Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [verb] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 The operating speed of the teletype is limited by the time taken for the system to settle to within the required accuracy at each letter position .
2 Usually , the contract will mention the fee , but this provision might be useful if the supplier takes on additional work at the request of the other party and no mention is made at the time of agreement of the charge for this extra work .
3 The study of some group of tendencies is isolated by the assumption other things being equal : the existence of other tendencies is not denied , but their disturbing effect is neglected for a time .
4 The exact rate for the investment is fixed at the time the deposit is made and then runs through the period chosen .
5 If no key is pressed in the time limit , INKEY will return -1 and INKEY$ will return a null string .
6 His reward for helping to fix the broken-down Time Machine is to travel to a time of his choice .
7 The nomination of a specific cargo is made as the time for delivery approaches and the right to obtain delivery of this cargo may have to be transferred to buyers in different parts of the globe .
8 When a member of the Royal Family becomes pregnant , an announcement is made at a time of their choosing . ’
9 Fourthly , since the return for holding a bill to redemption is known at the time of issue , bills are fixed-interest securities .
10 Will the Minister ensure that a life cycle analysis is built into the scheme to ensure that a product is judged from the time it is produced until it is recycled or destroyed ?
11 Qualitatively the answer is illustrated in Figure 2 where the observed spectral shift is plotted against the time measured from the instant that the first signal from B reached A .
12 Because only one record is examined at a time , it is possible to test the descriptors against very complex Boolean conditions , expressed in terms of the descriptors desired by the user , to obtain a match .
13 By contrast , the present day is seen as a time when people 's sense of duty and responsibility is much weaker , so that they are less prepared to acknowledge obligation or to take responsibility for kin .
14 So the whole day is done by the time you get started , so you can close out the foreign and even the U S domestic edition , domestic news , before you
15 Because of problems with disparate styles of music , however , an occasional Sunday afternoon service is held at a time when white people who are committed to this kind of outreach are free to attend .
16 Laugh , if you must , about Skoda , but its market share is increasing at a time when some ‘ serious ’ manufacturers are in decline .
17 Once colour is knitted at a time and you change colour every two rows .
18 The requirement of reasonableness is determined at the time of contracting which is an important difference from the 1973 Act .
19 Now , suppose that a pattern mask is presented during the time interval between the activation of the target 's letter detector , and the transmission of the code from the letter detector level to the appropriate output system .
20 For our purposes , the distinction could be that a diary is written at the time of the event , memoirs are a writer 's recollections of a particular period ( perhaps aided by diaries ) in which he was not necessarily the central character , while an autobiography is an attempt to give a systematic and chronological record of the author 's life , with himself at the centre of the story .
21 If re-issued , priority is reckoned from the time of re-issue ( Ord 26 , r 10(3) ) .
22 A hybrid form of non-contingent cost based fee arrangement is to quote on a time basis for all work on the basis that the fee is payable whether or not the transaction completes in addition to arranging for a ‘ success fee ’ to be payable eg. a fixed amount on any completion and/or a sliding scale based on some monitor of performance .
23 If the tenant is let into possession or the lease is completed at a time that makes this inconvenient , the commencement date should be back-dated to a convenient date .
24 It is therefore advisable to delete clause 9.1.6 , or if that fails , at least ensure that it is amended to refer to the distress or execution being levied at the premises ( 5 ) Consider adding the following two provisos : PROVIDED HOWEVER that in the event that this Lease is mortgaged at the time of the proposed re-entry and the Landlord has been given notice of the existence of the mortgage then prior to such re-entry or proceedings therefor the Landlord will serve a notice of such proceedings and proposed re-entry on the mortgagee at the mortgagee 's last known address AND PROVIDED FURTHER that if the Tenant ( being an individual ) becomes bankrupt or ( being a company ) enters into liquidation ( whether compulsory or voluntary save for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction of a solvent company ) or has a receiver appointed the Landlord shall not exercise the right of re-entry by virtue of such bankruptcy liquidation or receivership unless neither the Tenant nor its mortgagee shall pay the rent hereinbefore reserved on the days and in the manner provided or there shall be any breach or non-performance or non-observance of any of the other covenants or agreements on the part of the Tenant herein contained
25 If a creditor is owed a debt not payable at the date of the bankruptcy order , he may nonetheless prove for the same ( r 6.114 ) but subject to an adjustment of his dividend where payment of dividend is made before the time when the debt would have become payable .
26 We find social relationships simplified , while myth and ritual are elaborated … if liminality is regarded as a time and place of withdrawal from normal modes of social action , it can be seen as potentially a period of scrutinization of the central values and axioms of the culture in which it occurs .
27 Apparently no correlation is seen between the time of maximal release ( T m a x ) and the mucosal concentrations suggesting that although the release pattern of the different drugs has certainly influenced our results , this influence should not be overestimated .
28 Only a single kid is born at a time ; twins are extremely rare .
29 In determining how much can be achieved in 15 minutes , consideration is taken of the time to store/restore and the time to verify , and equal durations of seven and a half minutes are allocated to these phases .
30 There is very little medical information to suggest that the virus is transmitted at the time of birth or through breast-feeding .
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