Example sentences of "[adj] time [vb pp] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these , males are much larger than females and take much longer to sexually mature - perhaps the result of the increased time spent in competition with other males to take over a group of females . |
| 2 | A by-product of this is that corpus-based linguistics , for a long time ignored in favour of logic-based linguistics , is becoming more accepted and attracting a lot more attention . |
| 3 | If you are a keen gardener or have done any fund-raising or interesting travelling , for example , you will appear a more attractive candidate than someone who simply spends their spare time slumped in front of the television . |
| 4 | Inefficient time spent in negotiation is always costly |
| 5 | A search will therefore take the minimum time shown in Fig. 7.2 . |