Example sentences of "[det] of the time [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each segment then has a basic cost rate for a standard spot , in each of the time lengths allowed . |
| 2 | Much of the time parents are quite unconscious of their ‘ reinforcing ’ behaviour . |
| 3 | Despite their increasing equity stake in capitalist enterprises they provide relatively little new investment finance and for much of the time act as passive collectors of dividends . |
| 4 | For much of the time Lewis was away from his family making films . |
| 5 | Tom and Brian spent much of the time reading . |
| 6 | She was aware , though no-one spoke , that for much of the time Ernest and Charlotte were also awake . |
| 7 | Much of the time pupils will work on sources that have been carefully selected by the teacher . |
| 8 | Surveying the solitary chair and bare mattress , the missing lightbulbs round the mirror , you understand why for much of the time Newley keeps his eyes closed , picturing maybe the backstage steamrooms and personal barmen of American showbiz . |
| 9 | There was no important difference in either basal or stimulated secretion of acid between any of the three test groups ( C , U , L ) at either of the time point ( day 3 or day 7 ) ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 10 | Although all things are not possible all of the time students possess a considerable measure of initiative in programme design . |
| 11 | These results confirm those of the time series test in which high and low beta portfolios earned less than expected and more than expected respectively . |
| 12 | Thus throughout the following the average of any quantity Q signifies where s is large compared with any of the time scales involved in the variations of Q. |
| 13 | Most of the time Harry was playing for Crystal Palace we were a Third Division club and so it is not surprising that most of the great achievements to which he helped to take us were in the FA Cup . |
| 14 | There are none of us , including Cliff , a concrete contractor from Washington state , and his wife Sandy , who wanted to go to Paris this summer but lost the toss of a coin ; Bill , who writes travel guides and is comfortable only in his own company ; and Ken , a semi-retired naval man from Oregon , who spends most of the time wrestling with the impossible task of capturing the gigantic scenery in photographs . |
| 15 | The two young people had been sitting in silence for most of the time Nahum had been upstairs , Seb gazing morosely into the fire and Carrie reading at the kitchen table . |
| 16 | With prize money declining , he laments that most of the time jump jockeys risk their necks for £150 . |
| 17 | During most of the time Jenkins was there , there was a fixed number of songs on the island , a kind of ‘ song pool ’ from which each young male drew his own small repertoire . |
| 18 | At some points in the history of a given society people have rebelled and challenged this inequality ; at other points they have meekly accepted their subordination ; but probably most of the time people adopt a posture midway between these two extremes . |
| 19 | Most of the time people do n't want to be |
| 20 | Also , he had learnt English from a book and sometimes put the words in the wrong order , but it did n't matter for most of the time Endill knew what he was trying to say . |
| 21 | ‘ This is n't very helpful because nobody chooses depression and most of the time sufferers are not in a position to help themselves , ’ he added . |
| 22 | However , most of the time generalisation works appropriately and it is absolutely essential since the student will never experience all occurrences of the words or signs of the language . |
| 23 | The recommendations from NICMA are quite simple , as Irene explained : ‘ Reward good behaviour — most of the time children are good . ’ |
| 24 | Most of the time Clara assumed it too . |