Example sentences of "[prep] [det] length [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hoped a fortnight was enough : she knew it was supposed to take about that length of time to get over chicken-pox , but perhaps it was more serious for adults . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't pay John any bigger compliment — to be underground for that length of time . |
| 3 | Thus , if the total award is large enough ( say , reflecting three years ' employment and loss of salary and contract benefits for that length of time ) , an ex gratia payment will not reduce your former employer 's legal liability towards you at all . |
| 4 | She had clung to the hope even for that length of time , but it had never happened . |
| 5 | His ability to A function as a surveillance office and B to function as a armed officer after being maybe in the er in a vehicle for that length of time er is both dangerous to the public and dangerous to him . |
| 6 | ‘ You ca n't possibly expect me to carry on this sort of charade — not for that length of time ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's hard to stand up for that length of time , ’ said Couples , who had two double-bogeys in his 71 . |
| 8 | Will you have enough to do down there for that length of time Christine ? |
| 9 | Will you have enough to do for that length of time . |
| 10 | Well it 's not because , because I object to the phone being taken out of commission for that length of time |
| 11 | I think , then what on earth does he want to be on the phone for that length of time for . |
| 12 | Some countries operate five-year plans but there is nothing sacred about this length of time . |
| 13 | If a property is insufficiently furnished for full habitation , it may also have been unoccupied for some length of time . |
| 14 | In terms of the definition of er what is historic York I think again an issue we went over for some length of time at the greenbelt inquiry , I would draw your attention back to my earlier comments that York is basically a modern industrial city with a very precious historic core , that historic core er represents no more than actually five percent of the built up area , that something like eighty five percent of the city was built after eighteen hundred , the view that was expressed by the County in N Y Two , in terms of the definition of the greenbelt , the Greater York greenbelt and its purposes was not accepted by the City Council , we do not accept that all of the func elements of the York greenbelt contribute towards preserving the character of the historic city , we rely on the the fact that the two comments the Senior Inspector made at this , the the green wedges and historic core itself that establish the historic character of the city , there are many parts of the edge of York which could repli be replicated in many cities , historic or otherwise around the country and finally just coming back to the issue of scale of development erm the point I should have made earlier about the house builders figures for the city of York is that the house builders did suggest a figure of four thousand for the city , erm , I 'm not aware on what basis that was made , but clearly my evidence would quite clearly indicate that I believe that could not be accommodated , certainly on any known sites within the cit current city boundary , thank you Chair . |
| 15 | If either of these conditions is not met locally , the search algorithm will have to pursue a number of hypotheses in parallel for some length of time . |
| 16 | Until the mid-seventeenth century the essential distinction ( oversimplifying somewhat ) was that between ambassadors , either ordinary ones resident for some length of time or extraordinary ones sent for some special and limited purpose , and lesser diplomatic representatives referred to by a variety of different titles — resident , minister , agent , etc . |
| 17 | The intention of a Gift Aid scheme is to encourage giving without the donor being tied to a particular charity for this length of time . |
| 18 | Dr Einon says : ‘ What is absolutely certain is that playing the game for this length of time did not make his scores worse . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But I bring that up because you were asking about how you get back into it after that length of time . |
| 20 | He said today : ‘ I just can not see him ever coming back , not after this length of time . |
| 21 | ‘ The men wo n't come in 'ere if they 're on strike , ‘ specially if it goes on fer any length of time . |
| 22 | but I think for people to go and have plastic surgery of that length of time for erm any thing else other than medical reasons |
| 23 | I mean there just were n't enough species extinctions to enable you to produce that number of changes and a number of independent traits in that length of time . |
| 24 | Stories simply handed down by word of mouth over that length of time are likely to be less accurate than those written down from the beginning . |
| 25 | I am very sensitive to my hon. Friend 's reference to Warren Hastings ' because it was Edmund Burke , a kinsman of mine , who prosecuted him over that length of time . |
| 26 | It 's very rare if ever that one finds a continuing document of a place and people of a particular space maintained over that length of time . |
| 27 | ‘ Care management could be quite a restrictive task to do over any length of time . |
| 28 | But nothing can be shown to remain absolutely invariable over any length of time ; so how can we be certain that identity can be legitimately applied to anything ? |
| 29 | The more extreme forms of influence , such as coercion or threat , are unlikely to be sustained over any length of time . |
| 30 | The Policy Advisory Committee expressed the view that ‘ some indecent acts other than sexual intercourse , especially if repeated over any length of time , can perhaps be as harmful as sexual intercourse , and that they represent just as much an abuse of the familial relationship as acts of sexual intercourse . ’ |