Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do the Bank want to go back to a time when a male official could not get married until he was earning £150 per annum and by the time he was earning that sum he was past having an interest in marriage . |
| 2 | For mortality , the intensity of selection in a stable population ( r=0 ) remains constant during the pre-reproductive period because the consequences of death for reproductive success remain constant ; selection intensity starts to decline only at the time of first breeding . |
| 3 | King wants to think on about the time Steve Cooper threw his shirt at him . |
| 4 | I could understand them wanting to escape back to a time when they were ‘ needed ’ . |
| 5 | The consequence of the Knoyles ' poverty and the Hutchings ' absenteeism over the previous two centuries was that the Manor House had a miraculous escape from Georgian owners wanting to keep up with the times . |
| 6 | No one else seemed to think so at the time . |
| 7 | But no matter ’ — his voice rose now — ‘ you 've got to go there for a time , anyway . |
| 8 | As the Bristol teams , and others who may build on their examples , move forward in their research and their care for families , we can begin to look forward to a time when the tragedy of loss and anguish faced by famous people like Anne Diamond and Julie Walters , and thousands of other ordinary everyday people , may become a thing of the past . |
| 9 | Curiosity will be aroused by an exhibition which unites artists who would never have agreed to show together at the time when this sculpture was being made . |
| 10 | But disappointment began to set in by the time the ballot boxes had been emptied , and when the second stage of the count began , at 12.45 a.m. , it soon became clear that it would be a two-horse race . |
| 11 | Do n't try to give up at a time when you are already stressed . |
| 12 | However , such systems tend to settle down after a time ; as long as the feedback process is not in full swing , we can often assume that the net effect has balanced out in one direction or the other . |
| 13 | The idea is that if elderly people can be encouraged to think back to the times when they had lots of relationships , and when they felt they had some status and worth , then they are able to feel that status carry over more into their present life . |
| 14 | Because it 's a national thing I mean it 's something the company is hoping to go forward with the time it 's a government initiative , if we are offering trainee managers when they join us an , an N V Q and they do n't get it at the end of their training . |
| 15 | Please forgive the shortish letter , but I am trying to catch up for the time I was ill , and have quite a heavy teaching programme . |
| 16 | So we sort of like trying to hang on for the time being about the door . |
| 17 | He would have preferred a spinning wheel for her to sit at , but one had to move forward with the times . |
| 18 | In Newham the cost of services continued to rise slightly to the time of the third assessment , but in Ipswich they dropped back a little . |
| 19 | ‘ You have to look ahead to the time when you leave football , and I wanted to prepare for a life in sport and leisure management , ’ he said . |
| 20 | What I did n't want to do at times was to overload , I wanted to start off with a time limit as we mean to go on and spread it out through the year and so I have put the important things which are to do with the quality system like internal quality audit erm , non- conformances , the corrective action , training and all stuff like that with an audit before and then things like contract print erm , I do n't think we are going to have any problems with I put those for after . |
| 21 | Yes , you have to keep up with the times , but it 's about as hop and happening as Liverpool 's away kit — and as clear as the sprites on Shadow Warriors ! |
| 22 | But if Iran is to succeed , its government ( will ) have to act firmly for a time . " |
| 23 | So that 's it — we deduct five overs and three runs for the rain interruption , plus another eight overs and four runs to make up for the time it 's taken us to work it out . |