Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Belief in the power of such plants can be traced back to the time of the Druids ; it was certainly part of the belief system of the Celtic peoples , and although it may not be voiced so explicitly as it once was , yet the custom of planting and preserving this special tree is still continued by some people . |
| 2 | Their heritage can be traced back to the time of the destruction of the Temple in 586 BC , when the Jews were taken captive into exile by the Babylonians . |
| 3 | Rug-making in the Balkans can be traced back to the time when the peninsula was under the control of the Turkish empire . |
| 4 | The chart needs to be filled in at the time the child eats as retrospective memory is unreliable . |
| 5 | Planning requires the identification of tasks and matching the means with which they may be carried out in the time available and under the conditions prevailing . |
| 6 | The Bank would require £5 to be written off at the time of sale and if the £5 was not injected as cash on day one , would even disallow the sale treatment . |
| 7 | He had only to pick one of them up to be transported back to the time and place of its acquisition . |
| 8 | ‘ Given the present and foreseeable state of fishery resources in the Community and the degree to which fishing fleets have so far been restructured , the full-scale liberalisation of the activities of undertakings must be ruled out for the time being … |
| 9 | Chamberlain coughed politely and said he was sure it would be cleared up by the time he took over . |
| 10 | Chamberlain coughed politely and said he was sure it would be cleared up by the time he took over . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll be snapped up in no time . ’ |