Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | For determining whether resource contributions of taxpayers , grantors , and service recipients intended to support activities of a given time period were sufficient to recover the cost of those activities . |
| 2 | For predicting the amount of resource contributions of taxpayers , grantors , and service recipients needed to support activities of a given time period . |
| 3 | A licence has to be obtained and a deposit paid in advance to cover charges for a reasonable time . |
| 4 | Correct positioning of water jets will ensure that the utensils are thoroughly cleaned first time round , thus removing the tiresome need to put pots through a second time . |
| 5 | Once a man knows of his right it is more difficult to say that it was not reasonably practicable to give notice within a reasonable time . |
| 6 | You see when committees are meeting at two o'clock usually have a much shorter agenda than this committee discussion but to enable to this committee and to do its job properly , I would think we 'd be looking where possible to be able to discuss items properly and to get start at a reasonable time like we do . |
| 7 | The child who uses goed or comed is guilty of over-generalisation , while in sign the use of repetition to convey occurrence over a long time would be appropriate in WAIT-WAIT-WAIT , meaning ‘ wait for ages ’ but not in KEEP-KEEP-KEEP , where it would probably mean to ‘ keep three ’ things rather than to ‘ keep over time ’ . |
| 8 | 4 Consumers must respond to price differences with a shorter time lag . |
| 9 | ( 5 ) Where under a contract of sale the transfer of the property in the goods is to take place at a future time or subject to some condition later to be fulfilled the contract is called an agreement to sell . |
| 10 | ‘ We were pleased with the way our campaign went , and we are sure that it helped to improve sales at a difficult time . ’ |
| 11 | A landscape of open moorland , for example , will revert to scrub woodland in a short time if grazing and heather burning are restricted . |
| 12 | The refusal was associated with another decision by Seaton Valley UDC to allow Leech to make representations at a suitable time in the future when overall development was being considered . |
| 13 | Jacquie , who can be contacted on 0483 301831 for information — or for a fundraising pack that could be used by clubs , pubs and organisations — told the Herald : ‘ Politics and now the general election have tended to dominate newspapers for a long time , squeezing out reports on stories about Africa — good as well as bad . |
| 14 | Very often , too , when we were travelling round the farms doing repairs ( and many of these were done just before harvest to prevent hold-ups at a busy time ) the Guv'nor would tell us to leave two shillings at a certain farm , half a crown perhaps at another , and at some only a shilling : that would go towards the men 's largesse-spending . ’ |