Example sentences of "of a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | All knowledge , including that about social life , is a product of a specific time and place , both a particular set of social conditions and a particular way of thinking about society . |
| 2 | The time taken for them to enter the dark box is noted , and if they have not done so by the end of a fixed time , say one minute , the experiment is terminated . |
| 3 | if he does not signify his approval or acceptance to the seller but retains the goods without giving notice of rejection , then if a time has been fixed for the return of the goods , on expiration of that time and , if no time has been fixed , on the expiration of a reasonable time . ’ |
| 4 | New political conventions have arisen to meet the wants of a new time , the general tendency of which has been ‘ to increase the power of any party which possesses a parliamentary majority ’ and ‘ to place the control of legislation , and indeed the whole government of the country , in the hands of the Cabinet ’ . |
| 5 | I feel the hints , the clues , the whisper of a new time coming . |
| 6 | But for those who do n't share his views , the crude sloganeering keeps getting in the way of a good time . |
| 7 | Whatever you choose , you 're sure of a good time . |
| 8 | World starvation was halted in its tracks , Henry became a hero of the gossip columns , and everybody had one hell of a good time . |
| 9 | Mellor 's office in life may have been the big attraction , but it also got in the way of a good time . |
| 10 | My idea was partly to make sure of a good time , as I have always had there , and partly to set the tone for my future articles . |
| 11 | Inside the bedroom , Lizzy found out what Joey 's idea of a good time was . |
| 12 | Perfectly placed for the man from the city whose idea of a good time was to get a Roe or a Red in his telescopic sights and blast it with a soft-nosed slug . |
| 13 | Something so trivial really did get in the way of a good time , yet none of the children , still bopping away , would have got their vests in such a twist . |
| 14 | ‘ I am hopeful of a good time but there are a lot of factors which influence the outcome of a marathon including the weather and , most importantly , how a runner feels on the day . |
| 15 | Trying to vamp a bunch of vagrant whales in the Pentland Firth in March armed only with a waterproof tannoy and a box of plain-wrapped tapes is not everyone 's idea of a good time . |
| 16 | Wha wha what 's your idea of a good time Sharon something exciting for Grantham ? |
| 17 | I do n't think I can still yet watch it without weeping — it 's such a powerful film of a powerful time , and a terrible time really . |
| 18 | It took a hell of a long time but learn we did . |
| 19 | That 's what I did when I started my furniture business , building it up gradually from a crude workshop and it took a hell of a long time . |
| 20 | Richard Charkin is blunt about the difficulty Waterstones faces : ‘ Under the rules of the NBA you can discount after a year , but a year 's a hell of a long time to tie up dead stock . ’ |
| 21 | There was a special unit set up here , Animal Rights National Index , but these idiots had tight security , a good cut-off cell system , and it took us a hell of a long time to open the can . |
| 22 | But the caves which are of interest to British cavers are inland caves — formed with the key ingredients of water , limestone and one hell of a long time . |
| 23 | I mean Stephen is a heck of a long time ago , he 's the very first martyr , and we although we celebrate his feast day still on December the twenty sixth because he is the first martyr , he 's quite a long way away . |
| 24 | Find Sophie again , because something was happening there that has n't happened to me in a hell of a long time . |
| 25 | A hell of a long time . |
| 26 | ‘ It took me a hell of a long time to get everyone to go , ’ Faye 's husband said explosively as he strode into the room . |
| 27 | No erm er even now , and the the strike 's been finished I ca n't remember four months or something , three months , you know the community I think it 'll take a a hell of a long time to heal the rifts and mend the scars . |
| 28 | So if somebody gets H I , yes , because gets , takes out a policy at twenty five , gets diagnosed H I V at thirty , and they 're still living , they have n't actually got full blown aids , and they can live for a hell of a long time afterwards , they 're paying their W O P premium for a long , long time . |
| 29 | ‘ Then it 's lasted a hell of a long time . |
| 30 | We had a hell of a long time in the what 's it ? |