Example sentences of "time [coord] in [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I do not want to know what she intends doing in a year 's time or in 10 years ' time , because she will not be in government then .
2 That levying of money for or to the use of the Crowne by pretence of Prerogative without Grant of Parliament for longer time or in other manner , than the same is or shall be granted is illegall .
3 We may regret we live in a permissive society but I doubt whether even the most staunch defender of a better age would maintain that all or even most of those who have at one time or in one way or another been led astray morally have thereby become depraved or corrupt " .
4 I have not at any time or in any capacity written to Cllr Anderson .
5 That makes me think he must have connections with the Jordanian Government — he probably works for the Jordanian Secret Service , either full time or in some ad hoc capacity .
6 My right hon. Friend will be aware , however , that contributions to the main United Nations budget have not in the past always been paid on time or in full , even by members of the Security Council .
7 It is unquestionably true that the large-scale employment of women made it possible for certain Edinburgh houses to offer competitive terms in the years up to about 1900–10 , and the argument was made both at the time and in retrospective accounts .
8 Er indeed the directive was promulgated as the minister said but I do n't think it was a bolt out of the blue , it was of course something that we around for some considerable time before that and of course that excuse hardly applies to the delay in establishing the European parliamentary constituency committees , er as the minister er will know very well , it was merely a matter of seven weeks , er the excuse being that had they had another seven weeks they could have had the public inquiry stage , the reality of course was that there was plenty of time to do this in good time and in good order and without the confusion that exists now er around the candidatures and the boundaries of the existing European boundaries .
9 The female tsetse can bear only one baby at a time and in all her six month life , she can produce no more than a dozen .
10 For him , at that time and in that position , everything that could be seen between the distant boundaries of blue hill and black mountain , everything that spread below him under a fathomless heaven , was resonant with new meaning , new speech , new glory .
11 Not of that voice , at that time and in that place .
12 The British established legal institutions in both countries around the same time and in similar political and cultural contexts .
13 New faces are arriving all the time and in some cases actors make a quick start with a first job or they may have a relatively long wait before they get off the mark .
14 At this time and in this climate Thomas Sutton emerged as a keen student and follower of Thomas Aquinas and as a notable thinker among the group of English Dominican Thomists who flourished in the last quarter of the thirteenth century .
15 ‘ I 'd love to speak languages but you have to live in another country for a certain amount of time and in this job you have to get up and go , so I have n't had much chance to spend time abroad .
16 At another time and in another place , it could have been almost seductive .
17 In spite of the fact that enquiry statistics appear consistent over time and in different areas , he has been unable to find consistency in definition and recording of enquiries when he visited bureaux .
18 As far as is known , very few people in Islay kept a diary at that time and in those which have survived the entries are short and appear to have been inspired by the prospect of emigration or a return to their native heath by one who had spent many years abroad .
19 As far as is known , very few people in Islay kept a diary at that time and in those which have survived the entries are short and appear to have been inspired by the prospect of emigration or a return to their native heath by one who had spent many years abroad .
20 He was permitted to exert his authority as a member of the ruling class over his inferiors at any time and in any situation .
21 The baby Who was born in Bethlehem is quite unlike any other baby at any time and in any place .
22 Details of courses for returners organised by nursing agencies or commercial conference organisations appear in the national weekly nursing press from time to time and in local newspapers .
23 In 1987 , the service had to compete for the hospital 's laundry contract for the first time and in 1993 , it will have to submit another tender . ’
24 Make sure lettuce is available all the time and in sufficient quantity .
25 We would then be able to do what Conservatives should have done from the outset — pick up and operate a tried and trusted system and concentrate on dealing over time and in proper order with imperfections that had developed .
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