Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] [adv] [prep] time " in BNC.
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1 | Opposition Members have said that the council tax is too complex and difficult to be rushed through in time for 1 April 1993 . |
2 | It supports the principle of increasing energy prices so that consumers pay the full environmental cost of the resources they use , although it acknowledges that increases would have to be phased in over time , preferably in line with international agreements . |
3 | These sites were special and , despite the noise of an adjacent bus station and wailing loudspeaker from a nearby Moslem minaret , it was easy to be whisked back in time and imagine the scene many years ago . |
4 | Since money is less likely to be withdrawn quickly from time accounts , banks may feel the need to hold less liquidity , and therefore may decide to increase credit , thus expanding the money supply . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | The use of a carefully structured finite-state grammar allows all the utterances to be specified ahead of time . |
8 | Hoops used to be brought out from time to time , to become a craze , then be forgotten again . |
9 | 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 . |