Example sentences of "be [vb pp] some time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not simply a matter of becoming uncomfortably aware that the rapid increase of world population and accelerated industrialization pose a serious threat to the environment both by the massive consumption of finite material resources and by the emission of man-made heat and chemicals into the atmosphere ; a situation dramatically portrayed in a report by the Club of Rome ( Meadows et al. , 1972 ) , subsequently much criticized but now taken more seriously again , which concluded that : ‘ If the present growth trends in world population , industrialization , pollution , food production , and resource depletion continue unchanged , the limits to growth on this planet will be reached some time within the next one hundred years . ’ |
| 2 | I knew this to be true and believed firmly that when the word was given me in 1986 it would be fulfilled some time in the future . |
| 3 | On page six of our agenda there are congress organization motions which clearly need to be discussed some time during this congress because they concern rule amendments , and if they do fall off the agenda because debate is long on the other things , I really do believe they should take priority because we wo n't be raising them for another three years . |
| 4 | In another measure , the Government extended the Landlord and Tenant Act protection to the licensed trade but they would not bring it in immediately — it had to be implemented some time in the future . |
| 5 | Money for use today can be bought in exchange for money to be repaid some time in the future . |
| 6 | The Environment Secretary will announce whether Gloucestershire is to be capped some time over the next 6 weeks . |
| 7 | There was an area of bruising below the right eye but , although it was recent , Wycliffe felt sure that it had been inflicted some time before death — probably the day before . |
| 8 | An astonishing repair of sorts had been effected some time in the last century : a young fruit tree was nailed vertically to the back of the panel and held in place with iron bands . |
| 9 | If you are acting for a builder-seller selling a new dwelling and the builder is on the National House-Building Council 's register ( Chapter 13 ) , you may not , unless the property is completed some time before completion of the sale , have received the standard notice of insurance cover to hand over , in which case you will give an undertaking to do so as soon as it comes to hand . |
| 10 | Shoppers in Abingdon must be hoping an agreement is reached some time before the next century . |
| 11 | The cave was formed some time during the early part of the Pleistocene , over one million years ago , and it became filled with sediment during the middle Pleistocene approximately 350 to 400 thousand years ago . |
| 12 | The congregation here was formed some time after 1690 though the present church building only dates from 1879 . |
| 13 | ‘ The murder was committed some time between twelve and three . |
| 14 | The situation was complicated by the fact that a further United Kingdom election was expected some time during the autumn . |
| 15 | An official bulletin was expected some time after the consultation . |
| 16 | The house was built some time in the second half of the 12C or beginning of the 13C . |
| 17 | This was commissioned by the thrustful chatelain of Pau , Gaston Phoebus , from his distinguished military architect , Sicord de Lord at ; and was built some time in the 1370s . |
| 18 | Billy thinks the snake was stolen some time between 11.30am and 3pm yesterday and anyone with any information should contact their nearest RUC station . |
| 19 | The twin wheeled trailer , which has the serial number 92MAR14 , was taken some time between 11.15 a.m. and 1 p.m . |
| 20 | The metallic blue car , and £130 worth of tools , was taken some time between 8 a.m. and 3.30 p.m . |
| 21 | This became the object of pilgrimage until the shrine was destroyed some time in the 16th century . |