Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next consider a unit step function delayed by some time as depicted in figure 11.5(a) and denote it by . |
| 2 | The Revenue has for some time been concerned about what is done with the money . |
| 3 | BML has for some time been concerned about the declining popularity of the NBS , which began in a blaze of publicity in 1955 . |
| 4 | The University of Warwick has for some time provided the possibility of studying both English and foreign texts in a comparative way at undergraduate level . |
| 5 | The most important development in sprint and marathon racing for some time was the introducing of starting gates at the World Sprint Championships in Paris . |
| 6 | In the early days both methods co-existed for some time in Great Britain , but the adherents of each method campaigned against one another here and elsewhere in Europe until towards the close of the nineteenth century , when oralism for the time being triumphed in all European countries . |
| 7 | She and her boyfriend have had their future planned for some time : they want to start farming in a nearby village , where they also intend to build a bungalow . |
| 8 | As it happened , though the tension continued for some time after the building of the Berlin Wall in August to stop the flight of East Germans to the West , the two sides had to settle for a stalemate . |
| 9 | All of you who read these words have at some time in your youth dreamt the biggest dreams . |
| 10 | I have been teaching machine knitting for some time and often come across pupils who have experienced the same problem . |
| 11 | Again Hugh thought for some time . |
| 12 | All those who went through the ordeal had at some time survived an accident or illness when their lives had been despaired of . |
| 13 | A possible intervention of the King 's Proctor to upset the divorce had for some time been lurking in the Government 's mind . |
| 14 | Steelworkers in the public sector had for some time been in dispute with their employers , the British Steel Corporation , and had come out on strike . |
| 15 | Certificates have for some time been sent in postal tubes by recorded delivery to Divisional Secretaries . |
| 16 | First of all , you have to ascertain whether your strategy up the first part of the beat will make you want to carry on sailing on starboard tack for some time after the starting signal , or to tack onto port as soon as possible after the start . |
| 17 | Wilson had for some time claimed to the International Transport Workers ' Federation that the Shipping Federation would crumble if the fight could be carried to every port at one and the same time . |
| 18 | If we assume that , in the transition region , the restrictions to motion still present in the sample , allow only a few segments to move in some time interval , say 10 s , then considerably fewer will have moved if the observation time is less than 10 s . |
| 19 | The facades of 106 houses were rapidly built , but it was another twenty years or more before many of the interiors were begun and Kemp Town stayed for some time rather like a giant film set with the image of grandeur propped up by heavy wooden beams . |
| 20 | FoE estimate that 12 million people receive drinking water contaminated at some time by pesticides . |
| 21 | But the fact remains that Panaetius lived for some time in Rome , as the Index Stoicorum Herculanensis , an excellent source , states ( 73 ) ; and there seems to be no reason to doubt the statement of Cicero in Pro Murena that he was the guest of Scipio ( 31.56 ) . |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman has for some time been against the original fast rail link through Kent and south London , and we have learnt tonight that he is against the current project , apparently because he believes that all British Rail 's money should be spent on saving his neck by improving the lousy commuter service that his constituents have had to tolerate for 13 years of Tory misrule — to use a well-known phrase from a couple of decades back . |
| 23 | The existence of such a large ( see 12:37 ) alien group in his borderlands has for some time made Pharaoh uneasy . |
| 24 | It is evident from the Life of Guthlac that a harmonious relationship prevailed for some time after Aethelbald became king between the Mercian king and Aelfwald , son of Ealdwulf , king of the East Angles , otherwise it would be difficult to explain the dedication of the Life of a Mercian saint to King Aelfwald . |
| 25 | Elite studies preserved for some time their emphasis on stability and survival of political rule rather than on the visible exercise of power . |
| 26 | These have been possible questions to ask for some time . |
| 27 | Eric commented that trade at JHL was steady and that two JP s had for some time been seen as a luxury , so they were pleased to release G-JETP . |
| 28 | Amoco had for some time contested liability . |
| 29 | It added : ‘ This explosion deepens the cracks in a monarchy which a number of Britons have for some time regarded with a mixture of indifference and contempt . ’ |
| 30 | Most people who use an analogue mobile phone have at some time been unhappy with the call quality , and an unfortunate few have experienced the unpleasant side effects of deliberate or accidental ‘ eavesdropping ’ . |