Example sentences of "the time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To my surprise — for I was a very minor political fish — the news of my resignation was given widespread coverage , The Times calling it ‘ startling ’ and other papers ‘ sensational ’ . |
| 2 | Sign O The Times offered the bleak social realism of the title song , an unusually piercing glimpse into the artist 's soul on The Cross , plus fragments of incandescent musicianship . |
| 3 | Mori for the Times put Labour one point ahead on 39 per cent , with 38 for the Tories and 20 for the Liberal Democrats . |
| 4 | The danger of criticizing the appointment of particular judges was shown when in June 1980 a Belfast jury awarded £50,000 damages to a Northern Ireland county court judge for a libel contained in an article in the Economist suggesting that his appointment had been based , as The Times put it in a leading article , not so much on his ability but on the fact that he was a Roman Catholic . |
| 5 | As a leading article in The Times put it : ‘ Undaunted by the superior timidity of the House of Lords the Court of Appeal persevered in its determination to set limits to the scope of the immunities granted to trade unions by statute . ’ |
| 6 | It was established in 1983 to publish books that interpret the signs of the times according to the needs and pastoral demands of the Church . |
| 7 | At their worst , contemporary heroes and heroines are stomach-churning models of narcissism , but the spirit of the times responds to Nelson Mandela as well as Madonna , to the Beirut hostages as well as the latest football star . |
| 8 | In early December she wrote a letter to The Times complaining about the lies and harassment Diana had endured since the romance became public . |
| 9 | On the bicentenary of Mozart 's death , The Sunday Times and The Times announce the UK 's biggest ever Mozart festival . |
| 10 | Prudent housekeeping kept purchases down to one horse ( £10 ) , a hay mower , some tools , and a box number advertisement in The Times seeking new member and which was moderately successful . |
| 11 | It was , as The Times observed in the following year , a sorry fact that there was ‘ a vague dread of a wholesome birching ’ and that nowadays ‘ the father of a scapegrace ’ no longer saw fit to ‘ save his son from the taint of gaol by loyally and soundly whipping him ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ We feel this book was written because the times imposed it upon the authors . |
| 13 | While there are glimmers of light the establishment of ACT two years ago increasing ecumenical activities at grass roots level , some referred to by Bishop this morning I believe that the times require a note of urgency in our response to God 's call . |
| 14 | So that 's the first thing to realize , we 've got a multiply in there now we 've got this two piggy in the middle here , between an add and a times , so the times win . |
| 15 | Lysates were precleared with normal rabbit serum and equal amounts incubated at 37°C for the times indicated . |
| 16 | Whilst every effort will be made to maintain the services shown herein , the Company does not guarantee that the trains will depart or arrive at the times stated and reserves the right to cancel , alter or suspend any train without notice and accepts no liability for any loss inconvenience or delay thereby caused , under normal circumstances trains are steam-hauled unless shown otherwise . |
| 17 | The following have been reserved for coach parking from the times stated ( coaches parking earlier than the times given risk being towed away ) : |
| 18 | Its honours for impresarios and maverick businessmen — what The Times called examples of ‘ unrepentant Darwinism , of the business survival of the fittest and of nature red in tooth and claw ’ — so appalled them and the Palace that it took several weeks for approval to be obtained . |
| 19 | The Whigs rejected Lord Lyndhurst 's bill of 1842 for a small debts court , and the Lords shelved Lord Cottenham 's bill which The Times called ‘ as masterly a measure as was ever submitted to Parliament ’ , in deference to a pet bill which Lord Brougham had drafted . |
| 20 | Those looking for a sign of grace or spiritual solace from the Cardinal had to make do with what The Times called ‘ exemplary patience and meekness ’ and writers to the letters column taxed me with shallowness and poor taste . |
| 21 | As a result , what The Times called ‘ the main stumbling block ’ ( The Times , 19 September 1976 ) against full equal rights for men and women in the state and occupational pension schemes remains for the foreseeable future . |
| 22 | The Times called him ‘ the most complete gentleman of the cinema ’ . |
| 23 | While recognising the ultimate necessity of making a stand against German threats to British interests , The Times called for " a supreme effort … to do what is possible for appeasement before that point is reached " . |
| 24 | Anthony Bevins 's account in The Times continued , ‘ Mr Heseltine 's friends said last night that ad hoc meetings were a Downing Street device to kill internal Cabinet dissent . |
| 25 | Yet the times continued to breed strange bedfellows . |
| 26 | It is a contender : a colleague of Ackroyd 's on The Times announced that it was a ‘ sure contender ’ for the Booker Prize of 1987 ( which it did n't receive ) . |
| 27 | The Times announced over three columns : WILSON REBUTS CECIL KING . |
| 28 | The Times hypothesised in the course of the election campaign that it was leaders who lost elections , not challengers who won them . |
| 29 | It took that length of time for The Times to reach Carewscourt from London , where it was posted every morning . |
| 30 | Professor von Hayek , a luminary much admired by the Prime Minister , writes to The Times suggesting that if attacks are made against the forces in the Falklands , Britain should retaliate on the Argentine mainland . |