Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] time [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we have seen , the Conservative Party made much , prior to the ‘ 79 General Election , of the increase in crime during time in office of the 1974–79 Labour Government . |
| 2 | We think , on principle , that an action does not lie for a compensation to a witness for loss of time in attendance under a subpoena . |
| 3 | : the study of time in relation to the history of the Earth . |
| 4 | Separating the effect of age from the effect of time of birth on the strength of the relation between birth weight and blood pressure is thus difficult . |
| 5 | Physicist Paul Davies talks about the progression to more complex organisms via the evolutionary ladder , and the steady accumulation of complexity which is time- asymmetric ; it defines an arrow of time from past to future . |
| 6 | He was assisted in his work from time to time by Samuel Holmes , a graduate of Magdalene College , Cambridge , who hoped to succeed him , but in fact on 27th July 1683 Timothy Dobson , of Jesus College , Cambridge , was appointed . |
| 7 | One such instance was related to me by Mr David Charles , of the Charles and Redding Company , who visited Darlington Hall from time to time during Lord Darlington 's days . |
| 8 | I have been sufficiently foolhardy to raise the issue from time to time with small groups of individuals who put their point of view to me when it is easy to be civilised and who propose arrangements whereby Sunday trading could be limited to certain times , to shops of a particular size , to the selling of particular goods or to certain types of shop . |
| 9 | The headship of the amalgamated department will be assigned by the Hebdomadal Council from time to time for specified periods of not less than five years to one of the persons holding an established academic post in the department , normally with the title of professor or reader . |
| 10 | take the view that erm they are put up by the Council from time to time for various reasons . |
| 11 | If pre-marital conceptions are eliminated from the calculation , the social class gradient in the duration of time from marriage to first birth is only half as steep as before , from forty-five months in social class I to twenty-four months in class V. In these respects , as in many others , there seems to be a sharp difference between the behaviour of social class V and the rest of the population . |
| 12 | If cimetidine ( or the hypochlorhydric condition it creates ) as in fact carcinogenic to the gastric mucosa , gastric cancer incidence should be expected to increase only after a period of time after initiation of treatment . |
| 13 | ( iii ) Some individuals , when eligible for randomisation , requested a period of time in convalescence before agreeing to participate . |
| 14 | The party attempted to renew vigour from time to time by the ‘ exchange of party cards ’ — an opportunity to purge the party of unsatisfactory members — or by the replacement of officials . |
| 15 | 1 Provide light easily digested protein-rich diet until time for withdrawal of food . |
| 16 | Pioneer attempts to relate temporal diversity changes to plate tectonics were undertaken by Valentine & Moores ( 1972 ) and Flessa & Imbrie ( 1973 ) , while the relationship of changing patterns of endemism through time in relation to plate movements was outlined by Hallam ( 1974 ) . |
| 17 | Picture us arriving there on Boxing Day in time for tea by public transport , of course . ’ |
| 18 | 2.8 " Insured Risks " means fire [ lightning explosion aircraft ( including articles dropped from aircraft ) riot civil commotion malicious persons earthquake storm tempest flood bursting and overflowing of water pipes tanks and other apparatus and impact by road vehicles ] and such other risks as the Landlord from time to time in [ its ] absolute discretion may think fit to insure against |
| 19 | and in addition to the foregoing such other risks as the Landlord from time to time in its reasonable discretion may think fit to insure against or against which the Tenant may reasonably request the Landlord to insure |
| 20 | Both his father and his grandfather Moses Harris [ q.v. ] were artists ; the younger John Harris exhibited at the Royal Academy from time to time between 1810 and 1834 . |
| 21 | IT IS arguable that successive British Governments , although paying lip service from time to time to the notion of being able to change the institutions of the EEC ‘ from within ’ , have never in reality held out much hope of doing so ; rather , perhaps , has it been their true intent to use the institutions of the EEC to shape the policy of Europe in their own image . |
| 22 | Over the years , although never establishing a close friendship with the Profumos , I have had an admiring acquaintance with both of them and am happy to see that their marriage was not ruined by this solitary episode and distressed indeed by its revival from time to time by creatures animated solely by greed . |
| 23 | Ana seemed to pick up the vibes very quickly and tagged along with Mitch , laughing at his humour , turning her head from time to time in Maggie 's direction as if she could hear steam coming from her ears . |
| 24 | With support from the Royal Institute of Public Administration and the Society of Local Authority Chief EXecutives in planning and execution , the research studies the genesis of the role , its development over time in response in different and changing environments , its present status , problems and fitness to needs , the characteristics of its occupants , and directions in which the local government executive function might most aptly develop to meet postulated future needs of local communities and environmental change . |
| 25 | Its membership and its political weight varied of course from time to time with the personality of the monarch and with changing circumstances . |
| 26 | They would have to honour their homework commitments and take part from time to time in residential field trips and work experience courses . |
| 27 | ‘ Then I could show Mother Francis that I 'd be back up in the convent in time for Mass in the chapel , and she 'd get to know I was to be relied on . ’ |
| 28 | Theo had been sending him sums of money from time to time through their father , keeping his name out of the transaction . |
| 29 | I have difficulty from time to time in persuading some of my colleagues to believe that a boy not yet 21 could amass so much experience in such a short time ; he had completed two tours and looked like completing a third . |
| 30 | An extension of time for compliance with the order may be required to be given at the time of endorsing the penal notice . |