Example sentences of "time [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty years earlier , R. A. Butler had shared the same fate , recalling the ‘ blood curdling demands ’ made annually at the Conservative Party Conference for the restoration of corporal punishment which had ‘ quite clouded ’ his time as Chairman of the Party . |
| 2 | He stressed that he sought consensus among teachers , parents , local and central government , in place of the confrontation of recent years — a clear reference to the controversy which surrounded Michael Forsyth 's time as education minister from 1987 and last year . |
| 3 | First time as bridesmaid . |
| 4 | In fact , sometimes the vicar was inspired by the village , like the Rev Baring-Gould , who wrote Onward Christian Soldiers amongst other hymns during his time as vicar of the parish . |
| 5 | This role he discharged with great success and it was probably the most notable feature of his time as Treasury Solicitor . |
| 6 | Later , at least for many years , she was not to see this time as part of her life , and perhaps therefore it need not now be told at length . |
| 7 | He took the view that her consent alone could not be retracted since it was given for all time as part of the contract of marriage . |
| 8 | The Ministry of Defence announced today that it will close in 20 months time as part of cutbacks in defence spending . |
| 9 | PUBLICAN Michael McConville decided to take his customers back in time as part of this week 's Crossmaglen Festival ! |
| 10 | Nissan sponsored the championships for the first time as part of its community relations work . |
| 11 | Last week Mr Chatichai again offered General Chaovalit a job , this time as defence minister and deputy prime minister . |
| 12 | Future : Jesus who will come again at the end of time as King of Kings ; as Judge of the living and the dead ; and who will usher his faithful people into the Kingdom of his Father . |
| 13 | They complicated the whole problem of obedience in a quite remarkable way , and they took up a great deal of Anselm 's time as archbishop . |
| 14 | And also I hear Mrs is n't well so I can need to pray for Mrs and I think also today we should pray for Mrs who I know , at this very time as Remembrance Sunday is coming up , she will be very sad so we particularly ask for prayers for her . |
| 15 | Franklin always resented the Department being saddled with so much debt at a time of falling revenue , but the Coronations dominated most of his time as Manager . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've thoroughly enjoyed my time as manager and put 100 per cent effort into the job . |
| 17 | Former Guatemalan President Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo , who had proposed the creation of Parlacén in 1986 , had been accused by critics inside Guatemala of seeking the presidency of the new body in order to claim immunity from prosecution for crimes he had allegedly committed during his time as President . |
| 18 | She parachuted twice into occupied France , each time as courier to Philippe Liewer , an experienced agent . |
| 19 | Carlisle 's negotiations for the restoration of the long-standing English trading privileges withdrawn on the execution of Charles I were unsuccessful , as were Hebdon 's own efforts when he returned to Russia in 1667 for the last time , this time as envoy himself . |
| 20 | It had happened twice before in his time as Governor . |
| 21 | Harald was probably also recognised for a time as ruler of part of Norway . |
| 22 | The system , known at the time as réduction François , was not accepted immediately in the Champagne community , despite being held in great esteem elsewhere and , ironically — which was most damaging of all to the Champagne industry — used to further the production of German sparkling sekt . |
| 23 | The clue to one 's dissatisfaction comes on page 60 when , in the course of a short section on advertising and television , Hewison writes , ‘ Our world picture breaks up , splintered into clips and cuts , suspended on an unending flow of imagery , a single sentence of infinite variety , with only the passage of time as continuity . ’ |
| 24 | I think it worth pointing out that of course erm when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister for a brief time I think Lady Young was Leader of the House of Lords in her cabinet , but apart from that there was never another women cabinet minister during her time as leader , so |
| 25 | So Sir Rufus was not exactly being pauperized by spending part of his time as coroner for the City of London . |
| 26 | Thus the larval forms of corals , sea anemones , most molluscs such as oysters and mussels , worms , and barnacles ( which are crustacea ) spend time as zooplankton . |
| 27 | Some may find it inconvenient to take the time off work to be screened . |
| 28 | We would not be taking time off work , making all kinds of out-of-the-usual arrangements , unless we thought it was important to go to the funeral as a mark of how we feel about the person who had died , and wanted to ‘ pay our respects ’ . |
| 29 | So they can come with time off work and probably on an expense account , even to a far-flung location . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've had to make amazing demands on them by asking them to take time off work . |