Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [art] [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authors argue that activists should not be discouraged by the length of time necessary to change both clinical practice and policy as steady and consistent work will be effective and reap the desired rewards . |
| 2 | In Histoire , the narrator is engaged in the elaboration of descriptions which are suggested by a set of postcards : he attempts to evoke and organize these fragments of the past , aware that it is ultimately unknowable and that reconstructions are inevitably incomplete and distorted by the passage of time . |
| 3 | Under these circumstances the future details of a transaction can be settled only when uncertainty is resolved by the passage of time . |
| 4 | Such mastery , however , will normally be brief ; it is unlikely to outlast the passing of crisis and/or movement in the cycles of history ; it will not survive substantial loss of congressional or popular support and it will be relentlessly eroded by the passage of time . |
| 5 | Gains in accuracy are thus matched by a reduction in time delays in obtaining material on behalf of readers . |
| 6 | The agreement provided for the price of the petrol ‘ to be agreed by the parties from time to time ’ and failing agreement to be settled by arbitration . |
| 7 | Narrowed by the constraints of time . |
| 8 | It is complimented by a racialization of time , the construction of a ‘ golden age ’ before the blacks/Jews/Irish came . |
| 9 | It is the Company 's policy to maintain properties comprising its licensed estate in such condition that their value to the business of the estate as a whole is not affected by the passage of time . |
| 10 | The validity of these take up assumptions is obviously affected by the passage of time from late August to late September and the firmness of the UF figures is known from experience to vary widely between fields ; the estimated enrolment figures are therefore used only as an approximate guide to the Co-ordinator and senior tutors in deciding on the numbers of late offers to be made at special weekly meetings of the MAC in September . |
| 11 | For Richard Burnell , the Olympic spirit of 1948 has been tarnished by the passage of time . |
| 12 | She was saddened by the number of times the man must have asked this question . |
| 13 | This manual will be updated by the Editor from time to time . |
| 14 | The remuneration of the interim receiver will be fixed by the court from time to time , taking into account the time spent , the complexity of the matter , the value and nature of the property , etc and will be paid either by the debtor ( if no bankruptcy order is made ) or out of the debtor 's assets as a charge upon them ( r6.56 ) . |
| 15 | Our step towards studying the influences exerted by the element of time on the relations between cost of production and value may well be to consider the famous fiction of the ‘ Stationary state ’ in which those influences would be but little felt ; and to contrast the results which would be found there with those in the modern world . |
| 16 | The women demanded their ‘ gifts ’ of time and interest to the club be reciprocated by the donation of time and money by the players for the collective life of the community . |
| 17 | Whereas the populists had been haunted by the race against time , against the break-up of the commune and the growth of the bourgeoisie , history was on the side of the proletariat . |
| 18 | It was particularly valuable to learn of some of the principal concerns that exist and are obviously discussed by the committee from time to time . |
| 19 | Most of my informants retained very happy memories of the atmosphere of the composing-room , possibly a little coloured by the passage of time ; but there does seem to have been a good deal of good humour and fun . |
| 20 | The photocopier has made reliance on a publisher less necessary than it was , but the future of the material coming from parish musicians will nevertheless be determined by the passage of time and the growing musical literacy of the public . |
| 21 | This is not an exact method as the rate of fading is determined by the length of time a rug has been exposed to the light and by the intensity of the light source . |
| 22 | Part of Keith 's interest in the documentary style of photography he excels in was , perhaps , further fuelled by the amount of time he has , over the years , spent in part-time social work which has given him access to various kinds of care units . |
| 23 | He is flying a kite — and good luck to him , but I am sure like me you will not be surprised to find that his kite blows away and is covered by the sands of time . |
| 24 | 7.9.3 to notify the Tenant of any [ material ] change in the risks covered by the policy from time to time [ and |
| 25 | 7.9.3 to notify the Tenant of any change in the risks covered by the policy from time to time and |
| 26 | Following James , Dewey 's conception of ethics was similarly social ; he viewed ethics as an instrumental method of inquiry and believed that the workability of moral precepts must be validated by the community over time . |
| 27 | He burnt both retinas in his eyes , but was thankfully treated by a doctor in time , and has since completely recovered . |
| 28 | He engages with a sense of Being eternally present , not driven and limited by the demands of time . |
| 29 | The particles of resin act as an acid resist , the acid attacks the plate between the resin granules producing minute irregular dots bitten into the plate , the tone of which can be controlled by the length of time the plate is allowed to remain in the acid . |