Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] [adv] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , each of these characteristics tends to change rather rapidly over time , as the monetary authorities try to establish controls that are more or less effective . |
| 2 | Thus , we have : For two main reasons , economists are usually quite happy to work with ‘ gross ’ rather than ‘ net ’ figures : first , depreciation tends to change only slowly over time so that the ‘ gross ’ and ‘ net ’ figures move closely together over any period of a few years ; and secondly , depreciation figures are notoriously difficult to estimate with any accuracy . |
| 3 | Even though there are signs that the world 's economies are beginning to operate closer together in time terms , nevertheless in the past it has been seldom that every part of the world has been simultaneously in total depression . |
| 4 | They seemed not to be , but it was difficult to be sure that they had not simply managed to turn away again in time . |
| 5 | To pay for this , insurers load the front-end charges on policies , so that customers get back only a fraction of what should be due to them if they have to cash in ahead of time . |