Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this would explain a further problem affecting the order of things in the quarto : this song comes between the Dialogue of Coridon and Mopsa — the Haymakers ' scene — and the Dance of Haymakers which directly follows it in the score and belongs to it musically in every way : both are in G major and a quick 6/4 , and share the same bucolic atmosphere as well as their thematic material , whereas ‘ When I have often heard young maids complaining ’ is a sophisticated song in C major and stately triple time . |
| 2 | The BT Azure has a security lock , a hand-signal strength indicator and a dual-function timer , to help you keep tabs on individual calls and your total calling time . |
| 3 | Connell ( 1970 ) found that the Pacific Nucella took 9 hr to bore through large barnacles , about 7000 of their total feeding time . |
| 4 | In a visit in the spring of 1987 , I met a teacher who confided that the externally-imposed testing system pre-empted the use of 30% of her total professional time , and that her own independent judgements ( which she saw as more valuable and inseparable from her natural teaching style ) occupied a further 20–25% of the time . |
| 5 | A right raucous time was had by all … and the session ended in a sea of holly-sprigged wrappings and crumpled paper hats . |
| 6 | A once bitten , twice shy ex-Makin' Time veteran , Martin mumbles in a thick West Midlands drawl that registers about one decibel below the magnetic tape level . |
| 7 | A once bitten , twice shy ex-Makin' Time veteran , Martin mumbles in a thick West Midlands drawl that registers about one decibel below the magnetic tape level . |
| 8 | The young people also wanted to have some enjoyment in their scarce free time and escape from the contradictions of their ‘ privileged ’ position . |
| 9 | ‘ We realized that , lyrically , we had to be more specific this time in terms of our politics . |
| 10 | I wonder if there was n't something specific this time ? ’ |
| 11 | She had reason to be depressed this time . |
| 12 | She began again to caress him ; rose to sit kittenishly in his lap , but she was as clumsy at this babying as she was grand at being leopardine , and he found it possible this time to check his lust ; she bent to blow on his neck and ear , as he liked her to do , but he twisted sharply to avert his head , and struck her on the upper arm to beat her off , and then without another word , his face blazing with the effort of his denial , he turned and left her . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been working out and I feel I have got it right this time . |
| 14 | We de-stocked to fund the work on the hotel , but we 're building the farming up again , and trying to get it right this time . ’ |
| 15 | There is a strong determination to put it right this time and not to let things slip . |
| 16 | So let's get it right this time , eh ? ’ |
| 17 | I plead with him to get it right this time for his own sake . |
| 18 | ISABEL WOLFF BELIEVES THE NOBEL COMMITTEE GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME … |
| 19 | Let's get it right this time . |
| 20 | We 've got our forecasts right this time … |
| 21 | ‘ And get it right this time . ’ |
| 22 | He grinned at Rain and Mona and happily promised Eliot : ‘ You 're going to love this one , I reckon we 've got it right this time . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Then let's make sure we get it right this time , ’ he said softly . |
| 24 | You want to appeal but there has already been a long delay , and you urgently need to get it right this time . |
| 25 | I welcome both the inquiries that the right hon. Gentleman has so speedily set up , but may I advise him that , if we do not get it right this time , we shall be at the Dispatch Box again to consider still more cases ? |
| 26 | The future of our agricultural and rural districts is at stake ; we simply must get it right this time . |
| 27 | Lot number ninety eight Lot number ninety eight a cloisonne dish we have that showing on my right this time , there we are eighty for that at eighty pounds at eighty pounds , any more at eighty only , at eighty pounds , all done ? |
| 28 | W first of all though I think I 've got them right this time I hope , the World Health Organization , charities , the United Nations , the European Commission erm foreign business organizations and l the bodies that lay down regulations er for activities . |
| 29 | I think prob problems of identification have n't really been right this time and we made a point a clear point this time with a note to people , if they were n't sure , to make comments on the books . |
| 30 | Cheltenham conservatives must get it right this time , or they wo n't win again , there 's so much in fighting . |