Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 In order to establish their claim against those organisations or individuals who are responsible for the failure , the courts require that notice of a claim is given within a stipulated time of the accident .
2 No futures trading is permitted outside the official time .
3 In this way , should you be unable to attend at the last moment and he has to sit twiddling his thumbs in his consulting room because it is too late to give the appointment to anyone else , he is recompensed for the wasted time .
4 The successful " buck-a-day " cost-cutting programme that is used in the USA works because the strong motivation Is applied for a short time .
5 If the stress is applied for a short time , then removed , the sample snaps back to its original length suggesting that some ‘ memory ’ of its initial unstretched condition is retained .
6 The coordinate time t measured by this remote observer is related to the proper time through eqn ( 8.3 ) : .
7 They fly piston engined aircraft for the most part which are subject , amongst other things , to carburettor icing which will stop an engine in flight even if the ambient temperature is as much as 10°C above freezing unless carburettor heating is selected at the appropriate time .
8 It is however a controversial project because of the cost of its electricity and the question as to whether it is needed at the present time despite electricity being the main growth area in the Brazilian energy demand picture .
9 In this unorthodox theory this is interpreted as the typical time for which a dust grain moved through space after it was formed and before it accreted to the Moon .
10 You will have to weigh it again once it is stuffed for an exact time .
11 The promotions business is going through a rocky time , and the Hoover jinx has now hit the Coca Cola Co in the UK , the Guardian reports : customer services at the company 's British headquarters are besieged with callers believing they have won Sega Enterprises Ltd games machines because one batch of bottles appears to make every purchaser a winner ; any bottle cap with the letter M , G or B printed on it wins a Sega prize , but the problem batch have all three letters inside the cap as part of a code to identify consignments , and the company is having to spend thousands of pounds on advertising to make it quite clear that its only caps with only one of the letters that win , and that all three are no good .
12 Our marketing capability is based on a full time professional qualified research department complimented by a regularly updated internal database of the acquisition criteria of some 2,000 plus potential buyers and the full resource of the Accountants Business Network , a confidential national computerised database of companies for sale to which the [ 13 ] largest firms of accountants in the UK are the sole subscribers .
13 It is generally accepted that in order to watch over an executive , the system of supervision has to be constructed in parallel so that information about the salient issues is extracted at the right time and the process of scrutiny is based on this information and takes place when the decision is still open .
14 This information is based on what is known at the present time , which is August 1989 .
15 Because motor torque decreases with increasing speed , a low stepping rate limit implies a high motor torque at all speeds and therefore fast acceleration , So the limiting speed is attained in a short time [ Fig. 8.8(c) ] .
16 The evening meal is served at a set time and is cooked to cordon bleu standard by Martha and is served by candlelight .
17 One way of overcoming this is by spinning a large-area sample of the solid in the laser beam , so that any individual spot is irradiated for a short time only , and is able to cool before being brought back into the beam .
18 It is not satisfactory where a significant separate item of loss is incurred at a particular time .
19 This idea that protect children , not tell them about what 's happening , I mean if anybody can protect them to that extent when even Neighbours is put at a different time on the television , you know , erm that somehow we make them warm and secure by not telling them , to me that is making them dependent and unable maybe to cope later on in their lives .
20 If sleep is taken at an unusual time , the changes associated with it ( the release of some hormones , the type of sleep ) will be affected to different extents depending on whether they are dominated by external factors or the body clock .
21 Each case must be considered on its own merits though it is important that action is taken at the appropriate time .
22 This is of great importance in practice because planning permissions are invariably granted subject to a condition that the permitted development is begun within a stipulated time .
23 If however , the stress is maintained for a sufficient time , there is a general tendency for chains to unravel and slip past one another into new positions where the segments can relax and regain a stable coiled form .
24 Often this has been because THE new housing market has been buoyant and it has been acknowledged that this market can not be missed as , at best , it is lost for a CONSIDERABLE time .
25 The drama school will know about this , and make sure your picture is sent at the right time before you finish training .
26 They can be taken a few hours before sleep is required in the new time zone .
27 As PC Lesley Harrison lies fighting for her life in hospital the Government should take immediate steps to ensure that anybody who attacks a member of any of the security services is imprisoned for a long time .
28 The price of the units is quoted in the Financial Times .
29 The QRF is changed for the final time , and the boys get to bed .
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