Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was talking but could not think at the same time . |
| 2 | Agree that Practice Rule 15 be not amended at the present time . |
| 3 | While every effort is made to offer those who book late the course they have requested , the school reserves the right to offer an alternative Executive Course in the case of applications not received within the specified time . |
| 4 | The kind of music she had not heard for a long time . |
| 5 | Many scrutinies , moreover , are not completed within the two-year time span , and departments have frequently been criticised for delays in implementation . |
| 6 | We recommend that future project initiatives of this kind should give much more thought to the structures and procedures , both within project schools and at the level of overall planning and coordination which are required to ensure that initiatives are not confined to a particular time period or grant , and that the inservice implications of good practice resulting from the project are capitalised upon . |
| 7 | The impurity is not confined to the actual time of bleeding , but continues for seven days beyond the last sign of vaginal blood , thus effectively confining women to this state of impurity for twelve to fifteen days of the month . |
| 8 | The Whites had vast total forces but the separate forces did not attack at the same time . |
| 9 | ‘ Lifetime ’ partners do not refer to a finite time period but to partners since first sexual intercourse ‘ so far ’ ; this may be the most inaccurate measure because of difficulties of recall , whereas discrepancies over shorter time intervals are much smaller . |
| 10 | Abnormal development may occur if a protein is not made at the right time or place , or the protein is defective or if too little or too much is made . |
| 11 | Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time . |
| 12 | These were friends not seen for a long time , visited now because there was something to celebrate . |
| 13 | Alternatively , he or she may have a self-imposed rule not to drink before a certain time of day or on particular days , weeks or months or even years . |
| 14 | The sequence was still largely without dates , and more importantly , the development from one broad technological phase to another did not occur at the same time everywhere . |
| 15 | Lions are strong but can not run for a long time . |
| 16 | Those not teaching at the present time are welcome to attend on a daily basis at £2 per session . |
| 17 | As I understand it , S P G is your S P G is not geared to the same time horizon is . |
| 18 | I decided not to vote for the first time in 37 years because of the EC . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 20 | There was also a section where goods not redeemed within the allotted time were for sale . |
| 21 | I explained that I had not entered at the right time because I had been a hostage in Iraq . |
| 22 | During the summer when there was not even a blade of green grass in the paddock , her feed of oats and other goodies became inordinately important to her , to the extent that one day when her dinner had not arrived at the usual time she began to paw at the fence in anxiety . |
| 23 | If LIFESPAN RDBI can not complete within the restricted time , it will stop at a sensible position from which it can subsequently restart . |
| 24 | Both male and female goats may be infertile for a number of reasons , ranging from the male having painful feet to the female not ovulating at the right time . |
| 25 | He simply hopes they will emerge of their own accord , and this may not happen for a considerable time . |
| 26 | Agree that charges for the Remuneration Certificate service be not introduced at the present time . |
| 27 | There is no necessary link between tense and time ; it is likely in this instance that the use of the present tense is not restricted to a particular time ( which is the time of the utterance ) but refers rather to a " general " present . |
| 28 | Yes , it does — if one does not pay within the stipulated time . |
| 29 | One enterprising station-master frequently told all passengers that their trains would not leave for a long time . |
| 30 | In this case , Lord Denning distinguished Bartlett v Sidney Marcus ( 1965 ) by explaining that if a car does not go for a reasonable time and the engine breaks up , this is evidence to show that the car was not fit for its purpose when sold . |