Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas church bells announced the times of the various religious offices , the communal clock was a secular instrument that struck the hours , and by the end of the fourteenth century some were made that struck the quarters , although this did not mean that they were any more accurate . |
| 2 | For these considerable services he received nothing , his enemies using the time he was away to poison Francesco I Sforza against him , not least because they were jealous of the work on the chapel . |
| 3 | These were perceived as tools of management , [ who ] were only interested in productivity and in milking as much as possible out of their work force and were thus responded to by a work force who were determined to ensure that their rewards were as high as possible , and thus there was a perceived necessity to fool the time and motion man . |
| 4 | They only managed to convert one of them , when Shaun Taylor found the time and space in a crowded penalty area to knock home the equaliser . |
| 5 | But dance has long been a popular option at Haughton where teacher Jenny Ruston says its hard to find the time to meet all the demand from boys and girls . |
| 6 | You must have LIFESPAN Manager privilege to adjust the time to shut down . |
| 7 | To give a full description of even a simple evening out at the theatre could cover numerous pages , and it is unlikely that the writer has the time or wish to do this . |
| 8 | Then in the 1979 paper he found that subjects placed the time of occurrence of this sensation only a few milliseconds after the peripheral stimulus which evoked it . |
| 9 | At the same time , Libet set up a procedure for allowing subjects to report the time at which they first experienced the conscious intention to act . |
| 10 | In the end , over 600 people were able to take part in the inquiry , a remarkably high figure given the time required to prepare and attend and the intimidating feel of the proceedings . |
| 11 | Graham reluctantly pushed one of the cassettes into the system , waved the cigarette smoke irritably from his face , then turned his attention to the New York skyline and started to name the numerous skyscrapers to himself in an attempt to pass the time . |
| 12 | Social care in a group care setting covers the time spent talking with and listening to people , hearing their stories , nurturing and encouraging them in the effort to make sense of the later stages of life . |
| 13 | She knew that Maggie was being polite , trawling for subjects to pass the time till she could safely move away . |
| 14 | Er to come before two o'clock we 've got part three of the strange things that people do around Nottinghamshire to pass the time . |
| 15 | In these circumstances , albeit with some hesitation , the LA granted a licence for two years with a condition limiting the times operating centre and a condition prohibiting the maintenance of vehicles at the operating centre , Source : Freight , June 1986 |
| 16 | The Figure shows the time courses of syn-PLA2 , cat-PLA2 , and pan-PLA2 in serum samples from patients with oedematous or necrotising episodes of acute pancreatitis . |
| 17 | Numbers in parentheses give the times every transfection was repeated . |
| 18 | Conran cites the time when Habitat and other leading British-Based retail groups were first entering overseas markets and had a struggle to make profits as another example of the fickle behaviour of City investors . |
| 19 | More than once Lina arranged the time and place of an interview , booked the plane , agreed the meals , models , set stylists and hairdressers only to find the whole thing suddenly cancelled . |
| 20 | Given this scenario one would have thought that it was clear for all to see that what is required are urgent steps to reduce the time , and opportunity for offending , between being apprehended for an offence and having that offence dealt with by the courts . |
| 21 | Determined not to be viewed as another Wang , Groupe Bull SA took the time to clarify to journalists its position regarding IBM and the RS/6000 last week at its Les Clayes-sous-Bois research and development centre in Paris . |
| 22 | Did the authors record the time of uterine contraction after delivery and , if so , was there any relation to neonatal outcome ? |
| 23 | The other Rex tossed the Time Sprout back into the lead bucket and screwed down the lid . |
| 24 | This partly explains why the review took the time it did , since the computer can spend nearly four days running a full set of figures . |
| 25 | The ratcheted , rotating bezel sets the time limits for underwater and other action sports . |
| 26 | You may open your eyes to check the time , but do not use an alarm . |
| 27 | The planning department found that business units considered the time horizon of the issues to be too long to be of relevance and these issues were therefore considered to be ‘ back of the mind ’ flagging signals and were therefore not acted on . |
| 28 | But I think we must be given freedom to choose the time and not commit ourselves to any timetable . |
| 29 | Though expensive and time-consuming , the change cut the time needed for the project from three or four years to two . |
| 30 | Mcduff passed the time writing letters . |