Example sentences of "be [vb pp] several time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In R&D projects this is not the case and a job may have to be done several times before the outcome is acceptable . |
| 2 | In R&D projects this is not the case and a job may have to be done several times before the outcome is acceptable . |
| 3 | Deep acting medicines ( Lycopodium , Calc Carb etc. ) can be used several times daily and repeated for months at a time if necessary . |
| 4 | Wooden shuttering would char in the process , but could still be used several times . |
| 5 | Each launcher in the SS-20 system can be used several times , and the Soviets probably allocate two or three missiles to each launcher . |
| 6 | A sign book , The language of the Silent World , became a best seller and had to be reprinted several times before demand was satisfied . |
| 7 | The motor control routine shown in Fig. 8.3 is entered with the number of steps loaded into accumulator A ( if the number of steps can not be expressed within the confines of an eight.bit word corresponding to 256 steps the routine must be executed several times ) and the index register X pointing at a location in the list between ENDLOW and ENDHI . |
| 8 | A pattern of events was established which would be observed several times throughout the 1980s : a degree of liberalisation , student activism , then the ‘ anti-bourgeois ’ backlash . |
| 9 | This action may be repeated several times which is why fluorescent lighting ‘ flashes ’ when first switched on . |
| 10 | ( This exercise can be repeated several times to discover other Shadow selves . ) |
| 11 | It 's early morning on the Forest Vale industrial estate in Cinderford , and company boss Roger Sanderson starts work outside his plastic mouldings factory.But while other businessmen are checking their ansaphones and fax machines , he 's faced with swilling down sheep droppings left by the flocks that roam the estate.It 's a task that has to be repeated several times a day , and Mr Sanderson has had enough. : |
| 12 | If you fight on after sustaining a head injury and then receive a further blow to the head , the damage caused by the initial impact will be multiplied several times over ! |