Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv] [prep] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Odd-length periods have the merit of being centred on the middle observation of the period ; even-length periods provide a smoothed value that must be placed midway in time between the middle two observations of the period . |
| 2 | Rangers ' pitch will now be lifted at the earliest opportunity and a new one laid in its place , so long as the work can be carried out in time for the new season . |
| 3 | But since the replicase is just a protein molecule like any other , the versatile protein-building machines of the bacterial cell can easily turn to building them , just as the machine tools in a car factory can quickly be turned over in time of war to making munitions : all they need is to be fed the right blueprints . |
| 4 | Mr Heseltine has been forced to pull out of a Birmingham conference on global technology today as a contingency to allow the final details to be tied up in time for presentation to the Cabinet . |
| 5 | Hoops used to be brought out from time to time , to become a craze , then be forgotten again . |
| 6 | UN information sources reported in November that a new Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab region and Europe ( CEDARE ) , proposed by UNDP 's regional Bureau for Arab States and Europe , was expected to be set up in time for the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development . |
| 7 | Opposition Members have said that the council tax is too complex and difficult to be rushed through in time for 1 April 1993 . |
| 8 | It was essential that the walls could be manned fast in time of emergency . |
| 9 | We hope the branches and members w w will believe those reports because they will be the truth , and not some of the more highly coloured statements which I 'm sure will be put around from time to time . |
| 10 | Corrected stock will be sent out in time for a new publication date . |
| 11 | Timber for construction needs to be acquired only from time to time , and enough firewood can be collected in one journey to last several months . |