Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [verb] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is a way through and in spite of how the sufferer may feel at the time , there will be a return to normality . |
| 2 | The contract will therefore seek : 1 to define the client 's obligations and , so far as possible , to minimise them ; 2 to define the scope of the contract by defining which statements form part of it ; 3 to minimise the scope for variation of the contract duties , by defining the authority of the client 's representatives to make statements binding on it , or to vary the contract ; 4 to minimise the likelihood of the client being in breach of contract , by defining the client 's obligations in flexible terms : for instance , the quantity of goods to be delivered may be subject to tolerances ; or the contract may provide for the time for delivery to be extended in certain situations ; 5 to minimise the extent of the client 's liability for any breach it commits : for instance , by excluding liability for certain kinds of loss , or by placing a financial ceiling on liability ; 6 to define the obligations of the client 's trading partners ; 7 to define the consequences of non-performance by the client 's trading partners ; 8 to provide machinery to encourage prompt performance by the client 's trading partners : for instance , a seller may require interest on late payments , or offer discounts for early payment ; a buyer may contract for the right to withhold payment until satisfactory performance ; 9 to allow the client to use procedurally simple enforcement methods : for instance , terms of sale should be drafted so as to allow the seller to bring a liquidated claim for the price of the goods ; 10 to provide the client with security against non-performance by its trading partners : thus terms of sale are likely to seek to provide the seller with security against non-payment , for instance by means of a retention of title clause ; terms of purchase will seek to minimise the buyer 's exposure by allowing some or all of the price to be retained against satisfactory performance . |
| 3 | This is a convenient practice as it avoids the need , for example , for speculation as to how the injured person 's condition will develop from the time of the initial injury or for speculation as to what his financial loss up to the date of trial at least will be . |
| 4 | Cutting may occur at the time of binge-eating . |
| 5 | the release specification with which a product must comply at the time of manufacture ; |
| 6 | No , it seems that the drifter will remain for the time being in the form of the original although we will keep working on it . |
| 7 | It may be very difficult to obtain accurate colour photographs of quartz luminescence because the shift to red may occur during the time of exposure . |
| 8 | Then there was a heavy pause , like the moment a ball must feel between the time it 's thrown up and the time it starts to come down , and something picked up all three of them and slid them into a struggling heap . |
| 9 | Arranging to receive goods before they have been stolen does not amount to handling : Park ( 1988 ) 87 Cr App R 164 ( CA ) , because " guilty knowledge must exist at the time when the offence is committed " . |
| 10 | Some of this evidence will derive from the time of the event , some of it will appear in a standard text book , or a more specialised monograph ( see Analytical Reading , p. 10 ) . |
| 11 | It would seem that its priority would date from the time of such amendment . |
| 12 | The forward contract would mature at the time when it was proposed to change back into sterling from lire . |
| 13 | That was the best , at least I understand that was the best the Secretary of State could do at the time . |
| 14 | In fact in Duru [ 1976 ] 1 WLR 2 the Court of Appeal thought that both charges in relation to the thing in action represented by the cheque and to the paper itself were to be upheld but the judges ' minds were not directed at this issue whether property must exist at the time of the obtaining . |
| 15 | Sometimes they contain more material than any human being could teach in the time recommended . |
| 16 | well the letter would relate to the time of purchase |
| 17 | If such a ship or ships failed to enter , the city would capitulate by the time January entered its twentieth night . |