Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are three bedrooms for visitors all with private bathrooms and individual character — one has an iron-framed antique rose-painted four-poster bed with lace hangings and a Victorian screen , another has oak beams and a closet ( now a shower ) where priests are reputed to have hidden during times of persecution . |
| 2 | But it can be altered as time goes by , if a client can afford extra premiums , their salary allows them to have extra increases , it can be altered , but would nec would possibly want medical underwriting for any future increasing . |
| 3 | The debate about whether unemployment , poverty and deprivation are causally related to crime is perhaps less interesting than the observation which we discussed more fully elsewhere that crime , and in particular , street crime , becomes highlighted during times of economic crisis . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sure we could let you out for that , McAllister , ’ Dr Neil had said , only for Sally-Anne to murmur modestly that since she was already well treated for time off she could not possibly ask for more . |
| 5 | Well , since he 's not pressed for time , perhaps one more . |
| 6 | No matter how pressed for time or strapped for cash you may be , should you pass by one of these shops , with a window display of dummies wearing neatly ironed kagouls and ice-axes arranged in a fan shape round a rucksack , you will go inside and not leave until you have purchased a pair of thick socks . |
| 7 | You are the person who has the initiative , so you should never need to arrange interviews , even one-off interviews , when you are pressed for time . |
| 8 | If you are being honest with yourself and with her and you really are terribly pressed for time , you will never be short of concrete reasons to give , and she will find these much more acceptable and less hurtful than vague excuses , provided , of course , that your overall treatment of her is one of care and not neglect . |
| 9 | As a business becomes more sophisticated , as the founder is more pressed for time and is earning more money , the concept of outside help becomes more acceptable and , ultimately , desirable . |
| 10 | I was generally pressed for time in my few day in Sydney , and did not have the opportunity to explore the graphic potential of the monoline as well as it deserved . |
| 11 | I was generally pressed for time in my few days in Sydney , and did not have the opportunity to explore the graphic potential of the monoline as well s it deserved . |
| 12 | Large species with long incubation and growth periods , for example swans and geese , are particularly pressed for time . |
| 13 | So if you are pressed for time it is better during your first year in a language area to give more time to direct contact with people than to spend hours at your desk typing . |
| 14 | But is is surprising how often High Court judges , pressed for time and hearing only the plaintiff 's side , overlook the principle and grant an " interim injunction " without inquiring whether the defendant intends to defend . |
| 15 | Erm , we do work together , where we share a common agenda , and we find that we share common policy positions , and there are a lot discussions that go on about policy questions between environmental N G Os , erm , and also like any N G O that 's pressed for time and money , we work together where actually it can be justified by the results . |
| 16 | Any time spent in doing other things than attempting to transmit the meme may be regarded as time wasted from the meme 's point of view . |
| 17 | She feels that a period in research should be an asset to a nurse 's cv , rather than being regarded as time off from ‘ real ’ nursing . |
| 18 | To watch this acting is to be marginally caught between times , between roles . |
| 19 | And yet this acute observer would describe the very same people — almost unaware of what she was observing — as physically overworked during times of busy trade , as eating and sleeping too little , as too physically exhausted for intellectual effort , at the mercy of ‘ the many chances of breakdown and failure meaning absence of physical comfort ’ . |
| 20 | If he could have looked through time at his late 1980s counterpart , would he have been scornful of his sunglasses , his insignia of rank , his fat-cat complacent air ? |
| 21 | Monitoring of fees earned against time spent is usually a sufficient measure of performance and will provide an incentive to staff , but not all projects run smoothly and allowance must therefore be made for these . |
| 22 | She raced inside the Vasey building and congratulated herself that she had caught up time , and was now only half an hour late . |
| 23 | Since alcohol consumption may have varied with time , efforts were made to obtain estimates based on patient recall and chart review . |
| 24 | Their labour histories consist of periods of work interspersed with times of unemployment , underemployment or black-economy jobs . |
| 25 | But the anticlerical spirit was turned against the archbishop and the traditional , worldly , married clergy of Milan , not against the church as such , and won in time a measure of support from the reformed papacy . |
| 26 | Circumstances in which overtime may be used should be identified , together with a list of staff who have agreed to be approached in time of need . |
| 27 | At first their mother 's sister had come from time to time but she and Moran had quarrelled . |
| 28 | Although the commitment to religion was stressed from time to time , often in response to the charge of militarism , the CLB always seemed to emphasize matters of social discipline and conformity . |
| 29 | Some members like to come back to Bristol for social events like the Alumni Foundation concerts or the sports reunions which are organised from time to time . |
| 30 | Jesus Christ is sacred myth historically located in time and incarnated in the material universe . |