Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were variations in the accuracy of these figures according to time and place , but these evened out over fairly large geographical areas and periods of time . |
| 2 | It seems that people take kin , and indeed non-kin , into their households in situations where this is mutually advantageous , but the balance of those advantages fluctuates over time , and varies between different localities in the same historical period . |
| 3 | Whilst it is intuitively obvious that the utility of most things declines over time , it is more difficult to identify the extent of that decline over a given period . |
| 4 | Oh , I know the prince is n't a fascist , he 's got nothing but contempt for Musso ; Constanza says her father was never the man who had much faith in any trains running on time ; but he is a man who can still get favours from the regime . |
| 5 | The rates appropriate to these allowances vary from time to time , but the councillor will be informed of any change by the Council 's Chief Financial Officer . |