Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be [verb] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The programme would need to be implemented over time , and the money should first be targeted to those areas with high instances of deprivation . |
| 2 | Whether you intend to show your dog or not , it will need to be bathed from time to time . |
| 3 | Interviews conducted during the course indicate the importance of task achievement and of the related social processes which encourage self development ; and these consequences appear to be sustained over time . |
| 4 | Sometimes I try to think about the concepts behind the immersion and about being spiritually cleansed , and sometimes mikva is just something that has to be done on time , and the spiritual significance is almost forgotten in the ritual of the act . |
| 5 | But heads do nevertheless need to say what has to be changed from time to time — and should see the need for change before their colleagues . |
| 6 | For the first time I realized the humiliating narrowness of mind with which one has to be equipped in time of war . |
| 7 | If possible , it 's a good idea to build a time limit into the dramatic narrative itself — something has to be accomplished before time runs out . |
| 8 | If you do n't bill on time you ca n't expect to be paid on time . |
| 9 | Alice 's heart seemed to be thumping in time with the train wheels as she looked at Harry 's glowing face opposite her . |
| 10 | Emotionally you seem to be playing against time these days , and astounding loved ones . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If the parties do not wish to be bound by time limits there should be none in the lease . |
| 13 | To achieve that target without endless sprawl , local interests will have to be hurt from time to time . |
| 14 | But the stresses and strains of the moment , the all-important moral factors , tend to be submerged by time . |
| 15 | At this minimal level , narrative is organisationally simple and , linguistically , cohesion will tend to be established by time clauses ( when … ) , time connectors ( next … ) and pronominalisations ( John … he , or door-key … it , in the last example ) . |
| 16 | On the other hand , this goal , that is , a sample sufficiently large so as to make it representative , had to be weighed against time , staffing and other factors which imposed a practical limit on the size of the sample . |
| 17 | The topic continues to be raised from time to time in the media including illustrations of how celebrity trials in America are reported on TV . |
| 18 | Having examined the practice in different common law jurisdictions , their Lordships consider that the principles endorsed by the Jamaican Court of Appeal , particularly with regard to inconsistent previous statements , represent what will normally be an acceptable way of achieving fairness to the accused and they take the opportunity of saying that in a civilised community the most suitable ways of achieving such fairness ( which should not be immutable and require to be reconsidered from time to time ) are best left to , and devised by , the legislature , the executive and the judiciary which serve that community and are familiar with its problems . |
| 19 | Heron proposes classifying debt as A and B. Category A interest would continue to be paid on time with principal repaid from cash generated by the ongoing businesses and asset disposals . |
| 20 | The constitution guarantees federal payments , but that does not mean they have to be made on time . |
| 21 | Indeed , for all cases where the to infinitive evokes " subsequent potentiality " the support is necessarily seen or implied to be situated in time prior to the event . |
| 22 | Projects need to be assessed over time ; there are very few whose benefits can be seriously assessed in less than ten years , and a period of fifteen to twenty years would be more meaningful . |
| 23 | Anyone who needs an operation will wish to be operated on by a competently trained surgeon ; the necessary skills need to be honed over time . |
| 24 | Such initiatives tended to be overcome in time by inertia and indifference . |