Example sentences of "[noun pl] in time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Collins still hopes to push his proposal through committee sessions in time to get it to a plenary session of the full parliament in May . |
| 2 | Get the repeat prescriptions in time so that he is never left without . |
| 3 | It was full of leather and PVC-clothed young people , banging their heads in time to the music . |
| 4 | In the area of defence , the foremost claimant for government funds in time of war , the picture available of the two belligerents ' military machines , like that of their finances , is not always very clear . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , Lola could not deliver the cars in time for Indianapolis and Mr Rahal failed to qualify for the race . |
| 6 | Her head was bobbing up and down now , and Peggy , smiling wanly , nodded in return , saying , ‘ Well , I ca n't remember what you did in those early years , Gran , but I remember how you used to bounce me on your knees in time with ‘ To ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross ’ . ’ |
| 7 | Ray Parker 's theme tune was transferred onto the SID chip as perfectly as you could imagine , so when you add the lyrics to the bottom of the screen with a bouncing dot highlighting the words in time with the music … |
| 8 | But any form of ‘ editing ’ the file card in this way must introduce some small risk of giving an impression that is slightly awry , and we would prefer the UAPT practice of invariably giving the ‘ black ’ information entirely unabridged , although recognising the savings in time and therefore the cost that the CD procedure must allow . |
| 9 | Accordingly , he believes , as do many other polytechnic directors , that by giving their institution charters to award degrees and other qualifications within carefully defined limits , substantial savings in time and resources would result and their distinctive approach to higher education would be affirmed and would find its fullest expression . |
| 10 | This should mean more efficient working practices and savings in time and money . |
| 11 | The completion of this work would increase the convenience of searching the General Catalogue for researchers and save them valuable time , and it would also create savings in time for Library staff . |
| 12 | ln a large file , normally the case in database systems , the savings in time will be marked . |
| 13 | In order to counter the effects of this drop in trade and profitability , and at the same time ensure a successful and profitable year in 1992 , companies within the hotel and catering industry should now be looking at making savings in time and money , while at the same time improving their service to the customer . |
| 14 | Can anyone wonder that disbelief and despondency settled upon many schools in time to give way to anger and protest at the possibility of carrying out tasks that has been imposed on them under impossible conditions . |
| 15 | Culley went back to the street , passed the front of the house , then turned and retraced his steps in time to see the car pull out of the cul-de-sac and move away from him . |
| 16 | ‘ I expect I shall get used to the designs in time . |
| 17 | the Stirling date with the woman from the Oxford Stage Companies in time |
| 18 | Verbs involve an appreciation of time ; nouns of objects in space , or of mental concepts and experiences ; adjectives of qualities between which we can discriminate ; adverbs of associations in time , space and quality . |
| 19 | These , ’ he gestured to the Twins , ‘ are the same person really , only they 're going in different directions in time and just stopping to say hello to themselves . |
| 20 | By contrast , for Darwin as a genealogical ( ancestry and descent ) theorist of historical biogeography , resemblances and differences are not traced to developmental advances , but to ramifying migrations and adaptive divergences from common ancestors that are more or less remote from their diverse descendants in time , place and character . |
| 21 | For He did swim across the river : This involves the virtual person of the infinitive occupying the same position(s) in time as the actual person which specifies its rank in the auxiliary , and so to is not necessary . |
| 22 | Short frequent periods in time out provide rapid learning experiences for the child . |
| 23 | Sociologists emphasise that what is ‘ common sense ’ or ‘ natural ’ may be by no means universal or eternal , but is frequently relative to particular societies or to particular periods in time . |
| 24 | What must be recognized is that in approaching different collections , different users at different periods in time will place varying requirements on a scheme , both in terms of the subjects that should be included and also in terms of the relationships that need to be shown . |
| 25 | Of course , if enough people come to their senses in time , none of this may be necessary . |
| 26 | ‘ Leave the lass alone — she will come to her senses in time ! ’ |
| 27 | Movements in time tend to become ragged coalitions in disguise , denying voters the chance to make clear choices . |
| 28 | If all causal circumstances and causes precede their effects in time , it seems we have in that temporal consideration a second basis for the asymmetry we are considering . |
| 29 | The definition we shall adopt here , in the tradition of Hume and many others , is one that takes causal circumstances and hence causes to precede their effects in time . |
| 30 | Tranmere striker Tommy Coyne has been sidelined by a flu bug , but Charlton remains optimistic that he can shrug off the effects in time for Wednesday . |