Example sentences of "much [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | For much of that time , local government acted as an arena through which wider political debates about the state were conducted . |
| 2 | Patrick had fallen off a ladder over a year and a half ago and had been off work for much of that time . |
| 3 | Malcolm has served the church very faithfully during his term in office in spite of being under severe pressure of work during much of that time . |
| 4 | People have been studying the behavioural functions of the brain for something less than two centuries and , for much of that time , their efforts have been hampered by a combination of inevitable ignorance and adherence to implausible psychological theories . |
| 5 | Much of that time is taken up negotiating with creditors . |
| 6 | The Financial Statement 's key aim is to save much of that time by use of an agreed system in which creditors have trust and confidence . |
| 7 | During much of that time she had been moving constantly , school friends , teachers and happy times discarded until she felt like a fugitive . |
| 8 | The absence of new gilt issues for a period from 1988 to 1991 and the steeply inverted yield curve for much of that time meant that the eurosterling bond market developed strongly . |
| 9 | He had been in and out of the England team for ten years and had played 55 Tests , probably the best off-spinner in the world for much of this time . |
| 10 | For much of this time the country was in a continual state of war , with the Moors in the south and the Christians in the north constantly invading each others ' borders . |
| 11 | For much of this time Holroyd Smith was synonymous with Blackpool , the location of his achievement by installing one of the world 's first sustainable application of electricity to street transport . |
| 12 | There was no real communication between me and my father , who was also on holiday from school for much of this time . |
| 13 | Furthermore , income tax was relatively low ; it did not rise above 4s 6d to 5s in the pound during much of this time , and middle-class incomes of £250 p.a. to £1,000 p.a. enjoyed the lowest percentage burden of both direct and indirect taxation combined . |
| 14 | Much of this time could be wasted while children awaited the teacher 's attention or were simply distracted . |
| 15 | Although Marseilles is known to have been shared between two kings for much of this time , details of the division are hard to establish . |
| 16 | The world of athletics had changed so much in that time , and has changed since 1980 . |
| 17 | Her world was too much at that time . |