Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] in time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have proposed four simple distributional patterns for both marine and terrestrial animals which involve changes in time . |
| 2 | The caterers need to know numbers in time to plan , and at an event like the Reunion with various groups it is important to know the balance — this year one class had only 22 people , while others were ‘ climbing up the walls ’ ( because two teachers with tickers in Group F had failed to let us know that the tickets were not sold ) . |
| 3 | yet the revival of his ‘ non-Gilbert ’ works has hardly caught fire in time to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth in London on May 13th 1842 . |
| 4 | In 1959 Macmillan became the first Western head of state to visit Moscow in time of peace , sporting a white fur hat ( a psychological mistake , since white was only worn by Finns ) . |
| 5 | Thus the church made its past its own : the martyrs were made present in time ; but they also had to become present in space . |
| 6 | Well over half of those killed are young children or elderly people who are overcome by smoke and fumes while they sleep at night — people whose chances of survival would be drastically improved if only they were able to reach safety in time . |
| 7 | We slept heavily ; it still seemed the middle of the night as we rose at 5am in order to reach Tarbert in time for our ferry . |
| 8 | He refused to be drawn on what would happen if the two failed to reach agreement in time to get the banks ' support for an extra £1bn-£1.2bn of finance next year . |
| 9 | Deciding for oneself what to do causes anxiety , exhaustion , or involves costs in time or resources the avoidance of which by following authority does not have significant drawbacks , and is therefore justified . |
| 10 | Yet by now Battle Brothers were as mastiffs straining on the leash ; and it began to seem that the cadets might become Scouts in time to participate in the great endeavour , should they be so fortunate . |
| 11 | Mr McQueen left , heading south in time to preach next morning at Bracadale , and saying he would wait for them at Ullinish . |
| 12 | The shake up includes ADAS in time for its launch as an executive agency next April . |
| 13 | He was outstanding in charity and compassion , paying for the release of prisoners who were detained for debts and succouring families in time of need , but giving strict charge that they should not acknowledge the source of this help . |
| 14 | In other cases the fact that the rent was to be " conclusively fixed " by the landlord 's trigger notice if the tenant failed to give counter-notice in time was held to be a sufficient indication that time was of the essence ( Mammoth Greeting Cards v Agra [ 1990 ] 2 EGLR 124 ; Barrett Estate Services v David Greig ( Retail ) [ 1991 ] 2 EGLR 123 ) . |
| 15 | The completion of this work would increase the convenience of searching the General Catalogue for researchers and save them valuable time , and it would also create savings in time for Library staff . |
| 16 | Would hope return in time ? |
| 17 | Vision as leadership is a drama which takes place in time . |
| 18 | Millwall did not sign Goddard in time to put him straight into their side . |
| 19 | If he reasonably does not discover his right until a short time before the last days of the three months have elapsed , then obviously it would probably not be reasonably practicable to give notice in time . |
| 20 | Whatever desperate or mundane disappointments might lie ahead , as we gazed down at those phantoms from another age I felt that we had become travellers in time . |
| 21 | There clearly are standard systems for locating points in time and space . |
| 22 | It 's not easy if titles run out just before Christmas , and there is no chance of getting replenishment in time . ’ |
| 23 | There 's a CP freight train due behind it but I got Sudbury in time and it is n't leaving there . |
| 24 | REPUBLIC of Ireland midfield star Roy Keane was set to announce today that he will be joining Blackburn in time for the start of the new Premier League season . |
| 25 | Improving written communications and running effective home — school relationships will have costs in time and money but smiling a lot and being nice to people does n't knock a hole in the school budget . |
| 26 | The world was created ; man and woman were made in God 's image ; the fall did take place in time . |
| 27 | Tradition maintains that many of the Campbells warned Macdonalds in time for them to escape but it can not be denied that on that winter morning in Glencoe many of the Clan Campbell plumbed the depths of treachery and horror . |
| 28 | Sun was expected to line up alongside the rest of the takers , but did n't complete negotiations in time . |
| 29 | Two Southend players missed the team bus and had to fly north in time for kickoff . |
| 30 | An encounter with a French frigate delayed their final sailing so that they could not reach Sumatra in time . |