Example sentences of "[unc] time have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prime Minister 's letter , printed in the next day 's Times had been conventionally appreciative but brief . |
| 2 | Half an hour of Basil 's time had been a godsend . |
| 3 | To be seriously concerned with this field was to expose oneself to the possibility of ridicule when it turned out that one had been deceived by a clever confidence trickster ; at best it led to controversy , to results which were suggestive rather than conclusive , and away from those straightforward and answerable questions which since Galileo 's time had been the essence of scientific research . |
| 4 | Queen Anne 's time had been the " golden period " for the serge weavers of the Exeter region . |
| 5 | Since Bains an increasing amount of chief officers ' time has been devoted to liaison with other departmental heads to formulate corporate strategies . |