Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [art] time [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Thus the time dependences of the current I and potential difference V are given by the time dependence of the intersection of the load line with the characteristic , provided the frequency of the source is not so high that reactive effects render the static characteristic inappropriate .
2 Only two of Ulster 's 32 clubs play their hockey on grass and Gavin realises that Portrush are caught in a time warp which could hinder the North West outfit 's progress .
3 Poland had been trapped in a time capsule , and try as it might to struggle free , the parameters of its political and spiritual life had been set firm for years to come by the humiliation of invisibility .
4 I am locked in a time warp , but I 'm lost in several time warps .
5 So far all the work on policy optimisation procedures has been restricted to the time domain .
6 People aim at achievements to be completed in a time process and talk about how they order their priorities accordingly .
7 From the present viewpoint this can be regarded as the time component of the metric equation for space–time round a spherically symmetric mass .
8 Appeals can only be accepted outside the time limit if there are ‘ special reasons ’ for the delay and the case law on these is not particularly generous to claimants .
9 Phillips 's original exercise had many features which were attractive to applied econometricians : the initial empirical work had been rather haphazard , leaving many important hypotheses untested ; the estimation techniques were simple ; it was a reduced form equation , a collapsed version of a larger structural model , leading to the possibility of biases ; in addition to the omission of many potentially significant explanatory variables , much refinement needed to be performed on the time series data .
10 Instead , they emphasized that the detailed cement sequences revealed by CL could be used as a time framework upon which to locate other diagenetic events , providing a complete ‘ diagenetic stratigraphy ’ .
11 They seem to be locked in a time warp but this has become their biggest selling point because , by remaining stubbornly unlike every other manufacturer , their instruments can not fail to be distinctive .
12 Only 7 nuns remain at Bartestree and they 'll be gone by the time auctioneers sell off the contents of the convent in 3 weeks time .
13 Only 7 nuns remain at Bartestree and they 'll be gone by the time auctioneers sell off the contents of the convent in 3 weeks time .
14 Usually we picture photons as transversely polarized ; however , photons can equally well be polarized in the time direction or longitudinally along their direction of motion .
15 A deposit will not be required but our fees will be charged on a time basis at [ say , 150 ] % of our standard mergers and acquisitions rate .
16 A secret ca n't be kept in a time warp .
17 The implementation of key targets as operational components of the new strategy — and hence also of the process of negotiation — may be conceived in the time frame of a decade but only in the form of a dynamic process , with different time frames for different components , and with an in-built and effective mechanism for review and reappraisal , leading to adjustments and correctives whenever the strategy is seen to deflect from the goals and objectives of development for which it was devised .
18 Strict attention must be paid to the time limits ( Bradburn v. Richards [ 1976 ] R.T.R. 275 ) and to the constitution of the court ( Morris v. Grants ( 1983 ) 147 J.P .
19 The old Customs House was built at the end of the fifteenth century , having been started around the time Funchal first had its own customs post in 1477 .
20 The shares carry the right to five weeks a year of free accommodation at the resort , which is being developed as a time share enterprise .
21 Surely it is about time England and Wales came into line with the rest of Europe regarding access instead of being trapped in a time capsule .
22 C 5 -unmethylated phasmid DNA was incubated with S-adenosyl-[ 3 H ] -methionine and Dcm or Dcm/Cys177Ser ; aliquots of the reaction mixture were removed at the time points indicated and DNA precipitated with 20% aqueous TCA .
23 If no key is pressed in the time limit , INKEY will return -1 and INKEY$ will return a null string .
24 Now , suppose that a pattern mask is presented during the time interval between the activation of the target 's letter detector , and the transmission of the code from the letter detector level to the appropriate output system .
25 Some researchers believe that this is related to the time orientation or how far ahead an individual thinks or plans .
26 Such information implies a distance of 16 thousand million light years and that the galaxy is seen at a time 83% of the way back to the Big Bang .
27 The Centenary exhibition at the Grand Hall , The Colonnades , Albert Dock opens on November 7 and is based on a time tunnel which invites visitors to pass through and visualise the happenings of Shell 's British Tankers fleet .
28 A major difficulty with this criterion for the acceptance and rejection of research programmes is associated with the time factor .
29 Co-ordination of enterprise objectives is impeded by the time cycle of political authority .
30 More generally , if reaction time is plotted against the time interval between target and recognition point , the result should be a function which increases linearly .
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