Example sentences of "[vb infin] that [prep] the time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some officers can now see that at the time they were " typical colonialists " who failed to read the signs of the tinies or entrust positions of authority more readily to African leadership . |
| 2 | Of course , she too eventually left my staff to get married , but I can vouch that during the time she worked as housekeeper under me , she was nothing less than dedicated and never allowed her professional priorities to be distracted . |
| 3 | I would hope that by the time we come to the next assembly where there is going to be that there will be an opportunity for the churches , er , at home here to take part in preparing for the next assembly . |
| 4 | Nobody is pushing Anna , but Christine and Tony do hope that by the time she moves into mainstream education , she will have caught up . |
| 5 | Let's hope that by the time you get this issue of Machine Knitting Monthly , the weather has cheered up and you 're thinking of summer holidays . |
| 6 | A quick and efficient recovery immediately after the race will mean that by the time you 're on your way home , you are planning the next marathon . |
| 7 | A line constructed through the centres of the two circles cuts the left hand circle at Bishops Cannings and I must admit that at the time I did the preparation for the article thought little more about this point . |
| 8 | If that is so , I would then say that by the time you get to the modification stage and the County Council has published a proposal for the general location , I therefore think at that stage the need for the criterion has disappeared , so it may be that the approved policy will not need to contain such criteria . |
| 9 | ‘ Mr Stevens , I may not have been a housekeeper for long , but I would say that in the time I have been , my abilities have attracted some very generous remarks . ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps , yeah we might find that by the time we got to might not be able to get it all on . |
| 11 | The Labour party may well find that by the time it has spent billions of pounds on all income levels it will not have the extra money to spend on those who need it most . |