Example sentences of "time [conj] [pron] [is] " in BNC.

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1 you know , perfectly well the answer 's going to be be yes more times than it 's going to be no I 'm not going to be around .
2 It has been intermittently active throughout history and may have been even more active in Greek and Roman times than it is now .
3 What 's more , with so much emphasis placed upon cultivating a creative youth — schools and parents actively promoting music , local radio and TV picking up regional talent , the reasonable cost of good equipment and the ease with which quality demos and records can be made , plus the all-round encouragement young people receive in all recreational pursuits these days — means it was almost certainly harder to break out in those starchy , stifling times than it is now .
4 Consigned to the obituary column more times than he 's popped a pill or praised the Lord , Johnny Cash continues to confound critics and medical science by bouncing back every year with a new triumph .
5 It appears , at times that there is an unbridgeable gap between what contemporary business uses and what the school does .
6 It may seem at times that there is little common ground between the two generations , but if a parent is patient and ready to take an interest , and to listen as well as to give advice or pass criticism , there is plenty to talk about and share together .
7 Silicon Graphics Inc , Mountain View , is not commenting on a report in the New York Times that it is considering teaming up with Time Warner Inc to develop hardware for interactive television .
8 The Irish state telephone monopoly Telecom Eireann has denied a report in the Irish Times that it is up for sale , but shares in Cable & Wireless Plc were up sevenpence at 721p yesterday morning on news it is in talks about possibly buying a 25% stake in the Irish phone company .
9 Pictures are taken at several ( eight ) different exposure levels and each point is weighted according to the number of times that it is seen .
10 I mean there 's been a couple of times that he 's really lost his temper with her and erm and , and really flown off the handle , badly .
11 ‘ I do n't know that he will : but he was in High Places at the right times so it 's worth trying the Good Old Times routine … ’
12 I had n't realised that Katabatic had beaten us six times so it 's nice to reverse the placings . ’
13 Choose a person , blindfold her , give her the cushion and then turn her round and round a couple of times so she is unaware as to which direction she is in .
14 It is a movement he has used many times and which is perhaps seen at its best in the pas de deux to the Meditation from Thai-s created for Anthony Dowell and Antoinette Sibley ; in A Month in the Country when Natalia dances with the Tutor to express her emotions ; and in Les Deux Pigeons in the final pas de deux , when the Young Man has returned to The Girl and tenderly dances with her in his arms ( see page 83 ) .
15 Well I 'll let my son answer that , he 's actually been in the plant a couple of times and What 's your impression of the place ?
16 I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me !
17 ‘ I 've spoken to him a few times and he 's the epitome of a true warrior .
18 ‘ I know a guy who has been fined three times and he 's done the same thing again and got another fine .
19 I have been over her story several times and she is quite positive that she saw Monsieur Erdle walking towards the belvedere at about half past nine , although she is unable to state the precise hour .
20 I thought Martin Connelly might know , but I 've phoned his office and his home a couple of times and there 's never anyone there .
21 Rudston 's history goes back a very long way to Neolithic times and it is believed to be the oldest inhabited village in England .
22 For long processing times this will be too low a figure , but it will then be part of run times markedly higher as a result of overall long processing times and it is probable that overflow records will not cause much extra delay .
23 I 'll get those earplugs out for night times if it 's necessary .
24 You wonder at times if anything is straightforward in Bob 's world : does he find popping down the shops for a loaf of bread an emotionally distressing experience ?
25 Deficits in visual function following subcortical visual system lesions have been reported many times but it is difficult to interpret them .
26 That is , it had a similar status to the Banbury lane in medieval times but it is one which it has kept and developed in response to changing circumstances , whereas the Banbury Lane has failed .
27 It was certainly used in medieval times but it is doubtful if it is prehistoric , even though traces of Bronze Age and Iron Age fields lie on either side of it .
28 It is certainly true that many of the by-roads in an area such as this may well have been used in Roman times though it is difficult to prove .
29 The person was older than me and he 's a bit higher up the rank than me and it 's all about it probably comes with experience he 's to stand for yourself really but it 's when you 're our age and a bit younger you do n't want to be seen to be rocking the boat if there 's something that 's going on that you do n't agree with but you 're asked to do something that you do n't want to do valid reasons you have n't got the time or it 's not really up to you to do it
30 A source close to Saatchi insists that there is ‘ absolutely no intention of dispersing the collection ’ and is equally adamant that ‘ the collection will be greater in five or 10 years time than it is now . ’
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