Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can use this function to wait for a specified time for a key to be pressed . |
| 2 | He will now begin the physically and mentally painful process of taking male hormones to establish for the first time his masculinity . |
| 3 | ‘ Because on the hour means just that and failure to transmit at the given time usually means one thing . |
| 4 | Bearing in mind that it takes approximately 12 weeks from planting to flowering , it is possible to grow bulbs of many species and varieties to flower at the same time for a spectacular display , and also plant for a succession of flowers if potting up is carefully timed . |
| 5 | A warm and welcoming place , Southern Brittany provides a wealth of places to explore for the remaining time before flying back to England on 20 April 1991 . |
| 6 | Kent teachers are arranging a photo session in Avery Hill Dance Studio during the time of the Easter Course , with a professional photographer who will allow amateurs to function at the same time . |
| 7 | Although the taking of professional advice is a material circumstance , the substantial cause of the failure to comply with the statutory time limit is one of the matters for investigation . |
| 8 | It will no doubt investigate what was the substantial cause of the employee 's failure to comply with the statutory time limit ; whether he had been physically prevented from complying with the limitation period , for instance by illness or a postal strike , or something similar . |
| 9 | In any event it will probably be relevant in most cases for the Industrial Tribunal to ask itself whether there has been any substantial fault on the part of the employee or his adviser which has led to the failure to comply with the statutory time limit |
| 10 | ELDERLY council tenants living in easily-accessible housing will gain the right to buy for the first time , under a government amendment to be tabled in the House of Lords on Monday . |
| 11 | The withdrawal of SSP or sickness allowance will apply where there is no acceptable reason for the failure to notify within the respective time limits . |
| 12 | The Shanghai stock exchange was reported by the Financial Times of Oct. 23 to have gained approval to offer for the first time to foreign investors shares worth $35,000,000-50,000,000 in the state-owned Shanghai Vacuum , the biggest quoted company on the exchange . |
| 13 | Not only did many teachers in many schools meet in library committees to discuss for the first time their common interests and sometimes contrasting perspectives with other members of subject departments across the school ; they also , for the first time , were forced to consider seriously the pedagogy implied by their present use or misuse of the resources already on offer or their failure to use them . |
| 14 | EVERY YEAR the British Film Institute issues a package of British short films by up-and-coming movie-makers , giving you a chance to read for the first time the credits you 'll be seeing on Channel 4 in the next couple of years . |
| 15 | The King could legitimately refuse a request to dissolve for the third time in a little over a year . |
| 16 | Ian left the colour to develop for the maximum time of forty minutes under a gentle heat . |
| 17 | This work went ahead , although rather slowly , and allowed the tunnelling to begin at the same time . |
| 18 | Of course , it is possible for more than one disturbance to occur at the same time so that the cyclical variations generated , although inherently damped , may be quite large . |
| 19 | If there is no stated requirement for a quorum , persuade the Chairman to start at the advertised time even if only you and he are present . |
| 20 | SCOTLAND — SCOTLAND have qualified for the last five World Cup finals , but with only one point from two games they already face an uphill struggle to qualify for a sixth time . |
| 21 | On the one hand , the local situation and knowledge about it encouraged some people to retire at the same time as they were made redundant . |
| 22 | THE ISRAELI cabinet is being called this week to debate for the first time proposals made by Egypt for advancing the search for a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict . |
| 23 | They parted at the hatshop and made an arrangement to meet at the same time the following day . |
| 24 | It was possible to pay the skischool extra so that after school in the morning she would be taken to lunch in a local restaurant under supervision , then brought back to skischool in the afternoon , but for a 4-year old learning to ski for the first time to stay in skiboots all day is really very tiring . |
| 25 | Because the pools are limited in number , and because rain has stimulated all toads in the area to breed at the same time , the breeding ponds become extremely crowded . |
| 26 | A condition can be imposed requiring operations to commence within a specified time . |
| 27 | Financial difficulties caused by the fall in the oil price in the late 1980s and by the increasing budget deficit forced the government to turn for the first time to the international financial markets . |
| 28 | But if , as is proposed , the core is to start to be taught from the primary schools , upwards , then it makes sense to introduce at the same time graded tests in each of the compulsory subjects , English , mathematics , modern languages , and science ( the music examinations could hold their present place as optional ) . |
| 29 | But the report says : ‘ The museum must be attractive enough to persuade customers to make the effort to visit for the first time . |
| 30 | That morning Sara had been up with the dawn to walk for the last time in the castle grounds to say goodbye to her doves , her servants , her horses and her hounds , the last of which seemed to sense what was happening and started howling as soon as she had departed . |