Example sentences of "the [adj] time it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's represent the total time it took to evolve all these breeds of dog from a wolf , by one ordinary walking pace . |
| 2 | The first time it was to stop the defence counsel from questioning her about her sexual history , the second time it was to stop Anderson referring to the victim by her last name , as if talking about a defendent . |
| 3 | The first time it was me who wanted a divorce , but the second time it was n't my choice . |
| 4 | In the first use it is a lifeless , dull word but the second time it is used it is as if the day has been given life to grow and expand . |
| 5 | But , the second time it was all four of us that went . |
| 6 | They had formulated some vague ideas which would let them use this effect to shorten the perceived time it took to play the games they had to play , but the castle clocks , or perhaps the castle itself , seemed unwilling to cooperate . |
| 7 | I think it true to say that at the present time it is not at all difficult for academics to appear in print . |
| 8 | At the present time it can be inoculated into laboratory animals , in which it will multiply , and will produce an illness similar to the human disease in the higher apes . |
| 9 | At the present time it is well served by British Rail , so is mainly a dormitory village for commuters to Hull , Beverley and Driffield . |
| 10 | It has been suggested that the Arab ‘ test ’ referred to Ludwig 's star , though at the present time it is far below naked-eye visibility . |
| 11 | Until recent years the general rule has been to require the consent of a parent or guardian for an operation or an anaesthetic on a person of under 21 , but increasingly at the present time it is becoming customary to accept the consent of minors aged 16 and over . |
| 12 | The system , with formal judicial intervention , has worked successfully in the US ; it operates informally but without full judicial approval in England and Wales ; but at the present time it obtains not at all in Scotland . |
| 13 | At the present time it is n't the intention that your officers should present er evidence in person at that enquiry , er our er representations have n't er put in , in writing , but that is pending what happens at tomorrow 's meeting an and that position might change . |
| 14 | At the present time it is being compounded of course by the er effects of nineteen ninety three Education Act with all that that Act implies or tightening up er many of the processes and procedures that we follow in dealing with special educational needs , we have a host of new draft documents for consultation from the Department for Education . |
| 15 | That 's general policy at the present time it 's a fairly woolly objective that we did n't try at the review , but the traffic management facilities and provisions are observed |
| 16 | The later it comes , the less time it stays . ’ |
| 17 | Graham Ward , the Price Waterhouse partner on the Prudential audit and vice-chairman of the Institute 's Auditing Committee , says : ‘ The more efficient a company 's accounting function might be , the less time it should take to do the audit . ’ |
| 18 | The more people there are helping the less time it takes . |
| 19 | When you think you 're right that is the very time it 'll fly back in your teeth . |
| 20 | A good idea is to attach stickers announcing when the last change was made : otherwise , you can be running a clapped-out tube at the very time it 's most needed . |
| 21 | The opportunist housebreaker will not shirk from breaking a window , of course , but the more levels of protection you create , the more time it will take him — which is a risk he may not wish to take . |
| 22 | Thus the more time it took to program a job , the more likely that programming and operating were differentiated . |
| 23 | The more that is desired , the more time it is likely to take to produce the annual report . |
| 24 | Erm , it 's because you need land , and er , the bigger the area of land you 've got , the more time it takes to get your combine harvester from one side to the other er , and so on and so forth . |
| 25 | In the short time it had taken to procure the services of the constabulary , the situation had steadily worsened at the Harwell inn . |
| 26 | In the Nursing Times it tells you the |
| 27 | The hardline leadership admitted for the first time it regretted the exodus , admitted there were problems and conceded it might be partly to blame . |
| 28 | The first time it was to stop the defence counsel from questioning her about her sexual history , the second time it was to stop Anderson referring to the victim by her last name , as if talking about a defendent . |
| 29 | It was a very difficult period , because whereas retrenchment and redundancy are now something employees understand and accept , this was the first time it had ever happened in ICI since the war . |
| 30 | But as the field swung away from the stands for the first time it became clear that the grey would not have matters entirely to his liking , for first Kildimo and then Ten Of Spades kept him close company and would not allow him to dominate affairs . |