Example sentences of "[adv] a time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Gradually most of the group began to get work , though for Nicholson it was , as he put it , still a time of preparation . |
| 32 | If there was ever a time to change things radically that time has long passed . |
| 33 | There was seldom if ever a time when all Western governments , or even all those within the EC , were equally active in relations with the East . |
| 34 | Is n't there ever a time when time slows down ? |
| 35 | Was there ever a time when you had to go in for more drastic measures ? |
| 36 | She did n't normally drink any alcohol , but , if there was ever a time that she stood in need of hard liquor , this was definitely it ! |
| 37 | Hardly a time for complacency , yet either that or fatalistic resignation seems to have put America to sleep . |
| 38 | The Greek word eucharisto means to rejoice and give thanks , so the Eucharist or communion is hardly a time to be sad . |
| 39 | This is not the time to talk of the end of history — more a time for some good history lessons . |
| 40 | These years were more a time of disturbance within the Church as Archbishop Theodore sought to reorganize its diocesan structure . |
| 41 | ‘ Tell me , why do I have to pay my informants a quid or more a time while you have snouts who could buy and sell both of us and who rush to buy you drinks whenever you appear ? ’ |
| 42 | Too cold for frills and fancy dresses , more a time for furs . |
| 43 | So short a time ago they had found and shared a grassy path in a brief Eden of summerblue skies , tapestry green and flowered meadows , every day a delight , the world a beautiful old master cleaned in the zephyr of Lucy 's being . |
| 44 | As short a time as a few weeks previously she had been , when not bored , repelled by his music . |
| 45 | Your aim , though , is not simply to lose as much weight as you can in as short a time as possible . |
| 46 | So dead bodies are hygienically whisked away by undertakers within a very short ti me of the person dying , funerals are conducted in twenty minutes at a busy crematorium with a bizarre queue of other funerals waiting in an approach way , and grieving people are expected to be back at their employment in as short a time as possible . |
| 47 | One might well ask what has happened to transform the public mood from complacency to crisis in so short a time . |
| 48 | I decided that I would have to get to the Butcher 's office first or at least early on in the queue so that I would be barefoot for as short a time as possible . |
| 49 | Verbal presentations often fail because the speaker tries to cram too much into too short a time , or goes on for far too long . |
| 50 | The Builder commented that the submission date of 1st February , 1857 gave too short a time and that it was a mistake to divide the competition into three parts . |
| 51 | This is a tremendous response in so short a time . |
| 52 | Sceptics doubt the influence of the press , however , and especially whether it could have so much influence in so short a time . |
| 53 | It is particularly impressive that she was able to win such a prestigious commendation after so short a time in journalism . |
| 54 | Was it because he had no hope that he had lasted so short a time ? |
| 55 | If you do give it , give it for as short a time as you can . |
| 56 | in the aquarium we are interested in killing as many free swimming disease organisms in as short a time as possible , whereas in the pond it is unicellular algae that is targeted ( the cause of green water ) . |
| 57 | If your plan is to move ahead quickly and gain promotion in as short a time as possible , you would probably fare best in an area where the shortage of suitably qualified staff is most acute . |
| 58 | Since Brusilov had not concentrated his troops in any one area , nor made tactical probes , and since the artillery bombardment lasted so short a time , the Austrians had no inkling of his intentions . |
| 59 | Despite all the obvious practical difficulties that Edward encountered in maintaining the siege , its abandonment after so short a time must raise questions about the extent of his commitment , even at this stage of the war , to the French throne . |
| 60 | It is obviously better if trees can be out of the ground for as short a time as possible and it is much less expensive to buy bare root transplants . |