Example sentences of "time a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were times when Eliot seemed uncertain or ill at ease , suddenly very much the " resident alien " — one has the impression , always , of a man invaded by inexplicable moods and anxieties which he did his best to conceal — and Hayward 's own dominating and very English manner afforded him at such times a certain amount of confidence . |
| 2 | In mid Ordovician times a volcanic island arc is thought to have extended through the English Lake District , Wales and Newfoundland . |
| 3 | The political moment — that period when moral attitudes are transformed into formally political action — can be of key importance in nuancing the regulation of sexuality , and at crucial times a moral schema has been of prime significance in political propaganda . |
| 4 | In addition , the German question and the European question are inseparable : ‘ the German question is at all times a European question too . ’ |
| 5 | In 1875 Francis Seymour Haden , FRCS , advocated by means of three letters to The Times a disintegrating coffin ‘ … of some lighter permeable material , such as wicker or lattice-work , open at the top , and filled in with any fragrant herbaceous matters that happened to be most readily obtainable . |
| 6 | At times a golden girl is present in the vicinity of the discussions of the subject that keep happening , and is felt to restore a balance . |
| 7 | A small button underneath the mouse can be pressed to reveal which channel it is set to by counting the number of times a neighbouring LED blinks . |
| 8 | Van Soest has achieved a considerable feat in guiding the reader through the complexities of ruminant nutrition with great clarity and at times a fine sense of humour . |
| 9 | The identification of these petty landlords , though at times a tortuous process , is not impossible ; their tenants are another matter . |
| 10 | It reinforced existing values , satisfied needs , but was at times a potential source of conflict in that it forced the ablest educatees away and drafted in some unwilling educators . |
| 11 | But the mature work reveals also a deep sense of enjoyment and at times a poetic intensity that puts it in a very high class indeed . |
| 12 | Some times a whole period is spent looking at a ladybird . |
| 13 | Try to make coffee or tea breaks and all meal times a social occasion . |
| 14 | Was the Financial Times a national daily ? |
| 15 | The administration costs would be endless and it would be difficult to prove exactly how many times a local pub rock group has played any one song . |
| 16 | Assessment of capital very much influenced that , and it was ‘ of the highest importance ’ that it was at all times a proper influence . |
| 17 | Interestingly , despite Bair 's desire to produce a ‘ coherent , cohesive unity ’ , de Beauvoir emerges with contradictions intact — at times an intimidating woman , excessively rational , inflexible and intolerant , and at other times extremely naive and lacking in confidence . |
| 18 | Prices have not fallen back much and can be as much as three times an equivalent property in France . |
| 19 | The very few times an accurate cross goes in its nothing to do with planning … just the law of averages and that s helped by the fact they normally have more than 2 people heading into the box . |
| 20 | Monographs treating potentially contentious areas have tended to be published in very restricted editions , and until the most recent times an individual historian who strayed onto dangerous ground or advanced unwelcome ideas ran the risk of public reprimand and expulsion from the profession . |
| 21 | The ability to determine this level , referred to as the ‘ odour threshold detection value ’ is provided by dilution techniques , the value itself representing the number of times an odour-bearing gas has to be diluted with clear air before 50 per cent of a panel of sniffers will just not detect it . |
| 22 | Several times an unsuccessful council candidate in Washington East ( ‘ it would frighten the life out of me if I got in ’ ) he has been telling us how his work and his passionate concern combine . |
| 23 | Ask yourself how many times an attacking fullback burst into the line to release his outside runners . |
| 24 | ‘ This will tell how in those far-off days , I , as a little girl , with many times an empty tummy , found the time to dance … |
| 25 | About the same time a papal envoy , Egidius , was despatched to gain news , followed by Cardinal Guido of Preneste , the pope 's personal representative . |
| 26 | By imperial unification they meant at this time a federal union of Britain and the white dominions , a scheme differing little in its essentials from other schemes of imperial union which had occupied the minds of the British political classes from time to time during the latter part of the nineteenth century . |
| 27 | Lord Hunt , at the time a young official in the Dominions Office , offered a similar interpretation in his 1983 survey of what had happened to Cabinet government since Lloyd George and Hankey invented it in its modern form . |
| 28 | DesignaKnit is easy to use — but at the same time a well-designed package with an excellent range of options . |
| 29 | But by that time a grand station had already been built in the centre of Alexandria . |
| 30 | While this as such simply acknowledges the situation as it is and is followed by a far longer passage relating to the benefits of celibacy for the Western rite , it remains a highly important text because it is the first time a Roman Council or any major Roman document has explicitly accepted and recommended the uniting of priesthood and marriage in a single life . |