Example sentences of "a [adj] time [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a little time should be spent considering the position of the dealer who sells his goods to the finance company . |
| 2 | Put simply , it was difficult to find outlets for short-to medium-term lending whose self-liquidation at a definite time could be relied upon . |
| 3 | Until now , he 'd given up hope that such a burgeoning time would ever come again . |
| 4 | To be rebuffed a second time would be unthinkable , unbearable . |
| 5 | Pressing |
| 6 | The fitting of blinkers on Spartan Sprite had the desired effect at Higham , and it will be interesting to see whether this ploy works a second time should Nigel Bloom opt to ride her rather than Jaaez . |
| 7 | Some continuity of personnel between the new and the old is often welcomed as the most effective means of preserving the loyalty of the clients and maybe the appointment of the sole practitioner or the senior partner of the acquired business as consultant to the new firm for a limited time will be considered . |
| 8 | The result : a solid midfield from which a fast time can be generated . |
| 9 | But to wrench Aunt Lou from the home which had been hers for such a long time would be to kill her . |
| 10 | The child who uses goed or comed is guilty of over-generalisation , while in sign the use of repetition to convey occurrence over a long time would be appropriate in WAIT-WAIT-WAIT , meaning ‘ wait for ages ’ but not in KEEP-KEEP-KEEP , where it would probably mean to ‘ keep three ’ things rather than to ‘ keep over time ’ . |
| 11 | done this job for a long time wo n't you ? |
| 12 | Therefore , a thin section remaining in the beam for a long time may show a decrease in luminescence intensity as ionic-bombardment and thermal diffusion take place . |
| 13 | Before 18 months , a child wo n't recognise herself in the mirror and for a long time will describe herself in terms of attributes ( like smallness ) and her possessions . |
| 14 | The ferret can drink and will live a long time should it escape . |
| 15 | A long time must be spent on suppling the horse by the use of circles , turns , changes of bend and transitions . |
| 16 | Dogs which have lived in kennels for a long time can be particularly difficult to house-train successfully , although this is helped by the fact that they will only defecate about twice a day . |
| 17 | People who have been married apparently happily , for a long time can make you fed an outsider with just one private glance . |
| 18 | have a good time would n't you ? |
| 19 | I hope it all goes very well and that a good time will be had by all . |
| 20 | Thus detention beyond a reasonable time would be unlawful ; what is reasonable will depend on the circumstances , including the ages of the children concerned . |
| 21 | What is a reasonable time will depend on the nature of the programs and their complexity , taking into account the time required for testing and acceptance . |
| 22 | ( 2 ) Failure to deliver a decision within a reasonable time will be |
| 23 | Although I was tempted to think that such a short time would make no difference , I knew that when I got near to Kano , if I got that far , every minute would count . |
| 24 | In its simplest use , the computer sits in a corner and each child has an individual session with relevant material ; so inevitably only a short time would normally be available . |
| 25 | A Only time will tell . |
| 26 | A specified time should be set as a deadline when outgoing mail should be ready if it is to be despatched that day . |
| 27 | It is this structuralist mode , through which the particularities of the object world at a given time may help generate the objectifications by which a set of social relationships comes to know itself through an array of everyday taxonomies which makes Bourdieu 's work such an advance on previous analyses of consumption . |
| 28 | The change he makes is to assume that the laws of motion obeyed by the particles constituting an isolated system are non-invertible : that is , that the same dynamical state at a given time can be reached from two or more different dynamical states at some earlier time . |
| 29 | Surely , it will be said , it is necessary to draw a distinction between predicates which within a given context at a given time can be appropriately ascribed to a given existent , and those predicates which under the same conditions can not be meaningfully said that either they or their contradictories are true of the existent in question . |
| 30 | Erm the views of the er of the subcommittee are that that this does appear to be er perhaps a practical solution er and at the moment , er we are looking to erm make some of the spaces , certainly in the Church Street car park erm short term , I E two hours , certainly so the people who are who are making shopping visits , or visits to the banks et cetera would get the lower car park and the the people who are staying for a longer time would be at the top . |