Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] [prep] the time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Father Anstruther , the former vicar who lived rather too near , was to do duty for the time of Mark 's absence — not an entirely satisfactory arrangement but the best that could be made . |
| 2 | The time for repairs , it would seem , was about to give way to the time for offence , if not injury . |
| 3 | He says that it is recorded in the that on the death of Molla Fenari , Molla Yegan was authorized to give fetvas in the time of Murad II ; but that since he did not actually rise to the office of Mufti — the actual words used are " the rank of the glorious office of fetva " , fetva being used here , a — often , to indicate the Muftilik-he will not be singled out and accorded special mention . |
| 4 | This approach enabled us to evaluate UOS function under standard conditions with adequate control for the influence of level of arousal , and also provided the opportunity to analyse events around the time of occurrence of spontaneous episodes of gastro-oesophageal reflux . |
| 5 | On Feb. 20 , 1990 , the MRG and the Association of Democrats ( Association des démocrates — a heterogeneous grouping of leading centrist personalities from which the left sought to gain support at the time of the 1988 presidential elections ) announced the conclusion of an agreement aiming to develop " the second force within the presidential majority " . |
| 6 | As Mr Tony Banks MP has said , ‘ Television should broaden peoples knowledge about parliamentary affairs and the performance of the Government and Opposition , and give them a better base on which to make judgements at the time of the election ’ . |