Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | No futures trading is permitted outside the official time . |
| 2 | In this way , should you be unable to attend at the last moment and he has to sit twiddling his thumbs in his consulting room because it is too late to give the appointment to anyone else , he is recompensed for the wasted time . |
| 3 | The coordinate time t measured by this remote observer is related to the proper time through eqn ( 8.3 ) : . |
| 4 | They fly piston engined aircraft for the most part which are subject , amongst other things , to carburettor icing which will stop an engine in flight even if the ambient temperature is as much as 10°C above freezing unless carburettor heating is selected at the appropriate time . |
| 5 | It is however a controversial project because of the cost of its electricity and the question as to whether it is needed at the present time despite electricity being the main growth area in the Brazilian energy demand picture . |
| 6 | In this unorthodox theory this is interpreted as the typical time for which a dust grain moved through space after it was formed and before it accreted to the Moon . |
| 7 | The Direct Tableware Company sales director Roger Young agrees that it will be next spring before any real growth in catering occurs , but he thinks there might be a slight upturn next month in the top-up business : ‘ It 's heading for the busy time and you ca n't serve customers without knives and forks . ’ |
| 8 | It is generally accepted that in order to watch over an executive , the system of supervision has to be constructed in parallel so that information about the salient issues is extracted at the right time and the process of scrutiny is based on this information and takes place when the decision is still open . |
| 9 | Cos I 'm , I 'm getting desperate cos it 's getting near the actual time . |
| 10 | This information is based on what is known at the present time , which is August 1989 . |
| 11 | Each case must be considered on its own merits though it is important that action is taken at the appropriate time . |
| 12 | The drama school will know about this , and make sure your picture is sent at the right time before you finish training . |
| 13 | They can be taken a few hours before sleep is required in the new time zone . |
| 14 | The QRF is changed for the final time , and the boys get to bed . |