Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This process is like the creative process of mind where ideas and images stored in the mind 's vats join together and change through time and become the matter of poetry . |
| 2 | One characteristic difference between phonological and syntactic systems has far-reaching implications for the study of variation : although phonological systems change through time and so can not be absolutely closed and finite , they are more closed and finite in character than syntactic systems . |
| 3 | Language study before Saussure was predominantly diachronic , in the sense that it was predominantly interested in the way languages change through time . |
| 4 | The coverage is repetitive ( every 18 days for Landsats 1–3 , every 16 days for Landsats 4 and 5 ) so phenomena which change through time can be monitored . |
| 5 | There are problems related to the complex and varying manner in which symptoms of soil erosion appear through time . |
| 6 | The myriad cells of the brain are like the shells where pearls are born but incomparably finer , and in these cells the ideas sleep through time , and are cut and polished and made perfect and they at last enter a crucible where the new crystal is reborn and is grown . |
| 7 | From that site too come the Callanish eagles whose strength is not in flight , or size , or speed or skill but rather in a spirit whose power has been forget through time . ’ |
| 8 | Principles endure through time . |
| 9 | The Martian encampment they find may be deserted but the lichen-like vegetation , triggered into accelerated growth by a light drizzle of rain , proves more than just a minor hazard for the astronauts as they race against time to repair the ship . |
| 10 | When memories fade with time |
| 11 | Since this implies that the modified Brunt-Väisälä oscillations gradually grow in time ; i.e. there is overstability . |
| 12 | ‘ I redrew it to what fitted our site and what I needed in terms of accommodation for the children and grannies who appear from time to time — mindful of the fact that Edwina and Michael were two and four , but were n't going to stay that size for long . ’ |
| 13 | In his speech yesterday Mr Lawson dismissed sterling 's troubles as ‘ turbulence ’ of the kind that grown-ups like him , who have seen a thing or two over the years , expect from time to time . |
| 14 | The Mazda club , based in Hiroshima , want in time for the start of their season . |
| 15 | Danger signals arise when the normal pain and unhappiness that accompanies all emotional growth enlarges to become a depression which you simply can not shift , particularly if you feel ( for more than a passing moment ) that there 's nothing left to live for — or if you realise in time that you 've stopped being able to look after yourself . |
| 16 | These dreams usually fade in time and then die away . |
| 17 | The warriors , their spears resting on their shoulders , take very small steps and chant in time , breathy snorts — ‘ Hooh , hooh , hooh ’ — as they circle the girls and pass the second line of warriors , moving in the opposite direction . |
| 18 | Naturally , these inconsistencies do not affect the comparability of the ‘ all items ’ index over time and , in part , the changes were introduced to conform more closely with international classifications . |
| 19 | The artefacts found within cremation vessels were generally ignored and appear at times to conflict with the dates ascribed ( Morris 1974 ; Kidd 1976 ; Dickinson 1978 ; Richards 1987 ) . |
| 20 | However , the theoretical advances that these views represent do not seem to have significantly affected statements about literacy , which appear at times to remain in a pre-Saussurian world . |
| 21 | The edible species grow at times of high predation as epiphytes on the less palatable . |
| 22 | Our attitudes change and , we hope , mature as time passes . |
| 23 | Admissions of part , or request for time , in default actions |
| 24 | However , where a defendant does not reside or carry on business within the district of the court and he desires the action to be transferred to the court for the district in which he resides or carries on business , he may , after delivering a defence , counterclaim , or request for time for payment , apply ex parte in writing for an order to transfer the action to that court . |
| 25 | We wait for time to test Constance Cumbey 's prophecy that the New Age is the herald of the Antichrist . |
| 26 | Whilst working , I stayed in an apartment only 20 minutes ‘ walk from Times Square . |
| 27 | The demands arise from the particular tasks that lexicographers undertake from time to time , and are predictable only in overall terms . |
| 28 | The pilot released the cable but could not keep the glider straight , or stop in time to prevent the collision . |
| 29 | It started as a minor incident involving a petrol tanker , but then other vehicles travelling too fast for the foggy conditions found they counld n't stop in time and crashed as well . |
| 30 | Among many blessings , which I count from time to time , is the good fortune of being born in this age of progress ‘ in all directions ’ and the fact that I was born with an innate curiosity . |