Example sentences of "of the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I can more or less understand in general terms what happens up until sort of the impressionist time , maybe just post-impressionist . |
| 2 | As a general rule , when the demand for a resource is such that it is allocated for two thirds of the available time , then programs spend twice as long waiting for the resource as using it . |
| 3 | The proposed courses for the next term confirm that the college will be only using fifty percent of the available time and space for eight months of the year . |
| 4 | He used the columns of the Irish Times to inform Roman catholic consciences of permitted interpretations of state divorce on the grounds of religious liberty , interpretations which were diametrically opposed to that of the Irish bishops . |
| 5 | The appearance of the results of the Irish Times opinion poll on the same day predicting the failure of the proposal may well have affected the turn-out . |
| 6 | Ed Moloney of the Irish Times wrote : ‘ … a large number of those attracted to and recruited into the party through Robinson 's efforts were different in a number of important respects from the traditional Paisley follower of the early rabble-rousing days … . ’ |
| 7 | Fergus Pyle of the Irish Times was at the station when the expected delegation from Liverpool arrived on the morning train . |
| 8 | As sporting intros go , it ranked with the effort by the correspondent of the Irish Times at the Montreal Olympics of 1976 . |
| 9 | HERE JACKIE HAYDEN TALKS TO TWO OF THE JUDGES FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION , DERMOT O'SHEA , ART EDITOR OF THE IRISH TIMES AND COLM HENRY , IRELAND 'S LEADING ROCK PHOTOGRAPHER WHOSE CLIENTS INCLUDE U2 AND HOT PRESS , ABOUT THE COMPETITION IN PARTICULAR AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN GENERAL |
| 10 | It 's something Dermot O'Shea is pleased to see — as Art Editor of The Irish Times he 's always felt that , just as a newspaper gives prominence to its top story , so also its best images should be treated with equal respect . |
| 11 | Unlike many other professions or hobbies , photographers do not have much access to courses where they can hone their skills , although you will occasionally see ads on the back of the Irish Times . |
| 12 | According to Martyn Fear , drill bit specialist from the Drilling Technology group in Aberdeen , the duration of the rotating time required to drill the well , the extremely rough drilling conditions , the time spent tripping and replacing worn bits , and the costs of bit purchase are all highly dependent upon drill bit efficiency . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , most of these combinations also produce a substantial lengthening of the bleeding time , which may be suggestive of an increased bleeding risk . |
| 14 | ‘ For me Dave Mackay was more of a thoroughbred of the early times — but I think he could have played successfully in today 's football . |
| 15 | ‘ They 're relics of the early Time Lords , ’ the Doctor replied . |
| 16 | In these , males are much larger than females and take much longer to sexually mature - perhaps the result of the increased time spent in competition with other males to take over a group of females . |
| 17 | He tells me of the only time he has seen his mother drink ; her infant grandchild vomited on her coat , and she spouted a fine , volatile performance , screaming Christ Almighty the cross a woman has to bear , taking the Lord 's name in vain for the very first time . |
| 18 | A running spectal analysis of the real time signal captured on disk was performed . |
| 19 | ‘ Have you heard of the Penal Times ? |
| 20 | Taking those within 1–2 years of the pension age first , non-manual workers had spent nearly one-third more of the intervening time between redundancy and interview in retirement than skilled manual workers ( 85.7 per cent and 66.8 per cent respectively ) . |
| 21 | She 'd left for England two days later , having spent most of the intervening time with Gaston . |
| 22 | Cygnus X-1 emits X-rays and radio waves strongly with no signs of the regular time structure that marks out pulsars . |
| 23 | The microwave combination 's ability to prime cook à la carte dishes in about a fifth of the usual time offers opportunities to introduce items on the menu which traditionally have meant advance ordering , for example , racks of lamb , beef Wellingtons , en croûte dishes and so on . |
| 24 | then , by setting a fifth of the usual time , a ball park figure was laid down for trail and error , up and down the variables until a best method was agreed by all . |
| 25 | There was a neutrophil leukocytosis with appreciable derangement of the clotting times . |
| 26 | How the ravers were to find their way out of Chalk Farm and into their bedsits would also be a challenge worthy of the do-it-yourself times into which the metropolitans were moving . |
| 27 | Barbara Coleman would detest the solitude , the place would bring back memories of the good times and she would be confronted more than ever with the evidence that the good times had gone . |
| 28 | And with the kiss came a sudden rush of memories ; not of the arguments , the long silences , the hurtful remarks , but of the good times they had had together . |
| 29 | Radcliffe 's description of the period 1788 – 1803 for Lancashire cotton weavers mingles experience and myth but conveys something of the style of the good times : " Their dwellings and small gardens clean and neat — all the family well clad — the men each with a watch in his pocket , and the women dressed to their own fancy — the church crowded to excess every Sunday — every house well furnished . " |
| 30 | The lexicon and the clustering allusions in the second half of the poem confer upon it a gravity , a sadness not wholly predictable from the opening , which seems to herald a piece on the theme of gathering rosebuds , drinking wine , and making the best of the good times before the infernal walls close in . |