Example sentences of "time and [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In more recent times and in a case which did not strictly involve an employee , Lord Diplock said that the real concern of the courts was simply to ask whether the party with the greater bargaining power had exacted an unfairly onerous benefit ( Schroeder ( A ) Music Publishing Co v Macaulay [ 1974 ] 3 All ER 616 ) . |
| 2 | Very soon he will be known as one of the greatest seducers of our times and in a town — Los Angeles — not known for the lack of competition . |
| 3 | For instance , if the surveyor failed to carry out his inspection and to present his report within the agreed time and as a result a house at a bargain price was lost , then a claim could properly be made for compensation . |
| 4 | Two-thirds claimed that training had allowed them to carry out the farm work in less time and with a reduction in mental and physical effort . |
| 5 | I got Bunny out of the pub just before chucking-out time and with a bit of persuasion he agreed to take me as far as Hackney , dropping me off at the end of Stuart Street . |
| 6 | She went back on deck at the appointed time and within a minute the man appeared . |
| 7 | PictureTel Corp has reported first quarter net profit up 30.3% at $3.7m , struck after $1m gains due from the cumulative effect of an accounting change this time and against a period that included $933,000 in tax credits , on turnover that rose 55.2% to $44m . |
| 8 | The management ref refused to talk all the time and after a while it just got depressing , the fact that nothing seemed to be happening . |
| 9 | She says you have to have evidence of continued use over a period of time and in a variety of sources so that it 's not just very specialised and short-lived . |
| 10 | ( Why Jeffreys should choose to appear in a court at York is puzzling , especially in the wrong clothes for his time and in a building which was erected about 60 years later . ) |
| 11 | I prayed that Mr Gillis was on time and in a hurry to be done with his tedious task . |