Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us now consider the requirements of a multiprogramming system , where we have a number of programs occupying main storage and competing for an allocation of time on the processor . |
| 2 | On 16 March 1992 Wright applied for an extension of time in which to renew his application for leave to appeal against conviction and the application was listed to be heard on the same day as Christou 's appeal . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , perhaps you might allow me to go for a walk from time to time , instead of waiting around in the servants ’ hall . |
| 4 | Accountants Touche Ross asked for an extension of time for the filing of a ‘ monitoring return ’ giving details of Barlow Clowes ' finances which was due by the end of that month . |
| 5 | Up to now all the wires have been stationary , and the magnetic field has varied as a function of time . |
| 6 | But that 's where the manager 's a victim , trapped in a sort of time warp , waiting to find out if those Moores millions will ever be available again . |
| 7 | Travel agents and tour operators often make back to back reservations which means that certain accommodation is booked over a period of time and as one group of guests depart another group takes their place . |
| 8 | Allowance will be made for the early payment of a lump sum to the employer which he would have earned over a period of time . |
| 9 | Such a selection policy is clearly professionally and publicly unacceptable , from any political grouping , and if pursued over a period of time , will surely replace education with propaganda as one of the purposes of the public library service . |
| 10 | Given that a detailed examination of every transaction of a business is impossible , auditing concentrates on a sample confined to a period of time or to a type of transaction which is singled out for detailed examination . |
| 11 | Where , well where er disruptive selection i i i is very huge differences between men , male and female and this was then accentuated over a period of time |
| 12 | It occurred at a moment in time when reading represented the chief leisure activity , apart from sex and drinking , for the British population . |
| 13 | The first point to make is that because all the possible histories for the universe are finite in extent , any quantity that one uses as a measure of time will have a greatest and a least value . |
| 14 | Profit is normally seen as a flow over time whereas wealth can be described as a stock at a point in time . |
| 15 | Such nominations to be made within a period of time and under conditions mentioned therein . |
| 16 | Throughout history , otherwise unmarked minuets have been written in a number of time signatures , including 3/4 , 6/8 and 3/8 . |
| 17 | Wherever the terms require something to be done within a period of time , the drafter should also consider what are to be the consequences of a failure to comply . |
| 18 | Furthermore measurement has usually to be made over a period of time . |
| 19 | Police believe the tape was made over a period of time . |
| 20 | Ironically , very often it is conservation policies , successfully applied over a period of time , that have made the centre a more attractive investment to owners and increased the value of properties . |
| 21 | Embark on a journey through time , reliving the dangers and excitement that faced smugglers in times past . |
| 22 | Where information , particularly of a detailed nature , is to be collected over a period of time the panel has clear attractions . |
| 23 | He hat eventually decided to ask Security 's registry and its computers for a trace muddling the trail by getting a colleague to send the request for him and burying it in a list of acronyms as if they had been collected over a period of time . |
| 24 | A going concern qualification on a company 's financial statements is , in effect , an assertion made at a point in time about the distribution of future cash flows associated with the bundle of assets that comprise that company . |
| 25 | A going concern qualification on a company is an assertion made at a point in time about the distribution of future cash flows associated with the bundle of assets that comprise that company |
| 26 | That is , the support of the finite verb is seen at a point in time from which the realization of the infinitive event by the person of the infinitive is viewed as a subsequent potential . |
| 27 | Gains in accuracy are thus matched by a reduction in time delays in obtaining material on behalf of readers . |
| 28 | Others say they were unable to comply with the surgeons instructions that they undertake no lifting or pulling for a period of time after the operation . |
| 29 | This behaviour is a consequence of the structure of the model and of the fact that the model processes inputs and generates outputs that vary as a function of time . |
| 30 | When demand and supply are in equilibrium , the amount of the commodity which is being produced in a unit of time may be called the equilibrium-amount , and the price at which it is being sold may be called the equilibrium-price . |