Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] of time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of consonants in a four-consonant sequence recalled after varying periods of time , using a within subjects design . |
| 2 | In towns and cities which are occupied for long periods of time , there is a continuous process of old buildings being demolished and levelled for the construction of new ones , which in turn become old and are demolished . |
| 3 | Depending on the nature of the defect , electrons may remain trapped for long periods of time ; such a trap would be referred to as ‘ deep ’ . |
| 4 | What we are saying there are other emergencies and I get down to the word loneliness now is there any reason why senior citizens should n't have the facility whereby they can make telephone calls if those , they so desire , to members of the family who in many instances they have n't seen for long periods of time ? |
| 5 | Staverman and co-workers ( 1956 ) paid particular attention to approximations to the solution of the integral equations used in the exact theory , since , experimentally , observations can only be made over limited periods of time ( in creep for example ) or limited frequency ranges ( in dynamic methods ) whereas the exact theory of linear viscoelasticity requires the use of infinite integrals . |
| 6 | It partly corresponds to the asthenosphere , the plastic-like properties of which permits slow ‘ flow ’ of material in response to forces applied over long periods of time ( Fig. 2.7 ) . |
| 7 | The tawny owl does not usually produce large concentrations of pellets because of its habit of using different trees each day for roosting , and so all of these samples are either from scattered locations or were collected over considerable periods of time . |
| 8 | Creams or ointments containing steroids often help reduce the inflammation and itching in the skin but should n't be used for long periods of time . |
| 9 | As accuracy and speed increase , the pad is shown for shorter intervals of time . |
| 10 | For regeneration , a known volume of salt solution or a given weight of salt is used at fixed intervals of time or volume of water . |
| 11 | SUMMARY : The thermal histories of a Palaeozoic and a Tertiary coal have been investigated by laboratory simulation experiments in which a suite of samples , with natural maturities ranging from 0.4–3.0% vitrinite reflectance ( VR ) , were heated under identical conditions of time and temperature . |
| 12 | This paper describes an alternative approach whereby the thermal histories of coals from the Palaeozoic and from the Tertiary are deduced from simulation experiments in which samples with different natural maturities are heated under identical conditions of time and temperature . |
| 13 | These results should be treated with a little caution , as the group surveyed is not statistically representative of the total population of practitioners throughout the country , and the costs estimated may not be based on detailed analyses of time and expenses . |
| 14 | The lead times for evaluating , selecting , testing , implementing , and ‘ QAing ’ the information elements of the project can not be completed in small amounts of time around other responsibilities . |
| 15 | Secured and unsecured personal loans — loans are provided for fixed periods of time , often at fixed rates of interest and equal instalment payments . |
| 16 | Ideals have always been developed over long periods of time as the result of historical evolutions and through exceptional personalities . |
| 17 | Time deixis is commonly grammaticalized in deictic adverbs of time ( like English now and then , yesterday and this year ) , but above all in tense . |
| 18 | But these can not yet be attributed to the activities of an individual mosaicist — although they might well indicate the predilictions of an influential client or close- knit group of clients — and are still most significant when viewed over considerable periods of time . |
| 19 | Subjects will have been infected for varying lengths of time , which may affect these findings . |
| 20 | Words such as ‘ hurriedly ’ and ‘ quickly ’ are likely to be associated with different orders of time spans in the minds of the two people . |
| 21 | These reports , however , were based mainly on small groups of patients studied for short periods of time . |
| 22 | Most of the motility studies on irritable bowel syndrome patients have been conducted for brief periods of time in the very distal portions of the viscus . |
| 23 | and they 're just jailed for long periods of time , because he wants to assert , Saddam wants to assert , er his authority and show how erm , tough he is . |
| 24 | If a search for money and/or an avoidance of stress are two indicators of strong arousals from this goal category , then it is clear that some people can be motivated for long periods of time either by stress avoidance or by accumulating more and more money . |
| 25 | The emphasis needs to be on alleviating the problems of day-to-day administration , which can exert a disruptive effect on a personnel department because of the large amounts of work created for short amounts of time . |
| 26 | AGE — ( duration of life at death , at birth of child , at delivery of fetus , at marriage or at another event ) is the estimated or calculated interval between the date of birth and the date of occurrence of the event , expressed in completed units of time . |
| 27 | Extended over vast periods of time , the same process could account for the production of all the various species of animals and plants . |
| 28 | It must be emphasised that tics , the essential feature of Tourette 's syndrome , are ‘ involuntary , sudden , rapid , recurrent , nonrhythmic , stereotyped , motor movements or vocalizations ’ which , though experienced as irresistible , can be suppressed for varying lengths of time . |
| 29 | A film is made up of a series of shots that may be photographed over various periods of time ; a ‘ take ’ that may have originally started out as three or four minutes in length may eventually be edited to a ten second shot . |