Example sentences of "a [adj] time [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to show in chapter 4 that such events may have happened , on a geological time scale , very quickly indeed . |
| 2 | 8 : As for high level wastes , no-one has demonstrated ( can they ? ) how these wastes can be safely isolated and guarded for the necessary one million years — a geological time span reaching out to our 40,000th generation … |
| 3 | A low time pilot can handle one with confidence . |
| 4 | The advantage to the bank is that it has the use of a deposit for a fixed period , but , because of the flexibility given to the lender , at a slightly lower price than it would have had to pay for a normal time deposit . |
| 5 | A one-period time horizon . |
| 6 | On the other hand , if we assume that there is imperfect information , in the sense that suppliers and demanders know the current price for the good on their island but only get to know the price in other markets with a one-period time lag , the relationship between aggregate supply and the general level of prices becomes much more subtle . |
| 7 | They consist of a clearly stated objective , which is feasible and practical , stated in terms of quantity when applicable and achievable in a definite time period . |
| 8 | achievable in a definite time period |
| 9 | And that I think , I feel is one of the loopholes in the Sale of Goods Act , because it does n't lay down a definite time limit . |
| 10 | Closed bridging is for transactions where you have a definite time limit . |
| 11 | In addition a coarser time scale of LDO occurrence exists ( Fig. 1 ) which may be related to intervals of major global ocean-atmosphere reorganization . |
| 12 | properly will depend on either the specific instructions given to him or arguments about the implied duties of an expert conducting a reference : for three possible examples , see 14.8 , 14.9 and 14.10. a breach of the implied duty under s14 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 , unless there is a specific time provision or the duty has been expressly excluded by agreement with the parties . |
| 13 | A CD is a negotiable bearer instrument issued by a bank which certifies that a stated sum has been deposited for a specific time period at a particular interest rate . |
| 14 | Each target is attempted five times in Figure 4.10 within a specific time period , usually a week . |
| 15 | Similarly , deliberately walk slowly and set yourself a specific time period for a relaxing lunch-break . |
| 16 | A resource report shows assignments for a specific time period with planned , actual and notes in a convenient format . |
| 17 | Urging national governments to develop further the structure of the planned political union , as an essential concomitant to successful economic and monetary union , the Bundesbank said that the fulfilment of entry criteria and conditions of economic convergence between EC countries should not be linked to a specific time frame ( as provided for in the treaty ) . |
| 18 | In addition , deictic locations always have to be specified with respect to the location of a participant at coding time , i.e. place deixis always incorporates a covert time deixis element , while the converse is not true . |
| 19 | Most Contracting States have made such a declaration , and all but one of declarant States have specified a one-year time limit . |
| 20 | The rhythm section of Jeff Andrews and Dennis Chambers are just killin' this tune ; it 's a half time triplet groove , and be sure to practise this in all keys . |
| 21 | Up to 17 million people in Britain watch the race on television as 40 horses attempt the 30 fearsome fences around the four and a half time course . |
| 22 | Mark Jones gave Stockton a half time lead , with Tony Robinson equalising after the break . |
| 23 | UK and EC policies have developed separately , largely in isolation and over a different time scale . |
| 24 | Like Rolex watches from a different time zone . |
| 25 | Devised by the University of Minnesota , it is a way of short cutting the routes through Internet which can also take advantage of using other host computers which are less busy ( e.g. one in a different time zone ) . |
| 26 | Ruby straddled a child 's moped and , as though mounted on a Wellsian Time Machine , skilfully manoeuvred into the heavy traffic on Cromwell Road . |
| 27 | In one country at least — the Cameroon — a research institute , The Institute for the Reform of Primary Education at Buea , was set up in 1974 with reasonable resources in terms of personnel ( a team of twelve to fifteen nationals and experts has been employed ) , adequate funding jointly from Government and UNESCO/UNDP , and in its initial stages a sensible time scale to work to . |
| 28 | And this approach also helped compress our evaluation into a shorter time scale . ’ |
| 29 | Herodotus was able to establish some kind of time-sequence for the two centuries before his time , but he was a more diffuse writer than Thucydides , who was concerned with many events occurring in a shorter time interval . |
| 30 | The ABI , however , imposes a shorter time limit . |