Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the chart specifies a time outbound such as the 3 minutes on the adjoining pattern , such time is meaningless unless allied with a specific speed to produce a specific distance . |
| 2 | It recognises that money has a time value by discounting future cash flows at an appropriate discount rate . |
| 3 | In the short run , however , will the Secretary of State tell the House whether it is his intention to set a time limit beyond which talks will not be pursued by Her Majesty 's Government until after the next general election ? |
| 4 | Walker recorded a time of 8 mins 26.50 secs in Auckland two years ago , and after a highly successful , injury-free winter , had hoped for a better opening to his steeplechase season . |
| 5 | I had it in my mind to seek a time and place where I should meet with a man called mad by his fellows , for if such a man spoke strange things of me , none would heed him . |
| 6 | Ramsey had a time announced for hearing confessions and some people came . |
| 7 | The conventional palaeontological view was , until recently , of an age of 10 to 15 million years , whereas molecular data suggested a time of divergence of not more than 5 million years ago . |
| 8 | As we have seen , the Marxist perspective on stratification and inequality envisages a time when class inequality can and will eventually disappear , after the destruction of capitalism and its replacement by a new socioeconomic order . |
| 9 | The social security committee wants a time limit of six months on the recovery process . |
| 10 | Jewels worn in remembrance of dear ones lost , or exchanged between lovers as tokens , were extremely popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries , although the ubiquitous lockets containing tresses of hair were perhaps the least subtle of these keepsakes. fit a time when the language of such things was far better understood than it is today , hearts and flowers , birds and beasts and a multitude of other symbols were incorporated into jewellery design to signify romantic love , to represent those sentiments and virtues which were the major preoccupation of the day . |
| 11 | Her husband payd £10 att a time for alehouse scores ’ and in the end he had to sell his lands to pay off her debts . |
| 12 | Ian Wiley of Ireland had a time some 3 seconds faster than the winner but his 5 second penalty for touching a gate put him in 4th place overall . |
| 13 | think the Council had a time meeting to actually discuss that report with , with |
| 14 | Haslam recalls a time when Sir Peter Allen , then the ICI main board director responsible for plastics , predicted at a small dinner party at the ICI guest house at Welwyn Garden City that the market price for polythene would drop from the current 4s a pound to 1s 6d a pound within six months . |
| 15 | The fastest Farnham Road Club pairing of A. Lloyd-Langston and B. Robinson recorded a time of 54 mins. 18 seconds , although the result may have been different , with M. Barrett finishing solo in a time of 54–47 after his partner , D. Wright , had to retire with mechanical trouble . |
| 16 | Of course the primary years mark a time when children must master language . |
| 17 | After this initial time of taking in the news and trying to deal with its implications comes a time of absorbing the message given and trying to act on it . |
| 18 | They must not stand upon the fire above an hour att a time . |
| 19 | Instead , longitudinal studies incorporating a time dimension are also required for supplying historical perspective , together with a sharper appreciation of change through time and the conditions which generate it . |
| 20 | We would ask national officers to respect a time limit allowed for their reports . |
| 21 | Compared with BBC 's recent Sunday romp A Time To Dance the Lovejoy romance was highly affecting . |
| 22 | Ali and Ahmed made a time to meet on the beach to fish . |
| 23 | In the Marshalsea Prison in Southwark on the other hand , Charles Dickens ( whose father spent a time there in 1824 ) made clear in Little Dorrit the prisoners were able to find help of every kind within the prison 's walls . |
| 24 | Joe cited a time when he was four years old and playing at grocery stores with his nine-year-old brother Anthony in the kitchen . |
| 25 | Over-50s have a time allowance of 12 hours , over-60s have 18 hours and over-65s have 24 hours . |
| 26 | He talked of an Italian plan to stop the war and have a conference instead , he said he was in touch with France to agree a time limit for Germany to withdraw and be forgiven , it came across as craven . |
| 27 | The DFG originally wanted to allow the fellowships to run indefinitely until the researcher obtained a permanent post , but the government imposed a time limit of five years . |
| 28 | I am writing to apologise for not having been in touch to arrange a time to visit your new editing facility in Wellington Square . |
| 29 | The first thing is for the interviewer to find a time and date which are suitable . |
| 30 | This organization reflects a time sequence and is the basis of the disease model of medicine . |