Example sentences of "the time [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The time -energy uncertainty relation can be used to give a " folksy " account of a characteristically quantum mechanical phenomenon — tunnelling . |
| 2 | At the time all is sweetness and light . |
| 3 | At the time all the family rejoiced with him . |
| 4 | At the time all I could think was , three days — anyone can put up with anything for three days . |
| 5 | We could n't see the slightest movement in the fog , but gradually the noise of the engines diminished and died away , and the collective sigh of relief from the top of Flying Control must have had some part in the clearance of the fog , as by the time all four aircraft returned ( bomb-less ) we could actually see the 1,000 yard marker on the other side of the field . |
| 6 | By the time all these factors had been taken into account , any link between lead and impaired intelligence faded into statistical insignificance . |
| 7 | By the time all the lukals had been tied on Murti Lāl and Māilo were waiting down below , their flocks merged together quietly grazing . |
| 8 | I watched both them and Mathews closely throughout both days while he was giving evidence , and for most of the time all three of the judges had their heads and eyes down on the notes they were keeping . ’ |
| 9 | Because they had to run their local affairs , English colonies were quite different from those the Spanish , the Portuguese , the Dutch , and the French established between 1500 and 1650 , and at the time all the other European empires looked more durable than the English . |
| 10 | It is important to realize that the scope of a scheme which apparently focuses on a relatively narrow area may be quite wide by the time all fringe topics ( which are relevant to or have some impact upon the core area ) have been noted . |
| 11 | The men at the time all stood round one side while all the girls stood opposite . |
| 12 | She was beginning to wonder if she 'd misread it — got the time all wrong . |
| 13 | She had been far too busy trying to cope with the sale of the large estate , and by the time all her father 's debts had been settled there had been nothing left except the old Elizabethan Manor House . |
| 14 | Tracy was keeping an eye on the time all the time , they did n't rehearse it , none at all . |
| 15 | I mean by by the time all that happens then that 'll be next October . |
| 16 | Yeah I do it all the time all go down the dock . |
| 17 | And then it comes on and by the time two or three o'clock I I 'm I 'm a wreck , even |
| 18 | By the time one of them had climbed a little way up , the Bookman had long disappeared . |
| 19 | Which is precisely the time one of the store 's more regular customers dropped by to plead poverty and forgiveness . |
| 20 | It was , in fact , the speculative atmosphere of the times that led to the takeover of RJR Nabisco by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts , at the time one of the leading leveraged buyout firms . |
| 21 | In the next few years all of England 's maritime energies were concentrated on resisting Philip of Spain 's attempt at invasion , and by the time one of Raleigh 's associates was able to visit the colony again in 1590 it had disappeared . |
| 22 | But Mr Arthur Chance will never forget the time one of his prodigies did just that . |
| 23 | Targets for M3 were an important part of monetary policy from 1976 to 1985 , and for part of the time other broader measures ( similar to the modern definition of M5 ) were targeted . |
| 24 | By the time new licensees start broadcasting in 1993 , ITV stations will no longer enjoy a monopoly . |
| 25 | For many people at the time such practices were regarded as immoral . |
| 26 | But most of the time such punishment is wasted because it does not produce repentance or reform . |
| 27 | However comprehensive the pre-planning of such a situation , it could be anticipated that preliminary reconnaissance , the dispositioning of appliances , the gaining of access by the very limited facilities which such premises can offer and the initiation of a co-ordinated attack of conventional equipment would take even longer and that a fire may have developed to unmanageable proportions by the time such an attack could be mounted . |
| 28 | By the time such warnings were printed , he had become addicted , he says . |
| 29 | Certain factors pinpoint the time such as the fashion , the idols and stars , the slang language and the general background and area in which the story is set . |
| 30 | Though at the time parental influence by her former Prime Minister father was denied , an article in the newly issued 1992 Transactions of Anglesey Antiquarian Society claims this was not so . |