Example sentences of "time the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a number of solids the interatomic forces are stronger and stiffer than they are in common liquids and so the surface energies are higher , often ten or twenty times the values for ordinary liquids . |
| 2 | The population of the county increased by 1.64 million between 1921 and 1931 , five times the increase for England and Wales , and the highest recorded for any county . |
| 3 | With the resources devoted throughout the world to military R&D running at five times the total for medical research , ever more lethal weapons systems seem bound to emerge . |
| 4 | This was a revenue capable of startling , if unpopular , growth : in its peak year , 1638/39 , it reached £83,000 , six times the average for the reign of Elizabeth . |
| 5 | Exports per employee are six times the average for all UK manufacturing industries . |
| 6 | The high level of defects , 223 times the average for the Hungarian population as a whole , prompted an investigation by Hungarian and German scientists . |
| 7 | The elastic stretched to 400ft ; about 3 times the average for a bungee jump . |
| 8 | Suicides by vets are more than three and a half times the average for all groups , says the latest issue of Population Trends from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys . |
| 9 | From April 1 , 1989 , the limit for advice and assistance provided to a petitioner for divorce or judicial separation has been three times the sum for preparation for magistrates ' court criminal proceedings ; and in other cases , two times that sum . |
| 10 | While we are on the subject of money , it is interesting to note that Freud 's fee for an hour of his time was nearly four times the fee for a day in ‘ a first rate sanatorium ’ . |
| 11 | But in the bad times the market for second and retirement homes disappeared , and the local market ca n't take up the slack . |
| 12 | The court was told Mr McNally had consumed more than three times the limit for driving . |
| 13 | A pathologist 's report showed Paul Adrian Hughes had 275mcg of alcohol in 100ml of blood more than three times the limit for driving . |
| 14 | Will he confirm that last year the Scottish Office spent £2.6 million on advertising alone , which is 10 times the figure for 1979 ? |
| 15 | Mining and quarrying are still the most dangerous industries to work in , and in 1985 mining deaths and major industries were over five times the rate for other industries , including construction . |
| 16 | At present , this option is not available under SSAP 15 , with the result that companies are not able to take into account , at the time the provisions for the obligations are set up , the tax relief that will be received when the benefits are actually paid . |
| 17 | Armed at all points against the possible disappointments of her life , conscious of the responsibilities of protecting her mother and sister , worried at the gaps in her education , anxious about nuns and antique dealers , she had forgotten for some time the necessity for personal happiness . |
| 18 | At that time the electors for the County of Middlesex used to gather at Brentford for elections and , in 1768 , John Wilkes was elected as their member of Parliament . |
| 19 | This was agreed in February 1906 and at the same time the order for a further 14 cars of the smaller type , to work the Sutton route , was cancelled when it was realized that the fifteen ‘ Croydon & District ’ cars dumped on the site of Mitcham Road Depôt ( Aurelia Road ) would have to be taken into the South Metropolitan fleet . |
| 20 | This time the request for a meeting was granted . |
| 21 | They hoped that the division of Palestine into Israeli and Jordanian parts could become permanent and that in time the reasons for war would slowly fade away . |
| 22 | He was survived by one son , William J. Galloway , at the time the MP for Manchester South-west , who was also involved in the family firm . |
| 23 | At the same time the Pressure for reform from the nobility abated sharply . |
| 24 | For a time the movement for reform even embraced demands for a Constitution . |
| 25 | Each time the demands for democratic reforms to accompany economic ones were ignored . |
| 26 | On construction costs , plant performance and construction time the focus for estimates is now intended to be on the most likely outcome rather than , as before , on a highly optimistic , ‘ target ’ . |
| 27 | At the same time the prospects for political and economic stability in the Soviet Union continue to fade . |
| 28 | Israeli leaders had recognized for some time the need for a powerful outside backer . |
| 29 | You have to reinforce all the time the need for them to listen to one another , to show interest in what each other has to say , to respect one another 's views … |
| 30 | By this time the patent for the separate condenser had only 8 years to run . |