Example sentences of "time [coord] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warm weather , a shortage of cooking time or simply inclination sometimes rule out a hot lunch at home . |
| 2 | Time and again intelligence organisations chase after these grandiose projects only to find themselves lost in the wasteland of truth created by their own stupidity . |
| 3 | Time and again Court politicians found themselves becoming tied to one party as the only way to pursue their policies effectively . |
| 4 | Time and again action by the Security Council was blocked by the veto power of the Soviet Union and other permanent members . |
| 5 | This involved a 65mm camera that could do stop-motion by leaving the shutter open for an extended time and also refocus automatically while moving back and forth on a track as well as up and down , if necessary . |
| 6 | The difficulty here is the shortage of MPs ' time and perhaps energy . |
| 7 | The organizers are often faced with the dilemma of whether they should adopt an all-out militant campaign with the risk that in the end all will be lost and nothing gained in spite of the expenditure of a great deal of energy , time and sometimes money ; or come to some agreement with the authorities whereby something can be gained , even though it falls far short of the full objectives of the group and will not significantly affect the position of , and relationships between , vested interests . |
| 8 | For many people it is rather demoralising to finish a long way behind the leaders all the time and so pursuit racing is an attempt to provide a handicapping system . |
| 9 | Kate could n't even justify it by saying it was a boy Lizzy loved , whom her daughter had been with for a long time and so sex was a natural progression . |
| 10 | This meant that school-children taking ‘ O ’ and ‘ A ’ levels were not moved during this crucial time and so disruption to schooling did not present a major problem for parents . |
| 11 | But Brewer has an uncanny knack of getting injured at the wrong time and so hooker Sean Fitzpatrick will be in charge for the first time . |
| 12 | New ocean basins are created which become wider through time but eventually subduction zones will become established , either along previously passive margins , or within ocean basins . |