Example sentences of "[prep] time and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once you have found such a spot you can go back time after time and take fish . |
| 2 | All mysteries of science are , by definition , mysteries of the Universe , which , for the sake of argument , we can say is the sum total of all matter , all energy , and all events that have taken place throughout past time and will take place throughout future time . |
| 3 | Malraux 's books , like thousands of picture books since , emphasise details and similarities across boundaries of time and place . |
| 4 | The expectations of the two parties may be very different , as may be the amount of time and effort they each put into the deal . |
| 5 | In any case , this type of speculation is a complete waste of time and anyone who seriously thinks that all is quiet on the western front as the twentieth century draws to a close must be dozing in his dug-out . |
| 6 | Written as a result of attending a Labour Party conference , it was the product of shock at what then seemed to me the amount of time and energy politicians and journalists spent chasing each other 's tails on such occasions . |
| 7 | The requirement for such pleasures is a matter of time and place , and it does not have to be Friday , Berlin or Strasburg , New York or San Francisco . |
| 8 | In trying to educate people against using it , I would emphasise not its dangers but the fact that ultimately it is a complete waste of time and money . |
| 9 | Tippett 's Mask of Time and Birtwistle 's Mask of Orpheus , Steve Reich 's Desert Music , much of the output of John Tavener and Jonathan Harvey ; above all , Stockhausen 's seven-day wonder , Licht . |
| 10 | Him apart though it was pretty much all no-hopers — nothing more than a total waste of time and a convenient way for Paul to take the pressure off himself . |
| 11 | As the total area allocated to these crops increased , so the amount of time and land which a family could devote to food crop production for its own consumption often diminished . |
| 12 | While the factors of time and the sheer difficulty of analysis partly explain the relative failure of donors to provide a meaningful public assessment of aid programmes , they do not explain the cumulative inadequacy of the results which are available to date . |
| 13 | The car has been through several variations of engine size , but now like an ageing but still beautiful dowager , repeated facelifts can no longer wholly hide the ravages of time and progress . ’ |
| 14 | The women demanded their ‘ gifts ’ of time and interest to the club be reciprocated by the donation of time and money by the players for the collective life of the community . |
| 15 | The women demanded their ‘ gifts ’ of time and interest to the club be reciprocated by the donation of time and money by the players for the collective life of the community . |
| 16 | Do individuals lose all sense of time and become erratic , or do they maintain a rhythmicity in their lifestyle and bodily functions ? |
| 17 | ‘ Of course , all this takes a great deal of time and money . |
| 18 | What Charles said in major speeches which he put a great deal of time and thought into , seldom went farther than the four walls he spoke within . |
| 19 | ‘ The Syrian forces could , if they wanted , speedily resolve the problem of Gen Aoun in Lebanon through military means , but the Syrian leadership is fully convinced there will be no need to resort to this as Gen Aoun 's removal is a matter of time and will take place quickly through political means . ’ . |
| 20 | Here was Dennis Potter , by critical consent the best pure television writer we have , directing his first ever film : as near as dammit , total artistic control under conditions of time and budget that were extraordinarily generous ; the film-maker 's dream . |
| 21 | Bataille 's key notion was that of expenditure without return , an orgiastic squandering of time and self . |
| 22 | But in the history of warfare new weapon systems rarely achieve immediate dominance : only the passage of time and operational experience decides whether the older , well-tried systems should be superseded or not . |
| 23 | From his digs at 113 Cowley Road , Thomas wrote his first letter to Harry Hooton : ‘ My dear Mr. Hooton , I matriculated today before the Vice-Chancellor of the University , and , in consequence , I am left a little freer of time and heart : for until then , I feared failure in what turned out to be the easy matric. exam. , and worked to the exclusion of almost all else : which is the explanation of time and heart . ’ |
| 24 | From his digs at 113 Cowley Road , Thomas wrote his first letter to Harry Hooton : ‘ My dear Mr. Hooton , I matriculated today before the Vice-Chancellor of the University , and , in consequence , I am left a little freer of time and heart : for until then , I feared failure in what turned out to be the easy matric. exam. , and worked to the exclusion of almost all else : which is the explanation of time and heart . ’ |
| 25 | Most people wear watches , some keep diaries : we continually monitor the passage of time and keep records of the sequence of events . |
| 26 | Cultures and historical periods differ greatly in their concepts of time and the continuity of life . |
| 27 | Describing herself as something of a ‘ social victim ’ , she has temporarily torn herself away from urban distractions in favour of time and space at a ‘ country abode ’ , where she is working on material for a second album , due in November . |
| 28 | If there should be trees out there , swaying in the wind , then he would know that he had lost all sense of time and place and personal identity . |
| 29 | It becomes an inevitable part of normal living that we form significant relationships with particular individuals for a period of time and then , often through force of circumstance , move away from those same relationships . |
| 30 | However , over a long period of time and association , horses and ponies can alter their thought patterns and learn to think more like each other , and to become more empathic . |