Example sentences of "[conj] in time " in BNC.
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1 | I have been too quick to condemn , where in time I might redeem . |
2 | Every action which is accepted as kindly , every individual act of devotion and sacrifice , whether made in the havoc of war or in times of peace , every act of generosity and in fact every good thing which has resulted from the endless struggle to uphold the decision to master the violent and lustful urges which are a legacy from the evolutionary process , will play its part in providing units of goodness to be enshrined in the Created God . |
3 | Most clinics divide either in space or in time into male and female sessions . |
4 | They may relate new information to what has already been given in terms of causes ( so , consequently , because , for this reason ) or in time ( formerly , then , in the end , next ) or they may indicate a new departure or a summary ( by the way , well , to sum up , anyway ) . |
5 | Four projectors are the usual limit for practical convenience and for keeping ‘ in sync ’ , that is , synchronized or in time together ( see opposite ) . |
6 | Many of us in middle years of life have experienced the pain of such loss : few of us have experienced multiple losses , sometimes in quick succession , except in times of war ; none of us have yet had to accept that those losses , of our own generation , signify the beginning of the end for us . |
7 | Yet except in times of war or acute external threat , this seems rarely to happen in modern democratic societies . |
8 | Private rooms became almost a thing of the past , for closets went out of fashion ; bedrooms , which had formerly existed on all floors , went upstairs , but , although their dressing-rooms were often furnished as boudoirs , these were out-of-bounds from after breakfast , except in times of illness . |
9 | Water was comparatively plentiful , except in times of drought , but the pools and streams were infested with the parasites which caused bilharzia , a debilitating disease which infected nearly all the local people , who had no alternative water supply for washing . |
10 | Indeed , he had sometimes felt that the use of such a system , except in times of dire emergency , should be prohibited by international law . |
11 | Although the land tax assessment could at times be stretched to include houses , windows , servants , hair powder , non-working horses , carriages and playing cards , and although in times of war the 10 per cent peacetime limit was pushed twice as far , there was no fundamental revaluation and in many parts of the country assessment levels were nominal . |
12 | It seems that in times past marmosets were bigger but , perhaps in adaptation to an almost bird-like life in the high branches of South America forests , they have shown an evolutionary trend of decreasing size . |
13 | Tradition has it that in times past people brought their sick and weary to the shores of the loch , certain of its curative properties . |
14 | There is no doubt that in times of trouble Baldersdale was a very united place — but there were , nevertheless , some curious divisions . |
15 | It is also said that in times when Russia has need of strength in battle , these horses will awake their masters and carry them to where they are needed . |
16 | It became evident that young people were a particularly vulnerable group and that in times of economic hardship , firms cut back on training places . |
17 | The recession , not only affecting the UK of course , has hit hardware sales generally , but it has n't had a significant impact on the Unix market , because , IDC believes , that in times of a depressed economy and slow investments , information technology purchases tend to move to less expensive , low-end systems , which ‘ might mean Unix systems . ’ |
18 | He points out that in times of national emergency the public turns automatically to the BBC . |
19 | He saw the opportunity to play the peace card and the moderate rearmament card at the same time , fortified by the prospect that in times of trouble the public would prefer to vote for an established Government rather than a peculiarly unknown opposition . |
20 | Moreover , the effects of industrial action on members ' attendance exacerbated the situation , and it is arguable that in times of adversity such bodies need stronger leadership and clearer terms of reference than this panel ever enjoyed . |
21 | This passage of Diodorus rightly emphasizes that in times of peace there were benefits in having a rich neighbour like Carthage . |
22 | Finally , the attitudes of some women illustrated the ‘ queuing principle ’ ( Martin and Wallace , 1984 ) , namely , that in times of high unemployment , certain social groups are felt to have greater claims to paid employment . |
23 | We would suggest that in times of economic crisis and recession several of these conditions are indeed likely to predominate and that in fact they did during the 1980s in the UK . |
24 | While rejecting the mechanistic connection of Quinney and Jankovic , one can argue that in times of economic crisis , typified by rising levels of unemployment , imprisonment does serve an important social control function as a constant reminder to those not in work of the consequences of stepping out of line . |
25 | Against this has to be set the fact that in times of high inflation the real value of company debt diminishes over time . |
26 | I believe that in time our view will prevail , ’ Ms Ruddock said . |
27 | Since then she has abandoned her contact lens in favour of glasses , having been told that in time her sight will return to normal . |
28 | He thought that there was no barrier and that in time he could have done more for them . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | ‘ I was thinking , ’ she began with caution , clearing her throat , ‘ that in time you might like to have a new daddy . ’ |