Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 31 | This period could be regarded as the time when our service began to emerge from a kind of amateur status to that of a more professional one . |
| 32 | Their pay varied , but very few girls in these occupations ever earned as much as the 12s-13s a week , which as we have seen is what a girl compositor could be earning by the time she was about 20 , with the ( limited but real ) possibility of earning more later . |
| 33 | In studying a period and a phase in which what could be proved at the time to be shadows were so determinedly pursued , is he after all studying not an aberration , not a deviation from the normal , but the common behaviour of mankind ? |
| 34 | And after just a few sessions of treatment his parents were overjoyed to be told their son could be walking by the time they leave the Capital in April . |
| 35 | Students of cancer had more reason to be interested in chromatin and its role in cell division , but chemical approaches to cancer were predominantly concerned with molecules which could be identified at the time , i.e. with molecular weights under 1000 . |
| 36 | ‘ You said you 'd be gone by the time I got up . ’ |
| 37 | … it has been suggested that the value of an activity may be related to the time expended by the user . |
| 38 | Alternatively , payment may be made at the time of enrolment by personal cheque or bank draft drawn on a UK bank ( see section on Banking below ) . |
| 39 | Alternatively , payment may be made at the time of enrolment in cash , or by personal cheque or bank draft drawn on a UK bank . |
| 40 | Such application may be made at the time when the order is made ; if not then applied for , the practice required , at least in some courts , is that the applicant should certify in writing that he has notified the other party of the intended application . |
| 41 | The implementation of key targets as operational components of the new strategy — and hence also of the process of negotiation — may be conceived in the time frame of a decade but only in the form of a dynamic process , with different time frames for different components , and with an in-built and effective mechanism for review and reappraisal , leading to adjustments and correctives whenever the strategy is seen to deflect from the goals and objectives of development for which it was devised . |
| 42 | For example , a clue may be obtained from the time that the parties have stipulated for delivery and/or payment . |
| 43 | Adolescence may be viewed as the time at which , and only at which , the threads of childhood experience are drawn together and woven into the fabric of personality . |
| 44 | Bias may be introduced by the time and place of the quota selection unbalancing the sample in respect of some unconsidered attribute such as employment status . |
| 45 | The old slums in Wallace Street have gone now , replaced nearby by a small , neat council estate of flats and maisonettes ; across the main road there 's a sixties estate of dour concrete so riddled with damp and concrete corrosion that it may be demolished by the time this book is published . |
| 46 | There are some limitations with this approach , which may be resolved by the time the final product hits the streets . |
| 47 | As an example Russell and Macmillan ( 1952 ) quote the fact that with a westerly gale of twelve hours ' duration in the Atlantic the size of the waves reaching Cornwall would be limited by the time and not by the fetch , i.e. the distance between Cornwall and America . |
| 48 | He said the Thatcher years would be seen as the time ‘ in which existing pensioners missed out on the prosperity afforded to the great majority in this country . |
| 49 | Mr David Anderson , support services manager , said agreed staffing levels would be met by the time the unit opened in August or September . |
| 50 | These morning sets would be begun at the time when enough of the young rabbits were big enough to sell . |
| 51 | It was agreed that resolution of this issue would be shelved for the time being . |
| 52 | Each day 's distance would be governed by the time required to make and break camp , to hunt animals for food , and to prepare meals . |
| 53 | Once a CFE treaty was signed talks should begin to build on additional measures including ones to limit manpower in Europe ; a commitment would be given at the time of signature of the CFE treaty concerning the manpower levels of a unified Germany . |
| 54 | I certainly would n't coach it so I think you would be creased by the time you got there in two days . |
| 55 | Large expanses of privet need a longer blade , and the extra cost will be offset by the time saved . |
| 56 | That will be revealed by the time the report is published by the NRA . |
| 57 | Our fees will be based on the time taken at our normal hourly scale rates appropriate to the level of expertise required . |
| 58 | Our fees will be based on the time taken at our normal hourly scale rates appropriate to the level of expertise required . |
| 59 | ‘ The gates of the city will be closed by the time we arrive , and wo n't be opened until morning . |
| 60 | I hope you can attend the meeting for which an agenda and papers will be circulated nearer the time . |