Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes the polyphony is treated in a free manner , voices imitating each other loosely for a time and then taking a free course until imitations begin again . |
| 2 | But it would be only for a time and she had been thinking of asking the queen-dowager for permission to leave sanctuary and visit her mother . |
| 3 | A quick , sharp beverage that hits you in the throat and then in the guts ; that changes , perhaps only for a time , your way of seeing the world ? |
| 4 | ‘ It 's only for a time , ’ Fred said on the last night of the tour . |
| 5 | At a time when only the Northumbrians , and then only for a time in the reign of Eadberht ( 737–58 ) , minted coins of pure silver , southern England experienced a decline in the quality of its sceattas . |
| 6 | Surely , to get her out of that tedious place — if only for a time — must be a better answer . |
| 7 | Besides these major product innovations , the eurobond market has seen a plethora of subsidiary innovations , many of which have been one off or flourished only for a time . |
| 8 | Dorothy , left in the bigger house , alone for a time and then , later , with Alice and Jasper , seemed to have fewer friends . |
| 9 | When Jean Hay had become Jean Keith , it was only natural that she assumed head girl status , so for a time , things were a little uncomfortable . |
| 10 | He will not feel able to leave , and so for a time he will strive to manage alone . |
| 11 | For Messrs Ames , Myers , Wilbraham , Hudd and Irens and the shell company specialists like Messrs Lever and D'Silva , this recession might be a period that , unlike most , they will be able to recall fondly as a time when they grew their businesses . |
| 12 | Whereby the whole church family , broke up into groups for a period of education , and then came together for a time of celebration and worship . |
| 13 | She had hoped , as women do , that living together for a time would break down his coldness . |
| 14 | We may face the black night together for a time . |
| 15 | Only after a time do the principles on which the family is based — private property and slavery — come into conflict with the community and its commonality ; this occurs only when the family begins to move into the political domain . |
| 16 | Only after a time did I force my attention to the other problem — Gharr 's demand for the phetam in return for Mala . |
| 17 | The pack contains twelve action booklets , one for each month , together with a time management pamphlet explaining how to make better use of your time and how to utilise the monthly work books . |
| 18 | Thus , especially in a time of unsettled orthography , it is extremely likely that current sound-changes will be admitted into writing , whatever the historical origins of the writing conventions may be . |
| 19 | In this programme , Stanley , at the age of 88 , looks back fondly to a time when he was , unquestionably , Champion of the World . |
| 20 | DNA changes by biological evolution only on a time scale of millions of years , but our powers of destruction are increasing on a time scale for the evolution of information , which is now only twenty or thirty years . |
| 21 | I would like to commend you for the support you give to rural artists and craftspeople , through your excellent articles — especially at a time when , due to cuts in grants , such people need all the help they can get . |
| 22 | In any case rail rates were high and for coal transport the canals seemed a logical proposition , especially at a time of economic recession . |
| 23 | This especially at a time when they were earning significant incomes from Blackwomen writers such as Alice Walker and Maya Angelou . |
| 24 | If any government were to try to force them to do so , there would interminable arguments about its definition and measurement , especially at a time when price controls and other government interventions are causing enormous distortions in enterprise incomes . |
| 25 | Especially at a time of recession and high unemployment , it is hard to give up a source of income and jobs . |
| 26 | Carroll in Forest Gate argued that ‘ class legislation ’ was impossible , ‘ especially at a time like the present when the nation is stirred to its very vitals by unemployment and general stagnation of trade ’ ( Election leaflet 1921 ) . |
| 27 | And Mark Irwin — editor of weekly soccer magazine Shoot ! — said : ‘ It seems a strange decision , especially at a time when you can hardly turn on the telly without some soccer being screened . |
| 28 | The evidence that it was an accident brought about by bullies was overwhelming , especially at a time when 9 out of 10 Britons were engulfed in a tide of hate for Hitler 's British Mosley stooges . |
| 29 | Buying a PC by mail order can be traumatic , especially at a time when companies are going bust with alarming regularity . |
| 30 | You know with the and when she does n't know where she 's going to get enough money to feed , clothe them and especially at a time like now , when all these adverts are on television for , you know the toys that children want , and they just have n't the ability to provide those those things for the children , much as they would want to do it . |