Example sentences of "[prep] [adj -er] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | His testimony before the Senate Banking Committee had one priceless moment of nostalgia for simpler times . |
| 2 | He insisted that it was a precautionary ‘ belt and braces ’ measure for tougher times ahead . |
| 3 | Malekith begins his great period of wandering around the world in search of magical artefacts of elder times . |
| 4 | In his speech , the prince returned to a favourite theme — the value of simpler times and the spiritual vacuum created by consumerism — in urging a return to traditional values . |
| 5 | It is almost as if we are confronted here by a replication of the poor Tom described in Ackroyd 's novel by another poor Tom of later times . |
| 6 | Like Humbert 's French of later times , he regarded the Irish as well-disposed ‘ primitive people ’ . |
| 7 | Along with many other villages of later times , Ticketone was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 and was still at this time the property of the church of St John . |
| 8 | Indeed , not even Eratosthenes presented what could be considered a decent amount of information according to the standards of later times . |
| 9 | The two main sources of later times , Rifat Efendi and the have simply ignored Molla Yegan altogether . |
| 10 | Er and so the constitution of the United States contained within it certain ambiguities , a certain vagueness of er statement and the actual working of that in practice er was left to the politicians and the judges of , of later times . |
| 11 | In this Jarman sits , Prospero-like , sniffing flowers as if grasping at a memory of happier times . |
| 12 | Leading Article : Hopes of better times deferred |
| 13 | Eric Hobsbawm suggests that we patiently await the coming of better times . |
| 14 | Promises of more schools and hospitals were regarded sceptically by peasants whom bitter experience had taught that talk of better times always meant worse . |
| 15 | The stock market powered ahead after a euphoric day in the City on hopes of better times ahead . |
| 16 | And if it entailed a degree of sacrifice , there was always the prospect of better times , just around the corner . |
| 17 | A fall in rates is often a signal to investors of better times ahead , raising expected returns , shifting the MEI curve to the right , and raising investment ( and conversely ) . |
| 18 | Unless there is a quantitative criterion there is no objective , only a pious hope of better times . |
| 19 | For any particular trade a period of bad times could change things , and secondly , some trades could experience a permanent decline , leaving members with only a fading memory of better times . |
| 20 | A possession to be treasured and for some a reminder of better times . |
| 21 | Signs of better times ahead |
| 22 | They are also aware of the need to make their establishments bright and cheerful with all the modern conveniences , whilst also preserving the spirit and traditions of the inns of older times . |
| 23 | A plaque reading ‘ Michael Walsh was shot by Black and Tans near this spot , 1920 ’ , was a reminder of grimmer times . |
| 24 | The boundaries may have been short , with netting to protect the club 's offices , but it was worthwhile practice for Smith , and a glimpse of warmer times ahead for a remarkable crowd ; there were about 100 well wrapped-up diehards , one of whom plonked himself in a red deckchair on the outfield , dangerously at midwicket . |
| 25 | Freud , in Civilization and its Discontents , advanced the profoundly historicist suggestion that we should be cautious about interpreting the miseries of earlier times , since what now looks like unacceptable suffering may have felt less so in a different culture . |
| 26 | He was very fond of ancient histories , stories and epics of earlier times and heroes . |
| 27 | In summary , the main points this chapter has attempted to make are the following : ( i ) In the European origins of the formation of modern States , nationalism was a means to establish the loyalty of populations and enforce some measure of homogeneity ( against the local particularisms of earlier times ) . |
| 28 | While there are , of course , many recent causes célèbres of police abuse ( Reiner , 1985 , ch. 2. 2 ) , memoirs of earlier times ( e.g. Mark , 1978 ; Daley , 1986 ) suggest that there was an enormous extent of subterranean wrong-doing in the cosy days of the traditional bobby on the beat . |
| 29 | Such instantaneous judgments come quickly with the benefit of distance and hindsight — it is easy to be smug and superior at ( what we think are ) the follies of earlier times . |
| 30 | The remains of a rare Roman lighthouse and the restored Anglo-Saxon church beside it are remainders of earlier times . |