Example sentences of "[noun] for the times " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was already owed money by Hope for the times he had taken him fishing . |
| 2 | An Australian schoolteacher in Hawaii wanting to write a story on the States invading Panama for The Times in London . |
| 3 | MITCHELL PLATTS is golf correspondent for The Times . |
| 4 | Frank Giles , then Rome correspondent for The Times , says that though technically below Monsignor Domenico Tardini in rank , Giles was advised to take sandwiches . |
| 5 | JANE MACQUITTY has been writing about wine since 1975 and is wine correspondent for The Times . |
| 6 | For health reasons she returned to England in 1883 , but her husband 's appointment in 1886 as Italian and Greek correspondent for The Times drew her back to Italy , where she lived in Rome until 1897 . |
| 7 | Among his publications , the most influential was A Reasonable Faith : Short Religious Essays for the Times ( 1844 ) . |
| 8 | Mrs Dawson praised Sarah for the times she has popped in to see if she could help . |
| 9 | This was for £208 : 35. : 0d. ( a considerable sum of money for the times ) yet all of this was restituted by the end of 1633 suggesting , if nothing else , a degree of integrity . |
| 10 | This was a case of Gentlemen versus Players in the golden age when such distinctions still applied and when it was obvious to anyone with an eighth of an intelligence that no paid journeyman could ever begin to compare with the rapier-like ‘ amateurs ’ who flitted with effortless superiority , solving one crime after another with a brilliant insouciance which was the dismay of the criminal fraternity , the envy of the constabulary , and a source of immense satisfaction to most of the upper middle class , especially those with an aptitude for the Times crossword . |
| 11 | Edith Durham sought to redress the balance in dispatches for The Times and the Manchester Guardian and through indefatigable lobbying in Whitehall and elsewhere . |
| 12 | During the Oxford Movement a translation of the Greek passages by J. H. Newman appeared as one of the Tracts for the Times , and a translation of those from the Latin by J. M. Neale was also published . |
| 13 | Newman in one of the Tracts for the Times drew up a form of service , to be used on the anniversary of Ken 's funeral , whose central message was ‘ He gave to Caesar the things that be Caesar 's and to God the things that be God 's . ’ |
| 14 | Sophisticates might see it differently : thus J. H. Newman , writing in the Tracts for the Times ( no. 85 , 1840 ) when still a member of the Church of England , drew attention to discrepancies and differences of emphasis between various books of the Bible . |
| 15 | His blazer studded with drawing pins in homage to Presley 's cloth of gold , he cut through the verbiage with a revolutionary cry for the times . |
| 16 | During this period he also led the British expedition to observe the transit of Venus in Hawaii ( 1874 ) , travelled in Siberia and the Gobi desert , and reported the Russo-Turkish war for The Times in 1877 . |
| 17 | When I visited Roehampton to prepare an article for the Times Educational Supplement , Dr Shipman expressed his hopes that the scheme would ‘ lead to an initial preparation for teaching that blends theory and practice in courses that are coherent and intellectually stretching ’ . |
| 18 | I covered the lecture for the Times Herald , and it was ‘ an unusual performance ’ . |
| 19 | Balanchine created a ballet The Seven Deadly Sins with music by Kurt Weill and words by Berthold Brecht which later inspired MacMillan to stage his version of this parable for the times . |
| 20 | In fact , transport of materials around Coniston was quite well organised , with many roads in a fair state for the times . |
| 21 | Somebody called John Hawley reviewed the novel for the Times , and he was rather sniffy : ‘ Begley is clearly after something more than entertainment here : he wants to write The Great Gatsby . |
| 22 | Yesterday , it went off under an uncomfortable-looking Government bench as the Chancellor delivered an austerity package that raised taxes directly and indirectly and carried a message for the times . |
| 23 | Mori for the Times put Labour one point ahead on 39 per cent , with 38 for the Tories and 20 for the Liberal Democrats . |
| 24 | After years of expensive legal fees , the court revealed that Gallacher had debts of £787 , a massive sum for the times , and he was declared bankrupt . |
| 25 | Much above the average in wealth for a Buckinghamshire incumbent , his estate totalling nearly £19 included £7. 1s. 4d. in ready money , a substantial amount for the times by any reckoning . |
| 26 | A similar analysis for The Times belies the nature of the changes implied by Curran et al . |
| 27 | The rise of the ‘ casual ’ — the smartly-dressed stand supporter with a penchant for calling cards , scrap books and well-organised mega-violence spiced with more than a hint of racist overtones — seems a perfect symbol for the times . |
| 28 | Lysates were precleared with normal rabbit serum and equal amounts incubated at 37°C for the times indicated . |
| 29 | The international customer will be looking for as bolthole for the times he or she is here |
| 30 | It took that length of time for The Times to reach Carewscourt from London , where it was posted every morning . |