Example sentences of "[adj] time in this " in BNC.

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1 As only the second Asian MP in Parliament it is anyone 's guess how that issue will affect the voting this time in this traditionally ‘ conservative ’ area .
2 ( Clearly , it is high time in this essay that we did just that ! )
3 Spend some time in this delightful compact shopping centre .
4 Susan had persuaded her grandfather to let her spend some time in this era to gain an appreciation of its customs and opportunities .
5 It came as a very pleasant surprise to me when I learned that you were in the habit of spending some time in this part of the world .
6 You did leave some time in this afternoon 's schedule for that little detail , did n't you ? ’
7 ‘ We are seeing British scientists not only going abroad but also spending far too much time in this country chasing funds , ’ Sharp said .
8 After only a brief time in this balmy atmosphere , Constance knew that she must stay .
9 Independent film productions have a hard time in this country .
10 All time in this poem seems to be a running-down .
11 It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline .
12 What we do have and have had for a long time in this country is an acceptance within our law and an acceptance within our definitions of freedom that there are responsibilities with freedom and those responsibilities in this particular case , we have long accepted the argument in this country , maybe not as much as erm , well more in fact than some of our colleagues abroad and maybe they could learn from us from this , but it is not acceptable to have the freedom to be unnecessarily cruel and in fox hunting we have a sport that is unnecessarily cruel , there are ways in which you can deal with rogue foxes , there are ways in which you can actually ensure that the fox community does not destroy the whole , er farming countryside .
13 He did n't need more time in this chilled room .
14 Although Sheikh Maktoum al Maktoum spends less time in this country than his three younger brothers , the ruler of Dubai still owns about 130 top racehorses here and has extensive business interests .
15 Just gone , we 're obviously working to Italian time in this Italian job because we 've had really five minutes of stoppage time at the end of the first half and I 'm a bit baffled as to why we had it .
16 Town 's first Easter delight came on saturday against Luton at the County Ground … they were given a tough time in this one … a draw would have been a good result … a fair one too … but thanks to Paul Bodin the full-back with a golden boot they went and snatched a win …
17 The frequency is chosen to make sure that the core reaches saturation at each alteration , but does not spend any more than a short time in this condition so as to maximise the final output signal ; the circuit should produce as many saturation signals as possible .
18 Moving for the first time in this book to Moscow and central administration , we find that from 18 July 1921 , the Central Commission for the Relief of the Starving ( Pomgol ) was in charge of the Famine programme .
19 For the first time in this book we shall take a closer look at one branch of the proletariat .
20 I have noticed this during the last two or three days that I have been sitting here , being able for the first time in this House , to see the faces of my old associates , I have admired the way in which they have cheered to keep their spirits up , and I have admired those who have done that knowing — knowing — that only a few weeks , possibly , remain , before the place that knows them now will know them no more .
21 For the first time in this entire campaign , the weather resembled the balmy days of Mrs Thatcher 's victory trails .
22 It is fair conjecture that the Chelsea porcelain painters working from live plants sought subjects from the nearby Physic Garden , where they might find many impressive exotics flowering for the first time in this country .
23 For the first time in this country , for many pupils , the assessment of oracy has been made compulsory : by GCSE .
24 Of these , three items , ‘ A Visit to Newgate ’ , ‘ The Black Veil ’ , and ‘ The Great Winglebury Duel ’ appeared for the first time in this collection .
25 Of these only the last item appeared for the first time in this volume .
26 A fixed position allows the use of a tripod and , for the first time in this Christmas video shoot , the use of an extension microphone to enable you to make a good job of recording all those fascinating speeches that tend to be made after the second or third glass of wine .
27 The Penarth Group ( late Triassic ) , proved for the first time in this area , is succeeded conformably by the Lias Group , comprising rocks of latest Triassic and early Jurassic age ( Hettangian and early Sinemurian ) .
28 Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed .
29 There 's a new vaccine introduced last October which is being er , used for the first time in this country to prevent meningitis in children .
30 This policy statement made for the first time in this context a distinction in the Secretary of State 's approach to mandatory life sentences on the one hand and discretionary life sentences on the other .
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