Example sentences of "not [vb infin] the [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed worried that Prince Charles would not make the wedding in time . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , Lola could not deliver the cars in time for Indianapolis and Mr Rahal failed to qualify for the race . |
| 3 | The most interesting condition occurs under item 9 ( Liability of seller ) : Under the Trade Descriptions Act , SLAD may not stipulate the period of time of this warranty , but it recommends that its members guarantee the authenticity of what they are selling for a period of six years . |
| 4 | And the reverse of that , wrote Harsnet , the feeling that all we have already felt and seen and heard has yet to happen , is so far only a dream , a fantasy , and the sense , he wrote , that this may be a feeling we experience again and again throughout our lives , that the elements of experience have failed to catch on to the glass of our lives , or that the glass is there and waiting for the experience to be registered , that it can wait for ever , for it does not know the meaning of time . |
| 5 | We can not sustain the investment of time and money necessary for successful database publishing — although we are going ahead with a pilot scheme to make an on-line version of the annotated catalogue of our world-famous Clark Collection available at no charge through JANET . |
| 6 | But every coin has a flip side ; although we might be better equipped to maintain health , we should recognise that we can not stem the effects of time . |
| 7 | But Cronin and Fitch showed that if one replaces particles by antiparticles and takes the mirror image , but does not reverse the direction of time , then the universe does not behave the same . |
| 8 | There seems no reason why the heir to a title should not enter the Lords before time as a life peer . |
| 9 | The observation checklist did not record the length of time each transaction took . |
| 10 | We believe that it is not fair , it is not practical , and it will not stand the test of time . |
| 11 | have very little warning before you need to go , and sometimes do not reach the lavatory in time ; |
| 12 | Do not let the pressure of time overcome you : try to remain calm , and attempt to compose your images . |
| 13 | The problem , we must make sure Ray does n't include the amount of time he nee extra he needs to arrive at every meeting half an hour early . |
| 14 | The document which has been leaked says they did n't spot the danger in time , and the noise from the disco on the Marchioness prevented the alarm being raised . |
| 15 | The document which has been leaked , says they did n't spot the danger in time and the noise from the disco on board the Marchioness prevented the alarm being raised . |
| 16 | If we do n't receive the balance on time your holiday may be cancelled , and the cancellation charges set out below will be payable . |
| 17 | What affected my career was having children , which immediately means that you ca n't devote the amount of time to your career as you can if you do n't have other responsibilities , and the reason that I 'm now a Research Fellow here , and I work part-time — only eighty per cent of the time — is because of trying to tie in one 's responsibilities as a mother with those as a scientist , and this has obvious effects . |