Example sentences of "time [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I 'm not talking about a loud , wild time or a side-splitting , back-slapping drunken knees-up . |
| 2 | Add a festive frolic to Christmas tea time or a child 's stocking with Asda 's Iced Ginger Biscuits . |
| 3 | With the deradicalising of students in the Reagan years , Sarris 's criticisms seem less relevant , and the film is less dated now than those made at the same time or a little later that did reflect the Counter Culture , such as Alice 's Restaurant , The Strawberry Statement , Getting Straight and Zabriskie Point . |
| 4 | Some , when they have achieved it , still try to pursue their own aims , be it having a good time or a good job . |
| 5 | I hope that my painting stands beyond the moment ; I want it to be about the human situation rather than a fleeting moment in time or a specific view ’ . |
| 6 | If the incident reflects badly on the operating practices of pilots , engineers or airlines — for instance , if a dangerous situation arises because the pilots failed to use their check list at the appropriate time or a supervisory engineer fails to double check the work of a mechanic on an important component such as a primary unit in the flying controls — it is unlikely that the matter is going to be reported voluntarily in view of the inevitable consequences of disciplinary action on the part of management or at the very least a ‘ black mark ’ against the offender which will be likely to prejudice his career . |
| 7 | This is important because while an online facility enables the database to record information about a highly dynamic process , management information is more often related to a fixed point in time or a precisely controlled period . |
| 8 | The responses I heard to that question were most unsatisfactory , the County Council 's response was , ah , well we 'll have to get together again with the group of authorities , now if you look back over how long it has taken to produce this particular strategy that 's exceedingly worrying , that means they 'll have to get together again , even if it takes half the time or a third of the time , they 'll have to get together again towards nineteen ninety seven ninety eight to be considering the strategy post two thousand and six . |
| 9 | A duration of 0 inhibits the facility from being run while a duration exceeding the repeat time or a repeat time of 0 is taken to be continuous running . |
| 10 | Closing date for this year 's writers ' bursaries from Northern Arts , buying time or a bit of peace and quiet to write at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre , is May 29 . |
| 11 | Now , now it would 've been easier for you , the , the part that you missed out which would have brought all that in to play would have been how much do you want to pay , do you wan na pay a , a small amount over a long time or a big amount over a short time and then that would 've brought that into play . |
| 12 | Because until G C S E you are fed , the school is fed , in that you are told fairly quickly what you have to do and although I know that a number of you spends the right amount of time or a lot of time on homework , you are told usually , er you have erm a night or two nights in which to do this particular piece of work now once you get into the sixth form |
| 13 | Du n no people have said like that will last a really short time or a really long time , but what 's considered a short time I know what a long time is , a long time is like sort of four months three sort of four months onwards in n it for like people our age , what would a short time be they ? |
| 14 | They were n't right for each other and maybe a marriage would last a shorter time than a more informal , less intense liaison ; brief and bitter , both of them on proximity fuses with things coming rapidly to a crunch , rather than something more drawn out , where they might spend long periods apart and so forget how much they hated being together , and enjoy the fleeting , passionate moments of reunion … |
| 15 | Reading , thinning out and explaining the demands of NCC , SEAC , local authorities and governors takes more time than a head can find during a school day . |
| 16 | What better time than a birthday year to persuade all these people to become active and long term supporters of the Save The Children . |
| 17 | Mr Hill said : ‘ Mr McGregor appreciated something was not right but had no more time than a split second to begin to look round the corner of his chair when he was struck two extremely heavy blows to the base of his skull and the back of his neck by this defendant wielding a heavy fire extinguisher . |
| 18 | Any time that a wing begins to drop at a stall it is the beginning of a possible spin , but the spin can only develop if the wing is kept stalled and the glider is allowed to continue to yaw . |
| 19 | It was the first time that a US Secretary of State held official talks with East German leaders on their own territory , underlining Washington fears that a collapse of the East German reform process could imperil developments throughout Eastern Europe . |
| 20 | After a decade of being made to feel that you were somehow lacking as a person if you did n't manage to cram thrice-weekly workouts into your schedule , it was high time that a good reason not to exercise emerged . |
| 21 | Hopefully the IRB will make sure this time that a commercial agent is appointed who can take advantage of their enormous opportunities now on offer . |
| 22 | After the dramatic crowning of Charles — the first and last time that a pope paid homage to the new Emperors of the West — came a period of reinforcement of his new status . |
| 23 | This was the first time that a criminal prosecution had been taken out against the British nuclear industry . |
| 24 | This is believed to be the first time that a court of law in any country has declared that scientific evidence establishes cause and effect between exposure to smoke and certain diseases . |
| 25 | This was symbolized in the Dixon of Dock Green phenomenon : the only time that a cosy , non-action-man , ordinary uniform bobby has attained heroic stature in a country 's folk-lore . |
| 26 | She had thought for some time that a mouse lived there . |
| 27 | It was also at about this time that a friend of Charlotte ( whom I met at a party ) commented on how much better Charlotte was looking — considering the circumstances . |
| 28 | The last time that a scolds ' cage is recorded as being in use was when two Looe ladies , Hannah Wit and Bessy Niles , both being of ‘ fluent tongue ’ and having , over some dispute ‘ exerted their oratory on each other ’ , at last thought it prudent to leave the matter in dispute to be settled by the mayor . |
| 29 | With regard to the War Department , I quite agree with Panmure , that the best course will be to lodge that Department in an unpretending but suitable manner in Pall Mall , and to carry that arrangement into effect at the same time that a Foreign and Colonial Office are building in Downing and Fludyer Street . |
| 30 | This is the first time that a Japanese firm has entrusted the manufacture of high technology consumer electronics equipment to a British firm . |