Example sentences of "the [adj] time [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merely looking at one 's watch and giving the right time is usually enough to prevent the completely accurate recall of an unfamiliar telephone number . |
| 2 | At high speeds the freewheeling time is relatively long but the effective phase voltage is unchanged , even though the bridge diodes are conducting for a substantial part of the cycle . |
| 3 | Besides , the playing time is hardly generous for an issue retailing at full price . |
| 4 | The traditional view is that the ideal time is somewhere between one and two years before you are due to retire . |
| 5 | The rise of the lay colleges at the present time is largely the fault of the medical profession itself , a result of its consistent disregard for this approach to treatment so that the demand for it far outweighs the practitioners available to supply that demand . |
| 6 | The average consumption of fat in the Western world at the present time is about 130 grams ( over 4½ ounces ) a day per person . |
| 7 | The difficult time is immediately after metamorphosis , when they must have live food small enough to ingest . |
| 8 | With CMAC the waiting time is n't that long either . ’ |
| 9 | In many parts of the country , for most treatments , the waiting time is much shorter than this ; and we will seek further progress in reducing waiting times . |
| 10 | Health chiefs say the waiting time is down to 10 weeks . |
| 11 | The relevant time is when the contract is made . |
| 12 | The relevant time is when originally supplied ( s4(2) ) . |
| 13 | Erm the maximum score of that expression is obtained when Z X equals Z Y. So , the maximum time is when the two paired standard scores are a exactly the same , not just they 're both positive or both negative , but they 're exactly the same value as well . |