Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the time [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not unusual therefore for the contract expressly to deal with the time for payment and the time for delivery but to be silent about the time of the transfer of property . |
| 2 | Moreover , the age-incidence curves for this group of diseases begin to flatten around the time of menopause . |
| 3 | These repairs had to wait until the time of Haymo of Hythe , or as he was to be known as Haymo of Hythe . |
| 4 | Positivism particularly favours the indeterminate sentence : it is premature to decide at the time of sentence how long the offender should be detained for , since this may depend on how quickly the treatment works ; ideally therefore the release decision should be left in the hands of treatment experts to take at a later date . |
| 5 | Such a notice may be served where an odour has occurred and is likely to recur on the same premises , the advantage being that unlike an abatement notice there is no need for an odour to exist at the time of service . |
| 6 | It was difficult to make out the essential nature of the girl : it seemed to change with the time of day , the season . |
| 7 | Mr Fallon said : ‘ It is a nonsense to measure from the time of referral to the time of operation because not all out-patients require operations . ’ |