Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] the [noun sg] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meals are a good way of suggesting the passage of time in a movie . |
| 2 | Authorities decided the only possible means of completing the transfer on time would be from a proper docking facility and requested the carrier be moved to nearby Glasgow for loading . |
| 3 | A construction strike called for the first week of April by Spain 's two largest unions originally dashed hopes of completing the project on time . |
| 4 | He said he was afraid the delay over the book had lost him the opportunity of reaching the city in time to take part in any meaningful work , and promised to join the next summer 's dig in June . ’ |
| 5 | Explained the importance of controlling the use of time and how to analyse it . |
| 6 | A civilization that never invented the wheel was automatically precluded from inventing the mechanical clock , but in fact neither the sundial nor the water-clock appear to have been developed by the Maya for measuring the passage of time . |
| 7 | We need devices for locating the process in time and for indicating its own temporal character . |
| 8 | In antiquity the only mechanical ( or , more strictly speaking , quasi-mechanical ) instruments for recording the passage of time were water-clocks . |
| 9 | Another indication that our medieval forebears had very different standards from ours for recording the lapse of time is revealed by the way in which they dated their letters . |
| 10 | integrated team have shown tremendous enthusiasm and commitment in completing the construction to time and money against what sometimes seemed an impossibly challenging programme . ’ |
| 11 | Finally , in surveying the role of time in ancient Greece , brief mention must be made of the instruments available for its measurement . |
| 12 | Its undeviating accuracy in recording the passage of time to within one twenty-millionth of a second was a joke in a world that still went largely by the leisurely passage of the sun , where stage-coaches left at dawn , noon or sunset . |
| 13 | What alternative ways can you suggest for introducing the concept of time ? |
| 14 | At the same time , considerable savings can be made in internal costs through reducing the amount of time spent on administration , paper handling and bank reconciliation . |
| 15 | There is nothing worse , in my opinion , than being willing to do something , but not knowing what to do , and I think that our own , smaller scale preservation group might learn something about planning the use of time from this visit . |
| 16 | By using the moon to time their breeding , the palolo worms ensure that they all spawn simultaneously . |
| 17 | It would be gratifying if the question of the project 's ability to delay institutional care could be approached simply by comparing the length of time spent at home following referral to the psychiatric services by control and action sample clients . |
| 18 | The binomial model may be extended by increasing the number of time periods ( n ) and at the limit where n equals infinity it approaches the deterministic Black and Scholes option pricing model . |