Example sentences of "some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | When this is suggested , the invitation should always be along the lines of : ‘ I 'd love you to come out for a run in the car with me some time . |
| 2 | That is , in addition to the tendency to feel tired because we have been awake a long time , there is some rhythmic change that decreases our fatigue at some times and increases it at others . |
| 3 | We are concerned if we perform badly or dangerously at some times and the effects of poor performance will also be of interest to managers and the general public . |
| 4 | Managers will wish to know if the body clock means that there are times when the output of their work-force is below standard and the general public will be concerned about the possibility that safety in industrial processes , public services , transportation , etc. will be adversely affected at some times . |
| 5 | However , if one shift performs better ( and ‘ better ’ might refer to the quality or quantity — or both — of product that is made ) is it because it consists of more conscientious workers ; their conditions of working are better , or they have less distraction ; they are supervised more closely and the conveyor belt moves faster ; or their body clock enables them to work better at some times of the day than others ? |
| 6 | Particularly in countries where the diet is poor it might be of very considerable significance if the mother can make better milk at some times of the day . |
| 7 | Even if the baby wakes at random times — in order to feed , for example — there are some times of the 24 hours when its environment is less stimulating and responsive than others . |
| 8 | There were , however , some times of the year when it was unreasonable to expect farmers to leave the farm work for training courses . |
| 9 | Similarly , residential care has been preferred at some times more than others , so until the eighteenth century in the Netherlands and Flanders the foster family was seen as the best place for orphans , foundlings , and abandoned children and has long been extensively used to care for needy children in Scotland ( Packman , 1975 ; Pinchbeck and Hewitt , 1973 ; Pyck et al . , |
| 10 | Thus , as the world 's oceans are unevenly heated and cooled — more in some places than others , more at some times than others — so it tends to shift . |
| 11 | For all these reasons , there is some mixing , though it occurs more at some times of year ( during the winter storms ) than at others . |
| 12 | It is just that some days , and at some times , often in the early hours of the morning , sometimes this is what it feels like ; sometimes it gets me too . |
| 13 | The criterion of land under cultivation is crude , and resists refinement : it is exceedingly difficult to say whether in a particular country in a particular decade or generation the rate of growth was steady ; in some places at some times there may well have been local and temporary declines . |
| 14 | Peck adds that ‘ Some times they prod him with Needles , sometimes they pepper him , sometimes they Shoot at him . ’ |
| 15 | In some cases at some times this has led to ruthless persecution with many deaths ( USSR in the 1930s and China in the 1950s ) . |
| 16 | Strange sounds are heard live over the loud speaker monitors , some times spoiling the recordings . |
| 17 | Like the other planets it travels around the Sun in an ellipse , which means that at some times it is closer to the Sun than at others . |
| 18 | He finds it difficult , some times impossible , to make any change of direction in Government without trying to explain that it is not really a change at all and certainly not a change that Lady Thatcher would not personally have approved . |
| 19 | That slag was at some times tapped during the period is shown by the debris at Shakenoak , which was accompanied by the day linings from four furnaces and forging hearths . |
| 20 | The problems that Sterling faced in recovering the aircraft were at some times almost insurmountable . |
| 21 | Dangerous circumstances as in these two examples are often easier for parents to understand and realize that in fact they do exert effective control at some times . |
| 22 | Some times petty problems would erupt into threats of violence or death , and she would have to take plenty of time to negotiate patiently until she could continue her work . |
| 23 | Some times it looks like an old woman with a large hooked nose , at other times like a charming young lady with her face turned away over her right shoulder . |
| 24 | At some times , for some people , a binge may be just what is required to break through the wall of Dos and Don'ts within which one has become imprisoned . |
| 25 | Whatever the heady consequences of that ( and they have classically been found contradictory ) , Sloman 's explication does not tackle the question of why it is we are conscious of certain things at some times but not at others . |
| 26 | I have done little to remedy that myself , except to fall back on the preferred notion of level , which at least can begin to explicate how things can be reached by effort at some times but not others . |
| 27 | During November 1992 and January 1993 , its value some times slumped by over 10% in a week . |
| 28 | Without them the phrase ‘ extra-judicial documents ’ would appear almost unlimited in scope , while its French equivalent ‘ actes extra-judiciares ’ has been given , at some times and in some jurisdictions , a narrow and technical meaning . |
| 29 | Irregular employment and unemployment were also important , more at some times and places than others . |
| 30 | Although human mothers , in some places and at some times , hand over their babies to others to suckle , all other mammals provide their own babies with most , if not all of their milk . |