Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 Around the corner are exhibits illustrating 18th and 19th century life in Teesdale , including a re-creation of a kitchen of the time .
2 On this basis the experimentally detectable T g is a time dependent relaxation process and the observed value is a function of the time scale of the measuring technique .
3 The results are expressed as a relaxation modulus which is a function of the time of observation .
4 It simply means thinking a little about your diet and daily routine , and improving it a bit at a time .
5 The secret is not to get too greedy and try to knock off large pieces : aim to knock out the back of the tile at the corner , which weakens the front , and then gently hammer the front , a bit at a time .
6 got to break it down into little steps and do a bit at a time
7 Instead of doing it a bit at a time , we can just multiply it .
8 I , yeah , I drove up , up there and back , like , my leg do n't ache , they ached a bit at a time , but that , you know that bone you get , each side of your keep your thumb there , you 've got that bone , underneath there 's a bone there , you might , or the bottom bone that you 'll sit on , you know when you sit still you get that bone .
9 Have to do a bit at a time .
10 I think they eat more if they can just help themselves a bit at a time when they want it .
11 What I 'll do , I 'll pass you the box and then you can take them out a bit at a time cos I 've sorted them .
12 No , you pull it out a bit at a time , not just
13 And they go down at a bit at a time or it 'll go all the way down .
14 To actually go through it a bit at a time I mean the majority of it is fine
15 It hurt a bit at the time , but I got myself free and did n't think a lot about it just then .
16 Mind you the , the erm , the wages had risen quite a bit during the time .
17 I 'll have dried out a bit by the time I get to the cottage , and I do n't really want to go all the way back to the farm after I 've come this far . ’
18 Mr Anderson was married and had a mistress at the time of the alleged rape , the jury has been told .
19 They considered themselves above parish apprentices , yet of the fellow members of the cutter club with whom he rowed on the Thames , Place recalled that the stroke was hanged for a murder he did not commit , not being able to provide an alibi as he was committing a burglary at the time , while the cox was transported for a robbery .
20 Secondly , there should be a real assault upon the incompetence and inefficiencies of our courts , which would result in a reduction of the time men and women are held on remand and reduce pressure in that way .
21 Where was all the self-assurance , the sophisticated enlightenment of the classical world , of which Egypt had been a part since the time of Alexander ?
22 The result is a flatter seven-layer management structure , the closure of seven factories , a tightening of the time it takes to bring products to market , and a concentration of effort on selling to industry sectors in which the company has established expertise .
23 In a fixed date action , if the defendant has not delivered a defence within the time limited , or in any action where the defendant does not appear at the pre-trial review ( or preliminary arbitration appointment ) , evidence by affidavit is admissible without notice unless the court otherwise orders ( Ord 20 , r 7(2) ; Ord 19 , r 5(2) ; Term No 2 ) .
24 The motion can be characterized by a reptation time , or more accurately by a relaxation time , τ , that is a measure of the time required for a chain to escape completely from its tube .
25 Here is known as the retardation time and is a measure of the time delay in the strain after imposition of the stress .
26 Such behaviour is described by where the retardation time τ R provides a measure of the time required for E 2 and η 2 to reach 0.632 of their total deformation .
27 As the time taken for secreted enzyme to pass into the duodenum is relatively small ( three to four minutes ) , the delay period may be used as a measure of the time taken for the synthesis of new enzymes by the acinar cell .
28 Opening a brewery at a time when Britain 's drinkers are supping less beer than they used to might not seem like a good idea .
29 Leadership which involves directing the meeting constantly and talking to the group for a majority of the time is unhelpful .
30 Repeat Step 6 and continue , a strip at a time , all the way up the forehead until you reach the hairline ( see Fig. 13 ) .
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