Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case for such objective assessment before operation seems particularly strong in women over the age of 50 because they may have suffered occult damage to the anal sphincter during the childbirth and could be at particular risk of a poor functional outcome if the sphincter were to sustain further damage at the time of operation . |
| 2 | And I take this opportunity to say that , erm , I had , I moved this at budget revue , and my intention was to move erm , pretty much the wording that Mr moved at property , but I was unable to obtain that wording by the time of the meeting , so I put this forward , erm , knowing that it obviously was different words , but but with that same sense , that we do have to address some very real issues about County Farms and not to pussyfoot about it I think that er , any comparison between the County Farms and a commercial enterprise is a coincidence of terms , but I ca n't see how we can have forty million pounds worth of estate , as it 's valued on the free market , to be making two hundred and ninety-one thousand pounds a year out of it , and think that that is commercial . |
| 3 | The link was put in place to provide some stability at a time of political turbulence in the British colony . |
| 4 | We designed ideal standard criteria for using dilatation and curettage : clinical suspicion of tuberculosis ; failure of medical treatment for menorrhagia and dysmenorrhoea ; severe menorrhagia presenting as symptomatic anaemia ; to exclude early pregnancy at the time of tubal ligation ; to remove an intrauterine contraceptive device if not possible in outpatients . |
| 5 | The problem is that in a region with such a deeply troubled history , the spread of minorities , be they Serb , Albanian , Turkish or whatever , is likely to provoke violent conflict during a time of profound political and constitutional change . |
| 6 | It would be an additional folly to impose generic substitution at a time when the Japanese government has singled out pharmaceuticals as a significant area for growth and one to which high technology is applicable . |
| 7 | We do know however that , with perseverance , every day can produce some success and that , by continuing to work one day at a time , we will be building up a very solid basis for renewed confidence and further achievement . |
| 8 | The experiment consisted of presenting an unseen passage of text to a person and asking her to guess one letter at a time . |
| 9 | ‘ Because of all that 's happened , ’ she says , such a move would have to come one step at a time . |
| 10 | It is ridiculous to sell one beast at a time to one person . |
| 11 | me to answer one question by the time I answer those three questions , where is everybody gon na be up to . |
| 12 | I wanted to use different coloured pens to mark out various patterns on the same sheet as I could only afford to buy one sheet at the time . |
| 13 | The operator has the choice of turning down one microphone — if for instance the class is working in groups and you only want to hear one group at a time — or of recording the combined sound of , say , teacher and student microphones on one audio track . |
| 14 | The speaker may need to be physically closer , to use the reassuring sense of touch , to remember that the whole face and expression help to convey meaning , to express one thought at a time unhurriedly , at the pace suitable to the old person . |
| 15 | Too many congressmen in both parties were reluctant to aid Soviet retraining at a time when growing numbers of US citizens were unemployed . |
| 16 | It was easy , however , to discount this evidence at a time when opinion polls were in their infancy , at least so far as credibility was concerned , and when it was universally thought that support would return to Churchill as soon as his formidable oratorical skills were thrown in on one side of the party contest . |
| 17 | You , you could say , I 'm going to do all four walls together or I 'm going to do one wall at a time . |
| 18 | Hence the social acceptability of earlier retirement by women can prove a mixed blessing : it gives them more chance to leave paid work at a time of their own choosing , but also leaves them more open to pressure from others to retire . |
| 19 | Importantly their chapter offers a defence of the role of educational studies in addressing fundamental educational problems and issues , and of the need to sustain independent enquiry at a time when official pressure concentrates on the technical and utilitarian aspects of schooling . |
| 20 | Not surprisingly , in these conditions , the Swamp Eel has adapted by being able to breathe atmospheric air during the times of drought when the swamps dry up , aestivating ( the summer version of hibernating ) until more favourable conditions return , by burrowing into the mud or travelling across land in search of alternative waterways . |
| 21 | If we begin thinking about the details of the cube , we can try to restore one piece at a time . |
| 22 | It 's fairly common for young babies who are long-sighted at six months , for example , to have normal vision by the time they 're four . |
| 23 | Despite the phraseology , the Messina declaration did not seem to have much impact at the time ; it was not seen as a dramatic move towards supranationalism . |
| 24 | When there is mismatch between different devices , seek to master one device at a time , e.g. drill word order first , and then inflections of the verb . |
| 25 | The man donating the sperm and the woman wanting the insemination , are supposed to have safer sex through the time lag . |
| 26 | Having to stop on every other move to bury one hand at a time in the confines of barely warm armpits made for rather a stilted ascent , but it was worth it . |
| 27 | Clearly , it may not be possible to ingather that information within the time after service and it , therefore , becomes of critical importance that the insurance file has properly identified the witnesses , has detailed statements from them and has all the documentary back-up relevant . |
| 28 | health , for example , may be as much a demand-side as a supply-side factor through social pressures on those who suffer it to take early retirement at a time of general contraction . |
| 29 | These combine with forward and reverse in fast or slow motion , freeze and step frame ( the ability to move one frame at a time ) and two audio tracks . |
| 30 | Franchising is supposed to happen one route at a time , over as many as 12 years . |