Example sentences of "of [det] time the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The samples go back over 30 000 years , and they show that after being constant for most of that time the methane concentration began to increase in 1580 ( Geophysical Research Letters , vol 9. p 1221 ) At the end of the 16th century , the methane concentration began increasing at a rate of 0.114 ppmv per century ( parts per million by volume ) and around 1915 the rate accelerated to the present figure of 2.5 ppmv per century — if the data can be taken at face value . |
| 2 | This , then is the state of affairs which Rigoberta Menchu has been trying for the past 11 years to bring to the world 's attention — an almost impossible task , given the fact that for most of that time the international press found Nicaragua and El Salvador much more diverting . |
| 3 | It was written during the latter part of 1913 and the first half of 1914 and for part of that time the author was travelling in Austria . |
| 4 | At the end of that time the conscientious manager may well find it difficult to credit the evidence . |
| 5 | Stephen Orgel discerns in the theatre of this time the fear that man 's superior development could be reversed — ‘ that men can turn into — or be turned into — women ; or perhaps more exactly , can be turned back into woman , losing the strength that enabled the male potential to be realized in the first place . ’ |
| 6 | For much of this time the country was in a continual state of war , with the Moors in the south and the Christians in the north constantly invading each others ' borders . |
| 7 | At the end of this time the rotor has moved forward to a position where the motor is producing negative torque . |