Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 16 March 1992 Wright applied for an extension of time in which to renew his application for leave to appeal against conviction and the application was listed to be heard on the same day as Christou 's appeal . |
| 2 | Accountants Touche Ross asked for an extension of time for the filing of a ‘ monitoring return ’ giving details of Barlow Clowes ' finances which was due by the end of that month . |
| 3 | Enwrapped within the womb of time , once cramped |
| 4 | Major changes occurred in the course of time in the availability both of different substances and of the techniques for shaping and displaying them . |
| 5 | In awarding an extension of time and then , if appropriate , calculating any overheads due to be reimbursed , allowance should be made for any overheads already recouped through additional work items instructed which contributed to the extension of time . |
| 6 | The hon. Member for Keighley ( Mr. Waller ) referred to the length of time and the detailed scrutiny that the Committee gave to the Bill . |
| 7 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that the expression ‘ is suffering … significant harm ’ in section 31(2) ( a ) of the Children Act 1989 referred to the point in time immediately before the process of protecting the child began , so that , in determining whether the first threshold condition of section 31(2) was satisfied , the court had to consider the position before the commencement of the voluntary care when the children were with the mother ; that the condition in section 31(2) ( b ) related to care by the parent or carer whose lack of care had caused the significant harm to the child and not to the care which might be given by other carers if no care order were to be made , which only became relevant once the threshold conditions under section 31(2) had been satisfied in deciding whether or not a care order should be made ; and that it could not be said that the family proceedings court had been wrong in concluding , first , that the threshold conditions were satisfied and , secondly , on the evidence , that a care order to the local authority was the appropriate order ( post , pp. 1013H — 1014A , E–F , H — 1015B ) . |
| 8 | It occurred at a moment in time when reading represented the chief leisure activity , apart from sex and drinking , for the British population . |
| 9 | She looked so like my daughter did at her age , and the pleasure she gave me compensated for the lack of time I had with her mother when she was a child . |
| 10 | The unfortunate tragedy was a talking point in the district for several weeks but then slowly receded into the aeons of time . |
| 11 | The rescue came in the nick of time as the sewer filled with flash flood water just minutes after the pony was brought out . |
| 12 | RAMADAN ARRIVED WITH the inevitability of time . |
| 13 | Llewelyn turned from the altar in time to catch that disconcerting look , but it neither puzzled nor disturbed him . |
| 14 | The proprietor , Lord Mansfield , arrived on the scene in time to save the last stone . |
| 15 | They arrived at the airport with time to spare , and Fabia gently suggested that Cara might want to telephone their parents about Barney . |
| 16 | In the book , Benjamin arrived at the church in time to stop the wedding and there was no further ‘ moral transgression ’ . |
| 17 | We arrived at the station in time but where was Tumbleweed ? |
| 18 | I arrived at the House in time to be greeted by the sight of Alan Clark , the maverick right wing MP for Plymouth Sutton , rushing out of Westminster Hall shouting at the top of his voice , ‘ She 's won , she 's won . ’ |
| 19 | I just got into the trench in time as a few explosions were occuring in several parts of the orchard . |
| 20 | Helen was wearing a " maternity dress " which expanded with the passage of time by means of an opening down one side . |
| 21 | It was as she finished with the remainder of yesterday 's mail that she glanced through the window in time to see Silas walking towards the stables . |
| 22 | With all the themes previously outlined in mind , it is time to make a brief chronological survey of that process , which began in the mists of time , and has made inevitable the problems and conflicts described in the remaining chapters of this book . |
| 23 | She returned to the office in time to hear Michael drawl , ‘ Well , I 'm impressed . |
| 24 | It was on his head that you returned to the beat on time . |
| 25 | Totally unprepared for an unexpected 5g demonstration loop , I realised I had been caught napping , and glanced at the g-meter in time for it to disappear as my sight blacked out . |
| 26 | The poet William Dunbar , born in East Lothian and educated at St Andrews , celebrated James 's marriage to Margaret Tudor of England — a liaison which led in the fullness of time to the Stewart succession to the throne of England — with a poem , The Thistle and the Rose , and summed up his entourage thus : |
| 27 | As the mass media evolved over the course of time , certain professional ‘ rules ’ were developed . |
| 28 | Doubts arose over the length of time which might elapse before the child ceased to be regarded as ‘ newly born ’ , and the Infanticide Act 1938 extended the definition to the killing of a child within twelve months of its birth by a mother whose mind is disturbed either by reason of her not having fully recovered from the effect of giving birth to the child or by reason of the effect of lactation consequent upon the birth of the child . |
| 29 | And new Manager , Denis Smith , must have exploded at the way his defenders dillied and dallied and never got to the ball on time . |
| 30 | In the early part of 1991 , before all this occurred , I went through a period of time when my find rate dropped drastically and on many occasions I went out and came back home with nothing at all . |