Example sentences of "time this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around 10 km 3 of volcanic debris was hurled into the atmosphere during the famous 1883 eruption of Krakatau ( Krakatoa ) in Indonesia , but more than ten times this quantity was involved in the 1815 eruption of Tambora , another Indonesian volcano . |
| 2 | At times this society seemed on the brink of disintegration . ’ |
| 3 | Some rivers may contain 200–300 mg/1. normally , with peak figures of several times this level . |
| 4 | However , the loss of family credit and housing benefit ensures that some poor working families face a marginal tax rate of three times this level . |
| 5 | Infant mortality rates are rising rapidly , reaching 17.9 per 1,000 births in 1991 according to the Russian statistical classification , although the report states that if international standards were applied the figure could be three times this level . |
| 6 | Steffi has lost at least four times this year to Sabatini . |
| 7 | We 're not likely to experience such treacherous driving conditions many more times this year , but the benefits of all-wheel drive in the wet or dry are still undeniable . |
| 8 | Price cutting is rife in the computer industry with Elonex cutting prices three times this year already . |
| 9 | Now the angry owner , whose home has been burgled four times this year , is offering a £500 reward for information . |
| 10 | Pru motor premiums have gone up three times this year and house contents insurance rose by 20p in the £1 this July and further increases can not be ruled out . |
| 11 | Mark is a tiny bit keen about Anstey 's and by the time the year ends will have climbed there well over 200 times this year ! |
| 12 | Technician Billy Marshall has only visited the premises ninety three times this year ! |
| 13 | I was told of one particular youngster in Stockton-on-Tees who has been arrested and charged no fewer than 17 times this year . |
| 14 | I bet I 've done it four or five times this year already |
| 15 | Next year 's output is to be one point five times this year 's . |
| 16 | Minced beef and four times this year . |
| 17 | I 've seen him play over the years er Mick , you know he 's er typical of player , we 've had him watched a few times this year , er scouts him er at Aston Villa , said he had a magnificent game . |
| 18 | In peaceful times this levy might be enough for policing the Papal State , but to stave off imperial claims Innocent used paid troops and relied heavily on diplomatic manoeuvres to gain the support of allies . |
| 19 | The tapestries were in remarkably good condition when found but have been sent out for restoration several times this century and final work on the last two will be finished next June . |
| 20 | This comforted him as it had comforted him half a dozen times this afternoon , but his mind remained basically uneasy . |
| 21 | They live so close to Oxford , they 're seeing the show 3 times this week . |
| 22 | I think I 'll get the Radio Times this week . |
| 23 | She were on about Graham , she 's seen him loads of times this week . |
| 24 | Now if we 'd have started off four X cubed minus X all squared we would have two times this lot but we did n't we just got once this so we must have started off this is only a coefficient only a a factor . |
| 25 | At times this anti-realism took the form of an extreme nominalism , according to which the words ‘ man ’ and ‘ triangle ’ are general only in that they are used of a number of different things . |
| 26 | To my knowledge these are the only times this book has been published which is obviously why it 's unknown to most people . |
| 27 | Estimates for the level of under-reporting suggest that the actual level of injury was three times this number . |
| 28 | Furthermore , pressed by urban problems and sometimes apparently with other motives , several countries , such as Brazil , Colombia , Indonesia ( where , since 1905 , at least 2.5 million people have been moved from crowded Java , Bali and Lombok , to the ‘ outer ’ islands — an official figure where two or three times this number may have emigrated unassisted ) and Peru are promoting transmigration schemes so that it is projected that the number of forest farmers could double or increase even more than that . |
| 29 | I do not know if the hon. Gentleman has got around to reading his Financial Times this morning . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's just that you 've been out a few times this morning . ’ |