Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , in an uncanny moment of premonition , I am able to see through the mists of time to Judgement Day . |
| 2 | There are those who think that the ordination of women is bound to come in the course of time and wonder why it is necessary to campaign for it . |
| 3 | Trying to convince people the project was worth pursuing was not easy , and over a long period personal time had to be carved out to work on the project from time allocated to a variety of other activities ranging from textile fibres to films and even to electronics . |
| 4 | Installation of the handrail will increase the safety for Health Physics staff carrying out surveys and for maintenance staff who have to work on the roof from time to time . |
| 5 | We went on to talk about the articles in Time and Tide that had so provoked Rebecca West , and Father D'Arcy observed how , in dealing with ‘ difficult ’ correspondents , it was important to strike the right note in replying . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's very important for preparers of accounts to have a voice , and only the top 100 companies really have the resources to cope with the amount of time and effort that takes . |
| 7 | The same effect is achieved in the continual cycle of meditations on the Passion in the liturgical Hours of the Cross ; they remind man not just of death conquered by death once in the historical events of the Passion , but of a continual process to last until the end of time . |
| 8 | After Daniel Bonnal , Hélène de Roquefeuil is featuring the Milanese Alessandro Traina , who causes us to meditate on the notion of time by juxtaposing a variety of disparate materials . |
| 9 | Even if she had heard the locomotive 's whistle as it entered the tunnel , she would not have had time to run to the bridge in time to meet Mr Cross as he parked his car in the goods yard . |
| 10 | It is very important to go to the mikva on time , and the woman who puts herself out and goes to the mikva even when it is not convenient to go , is commended by the rabbis in Jewish literature . |
| 11 | In a cold , late spring it may prove difficult to graze off the rye in time to work up a good tilth for mangolds . |
| 12 | I could stake myself out and let Nevil come for me , relying on Malpass and the boys in blue to arrive in the nick of time . |
| 13 | Group members have to co-operate within the disciplines of time and equal opportunities for participation . |
| 14 | ‘ To save from the wreck of time and the busy hand of man ( ‘ man out of his place ’ ) the best specimens of this mountain architecture , by a series of representations , on a scale adequate to their beauty and importance , has long been the wish of the writer , who , for such a purpose , has already proposed to publish |
| 15 | This term is used to refer to the consistency over time of financial reports . |
| 16 | As a result , I had to make an expensive taxi journey to arrive at the meeting on time . |
| 17 | Land was provided to maintain the families in peacetime , and the males were required in turn to rally to the colours in time of war . |
| 18 | They had only just managed to get on the vessel in time . |
| 19 | The upshot was that after much argument all three of them agreed to help out , and all five of us did manage to get to the church on time . |
| 20 | Charles had earlier cut short two engagements in the Midlands to get to the school on time . |
| 21 | Some women in Russia travel hundreds of miles under extraordinarily difficult circumstances , just to get to the mikva on time . |
| 22 | Even if they do get a job on a scheme , it 's very , very difficult if you 're sleeping in different places every night , or in a hostel , to get to the job on time . |
| 23 | The story goes that their car broke down on the way to Larne , and they had to hitch a ride to get to the boat on time . |
| 24 | But Hughes is hoping to brush off the knock in time to face League champions Leeds on Sunday . |
| 25 | AMERICA 'S FIRST five-jet aerobatic team look set to take to the skies in time for the 1993 airshow season , reports Bill Jesse . |
| 26 | He is reported to be in the process of responding to offers of employment from other theatres in Ireland and across the water , and to be keen to return to the Lyric from time to time . |
| 27 | To return to the arrow of time , there remains the question : Why do we observe that the thermodynamic and cosmological arrows point in the same direction ? |