Example sentences of "of time [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present there are people who choose to display a green learner plate for a period of time after they have passed their test , but this is only optional and may lead to other coloured learner plates being sold which then may not be taken seriously . |
| 2 | The most constructive move was when Linda Bellos stood up and announced that she thought that the group was a complete waste of time unless it had power , and to have power it would have to be a Council Committee with the right to interfere in all other committees . |
| 3 | But just as all doctors have patients who consume disproportionate amounts of time so we have papers that slow us down . |
| 4 | Christmas is less than seven weeks away ; forgive us if it all seems too early , but would n't it be terrific if this year , just for a change , you really did manage to get everything done ahead of time so you could actually enjoy the break … ? |
| 5 | Now what they , what they were supposed to do erm I never did know but there were quite a number of these er men who lived in this train and they had a lieutenant who 's quite a handsome chap by all accounts , he used to come into the office a chap named lieutenant and erm erm this was one of the things that landed on Joyce 's plant er plate and er she used to meet these Education Officers and arrange for courses and in the er in Lieutenant 's case of course there was er , instruction in English which erm erm Stanley who was a Headmaster of er Area School he undertook classes for these Polish chaps but er so often of course these erm , these units were only in the area for a limited space of time so you could n't arrange anything very , very comprehensive |
| 6 | The fact is , it 's condensed into a very short space of time so you have n't got much chance to think . |
| 7 | In view of the slowness with which changes of mental outlook came about in those days , it is not surprising that even after the introduction of the mechanical clock in the fourteenth century most people , including many of the more sophisticated , were far less concerned in their daily life with the passage of time than we are . |
| 8 | Second , under the proposals , established partners who anticipate retiring after the five-year transitional relief has expired will pay tax in respect of a greater period of time than they have actually been a partner . |
| 9 | This process whereby financial intermediaries lend for longer periods of time than they borrow is known as maturity transformation . |
| 10 | Or maybe it is simply that a second to them is a vastly longer subjective experience of time than it is to us and other creatures , possessed of a slower metabolic rate . |
| 11 | Birds can also detect much smaller intervals of time than us . |
| 12 | More importantly , the ending escapes the cliché in countless films of a marriage being halted in the nick of time although it most resembles the climax of a 1928 Harold Lloyd comedy , Speedy . |
| 13 | He greeted her pleasantly , seemingly unaware of the length of time since they had last met , and her pride made her take her cue from him . |
| 14 | He should n't be in her thoughts at all , and yet she found that in the short space of time since she had met him he had sunk in , wormed his way into her mind with his disturbing home truths . |
| 15 | It 's only a matter of time before we will see a Centre Centre , where the visitor can enjoy a fascinating audio-visual presentation of the large varieties of Centres throughout Scotland . |
| 16 | Since many of these services and facilities are , or were , wholly or partially within the remit of local government , it was only a matter of time before we focused our attention on local government for enhancement of such provision . |
| 17 | It is only a matter of time before we can decode them fully . |
| 18 | It 's only a matter of time before we give some team a damn good hiding . ’ |
| 19 | Detective Inspector Andy Steel , of Thames Valley Police , said : ‘ It is just a matter of time before we find him . ’ |
| 20 | A whole world of time before we have to think of that . ’ |
| 21 | And even though we 've issued ‘ D ’ notices on these events , it 's only a matter of time before we have a panic on our hands . ’ |
| 22 | Erm we do n't see a great deal of difference that they 've had the same problem as we 've had , in that we ran out of time before we could put the er finished act together properly . |
| 23 | But I would say that I think it is only a matter of time before we , as a nation , produce a very good black golfer . " |
| 24 | ‘ What pleases me is the fact that we have been creating chances and I personally feel it will only be a matter of time before we get it right . ’ |
| 25 | Underpowered , overweight and outdated , the once 200 strong fleet , affectionately known as ‘ Whistlers ’ was in decline from the mid-1970s , and when major overhauls ceased at BREL Crewe in 1981 it was only a question of time before they disappeared first from top link Eastern Region duties , and finally in 1985 freight workings originating from the North West . |
| 26 | ‘ It got to the point where they were jumping on the bonnet and it would have been a matter of time before they ran over my roof . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The goals I scored for Charlton and Wednesday were basically created by other players but I think it 's just a matter of time before they start going in again and it should help my game when Geoff Thomas is fit , ’ he added . |
| 28 | They set you up , they say you 're hot , and it 's only a matter of time before they 're saying you 're cold . ’ |
| 29 | It should only be a matter of time before they return to common sense and reason . |
| 30 | She and Ella had plenty of time before they needed to set off for school . |