unwanted cats has grown . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But in imaginary time , there are no singularities or boundaries . |
| 12 | But in social time and social space we make just such distinctions and we do so in a very consistent way . |