Example sentences of "[adj] time after [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | In a case where the breach is " capable of remedy " within the meaning of the section , the principal object of the notice procedure provided for by section 146(1) , as I read it , is to afford the lessee two opportunities before the lessor actually proceeds to enforce his right of re-entry , namely ( 1 ) the opportunity to remedy the breach within a reasonable time after service of the notice , and ( 2 ) the opportunity to apply to the court for relief from forfeiture . |
2 | They must also continue to be so for a reasonable time after delivery . |
3 | In Lambert v. Lewis ( 1981 H.L. ) Lord Diplock said that the condition of fitness for purpose was a continuing obligation ‘ that the goods will continue to be fit for that purpose for a reasonable time after delivery , so long as they remain in the same apparent state and condition as that in which they were delivered , apart from normal wear and tear . ’ |
4 | At the most he could try to plead some implied term into the contract that the goods would last for a reasonable time after delivery to allow him a reasonable period of trouble-free use . |
5 | We are misled time after time after time when people have problems like they 're having their vehicle serviced , it 's put a claim in for a water pump , and have the cost of their service paid for . |
6 | For a long time after independence , English was the language of the educated élite , just as it had largely been that of the colonial administration . |
7 | Many ailments , especially viral ones such as Fish Pox , can make themselves apparent a long time after purchase : in other words , unless you go the whole hog , like the very top Koi-keepers , quarantine is no guarantee that all will be well . |
8 | It would evidently be impossible to resume normal living conditions for a very long time after fallout of the assumed density . ’ |
9 | Bladder control at night sometimes happens a long time after control in the day , and as with daytime training , it 's best to wait until a child shows signs of being able to develop control . |
10 | Tony let me down time after time . |
11 | He 'd been feeling good that day : finding the sweet-spot time after time , the ball coming off the racquet head with no sense of effort . |
12 | Radio was , as we have seen , put under direct Government control only a short time after independence . |
13 | The Sister tried to tell her that all new mothers went through something of this sort for a short time after childbirth ; but Harriet knew , when she fetched Liza and her baby back to Four Winds at the end of the week , that what her daughter was suffering from was not the ordinary ‘ blues ’ which she herself had experienced after Liza was born . |
14 | Mom ? a nice time after school cleaning the desks . |
15 | Rupert 's having a nice time after school cleaning the desks . |
16 | The research team , based at the Bristol Oncology Centre , hopes the method will eventually become an accepted screening method as it can be used time after time without any risk to the patient 's health . |
17 | ’ Ever closer union ’ is an objective which has been reaffirmed and defined time after time in successive meetings of the European Council . |