Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] in a time " in BNC.

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1 In Fig 36 an example is given of a holding pattern that has been completed in a time of 4 mins 28 secs .
2 Only two of Ulster 's 32 clubs play their hockey on grass and Gavin realises that Portrush are caught in a time warp which could hinder the North West outfit 's progress .
3 Poland had been trapped in a time capsule , and try as it might to struggle free , the parameters of its political and spiritual life had been set firm for years to come by the humiliation of invisibility .
4 I am locked in a time warp , but I 'm lost in several time warps .
5 People aim at achievements to be completed in a time process and talk about how they order their priorities accordingly .
6 They seem to be locked in a time warp but this has become their biggest selling point because , by remaining stubbornly unlike every other manufacturer , their instruments can not fail to be distinctive .
7 In these rebellions , the main grievances voiced were fiscal , although it is not certain how far the taxation itself was the real cause of discontent and how far merely the last straw which could not be borne in a time when land was becoming scarce and real wages were in decline [ A.1 ] .
8 In early September Collor had summoned for the first time the Council of the Republic , whose remit was to advise the President on action to be taken in a time of deep crisis or emergency , including the declaration of a state of siege if necessary .
9 A secret ca n't be kept in a time warp .
10 Surely it is about time England and Wales came into line with the rest of Europe regarding access instead of being trapped in a time capsule .
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