Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was blindfolded for part of the time , which had the effect of making him ‘ look inside of himself ’ and he admitted that he was not ready for the experience and some of the discoveries he made . |
| 2 | One of the cases also incidentally raises the question of whether , and to what extent , it may be desirable to have regard to what was said in Parliament at the time when the legislation was under discussion . |
| 3 | It was held that no claim could be brought against the defendant for failing to load because the contract had been frustrated by illegality before the time for loading . |
| 4 | Those who had been in the Republican Armed Forces during the war were automatically placed under arrest at the time of the Republican surrender in April 1936 , while police , Civil Guards and Falangist agents hounded those they suspected of pro-Republican sympathies . |
| 5 | His dream of uniting Germany and Italy was based in reality from the time of his marriage to Constance , heiress to the kingdom of Sicily , whose kings ruled over both the island and the southern part of Italy known as the Regno . |
| 6 | The following categorical variables were used : father 's unemployment ( yes , no , or not known ) ; father 's social class ( non-manual , skilled manual , semiskilled and unskilled manual , and not known ) ; one parent in the household ( no , yes , not known ) ; mother 's age at child 's birth ( <20 , 20–23 , 24–27 , 28–31 , >32 , and not known ) ; mother 's education ( primary education , secondary education , further education , and university education ) ; number of children ( one , two , three , four , five or more , and not known ) ; maternal smoking in pregnancy ( no , yes , not known ) ; total number cigarettes smoked at home at the time of the survey ( 0 , 1–4 , 5–14 , 15–24 , 25 or more , and not known ) ; free school meals ( free , not free , not taken , not known if free , and not known ) ; overcrowding ( <1.25 people per room , >=1.25; people per room , not known ) ; maternal and paternal asthma ( no , yes , not known ) ; and study areas ( 27 areas for the respiratory illness analyses and 17 for the lung function analyses ) . |
| 7 | Very little was known about mucus at the time . |
| 8 | If the buses came as far as Clifton Road it would be alright but any further away and people would have practically walked into town by the time they got to the nearest bus stop . ’ |
| 9 | Where the tenant 's business includes a substantial number of transactions in which he gives credit to his customers the draftsman will have to consider whether the amount of the transaction should be brought into account at the time of the transaction or at the time of payment ; whether interest payments are to be included in the calculation of turnover and whether the tenant is to have an allowance for bad debts . |
| 10 | The open-ended commitment to a vastly expensive discretionary scheme for criminal injuries compensation , sanctioned by statute in 1988 but not yet brought into force at the time of writing , was a particular Treasury bête noire , leading to pressure to cut back on other things if Ministers maintained that it was politically unacceptable to curtail the cost . |
| 11 | At the same time , cars were numbered in accordance with the time they set off so the thousands of spectators that lined the route could get some indication who was leading . |
| 12 | James had gone to bed by the time he arrived , but the travel-stained messenger was admitted and graciously allowed to convey the news . |
| 13 | She had gone to bed by the time Bridget returned from her trip to the theatre the night before . |
| 14 | Because you 'll be gone to coffee by the time I get back I suspect . |
| 15 | You be gone to coffee by the time I get back . |
| 16 | However , if it is known that in the future the package will be issued as a product , this must be indicated to LIFESPAN at the time of creation . |
| 17 | However , if it is known that in the future the package will be issued as a product , this must be indicated to LIFESPAN at the time of creation . |
| 18 | Although about 20% of the women were taken into hospital at the time of their illness , we do not know how many of the episodes were confirmed radiologically or at operation . |
| 19 | The West German leader , far from seeking to slow down the process leading to monetary union , said the treaty revision should be agreed by the end of 1991 and put into force by the time the EC single market was completed at the end of 1992 . |
| 20 | Notice that periodic waves that are even functions of time , that is , symmetric about the time origin , can be represented by a constant and just cosine waves , while waves that are odd functions of time , that is , reversed in sign about the time origin , can be represented by just sine waves . |
| 21 | A site was sought for a garage , but before the matter could be taken further , there came news of a possible change in control of the company and things were left in abeyance for the time being . |
| 22 | She had been beaten into submission from the time she was a baby . |
| 23 | The bill is thereafter debated in Parliament at the time of its second reading . |
| 24 | Lastly ‘ our Nige ’ pops up in a jazz programme with Peter Pettinger ( piano ) , recorded on impulse in the time left after the Elgar Sonata in 1984 . |
| 25 | She had stayed at work up to the proper time to get the full benefits and she had felt important enough , leaving to have a baby , for the loneliness to be kept at bay for the time leading up to her last day . |
| 26 | Is there an in-built element for wear and tear included in the pricing and are all participants fully covered by insurance during the time they are on the premises ? |
| 27 | For example : the traditional notation regarding ‘ on board ’ loading was replaced by a ‘ taking in charge ’ statement ; the traditional prohibition against transhipment was eliminated , because transhipment was of the essence in combined transport ; since the transport commonly originated and finished inland , the terms ‘ place of receipt ’ and ‘ place of delivery ’ were inserted in separate boxes , either replacing the traditional ‘ port of loading ’ and ‘ port of discharge ’ or joining them as additional specifications ; and since often times the name of the vessel was not known or could not be established with certainty at the time of issuance , the box for the vessel 's name was modified to refer to an ‘ intended vessel . ’ |
| 28 | But given the speed at which this government is moving , few doubt that the new education reforms , what ever they may be , will be firmly cemented in place by the time the commission reports . |
| 29 | It was later that evening that Simon Pardy , released from custody for the time being with a stern warning not to leave the town , went home . |
| 30 | The sky had darkened to violet by the time Mortimer had formed up his troops for the march out of town , and a star-speckled dome was overhead when the column of fifty Marines , plus Benny , Ace and Petion marched out of Port-au-Prince at a slight jog . |