Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been completed bang on time and within budget thanks to a special task force which was set up to lead the complex engineering job . |
| 2 | Like a city buried by a volcano , they remain frozen in time , untouched by the change , decay and renewal which constantly alter the structures of our conscious mental life . |
| 3 | It will use these data to calculate the share of GDP and government expenditure devoted to the elderly , and to examine how and why this has altered over time . |
| 4 | If it be a duty imposed by law upon a party regularly subpoenaed to attend from time to time to give his evidence then a promise to give him any remuneration for loss of time incurred in such attendance is a promise without consideration . |
| 5 | For most weather conditions the Nevada is really waterproof , but it needs washing and will need re-proofing in time . |
| 6 | The volume of the ocean basins has fluctuated over time and this has a great influence over virtually every other life-generating and sustaining force ever discovered . |
| 7 | They measured price changes over periods of one week , one day , five minutes and one minute , and concluded that the relationship between spot and futures prices has varied over time . |
| 8 | Thus the courts were clearly subservient to the commands of the Communist Party , although it should be noted that the degree of independence available to the courts has varied over time : in the 1930s it was minimal , but after 1956 it became greater . |
| 9 | People were expected to come on time , but that was accepted as Claudia being a bit eccentric . |
| 10 | In relation to the association of District Council 's erm proposition , that was a development package , and obviously groups want to meet in time to look at that , so we 'll see if we can find some more information on that one . |
| 11 | Keen Hunter defends his Abbaye crown and the rain has come in time for John Gosden 's flier . |
| 12 | Now if our assets if by promoting the right to buy , by having capital receipts we seem to have a large balance building up , there is the distinct risk given the sort of policies that this government has pursued over time of a we will be running a risk there , we do n't know what they 're going to do , you do n't know what they 're going to do . |
| 13 | He was good at getting people to come to work on time and to work hard . |
| 14 | He had dowsed a spiral of energy on the stone which he found varied over time . |
| 15 | Obviously the gap between the two has grown through time . |
| 16 | Given that public expenditure has grown over time in the UK , how do we compare with other countries ? |
| 17 | The professor will be qualified for election as an official member of the board of the faculty ( which has final authority over the proceedings of its sub-faculties ) , and will be expected to serve from time to time on the various standing and ad hoc committees appointed by the board . |
| 18 | Could it be that this underlying sense of obligation has weakened over time ? |
| 19 | The proportion of service sector jobs within the economy as a whole , however , has risen over time . |
| 20 | Right , okay , so , in ge in general , we can say that world trade has risen over time due to essentially , well , is that , is there anything else that ? |
| 21 | The first 13 kilometre line of the metro has opened on time . |
| 22 | The discovery in the quarries of pre-historic footprints of dinosaurs — iguanodon or megalosaurus — has occurred from time to time , notably in 1963 when samples were removed to the British Museum , and again in 1980 when over 30 footprints were uncovered at Townsend during building work . |
| 23 | It has escaped from time and place and municipal control . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not sure , but from things he let drop from time to time I think there probably was . |
| 25 | Another possible one has to do with time . |
| 26 | Much of the inscription has worn with time but still clearly decipherable are the words , inscribed in Latin , ‘ Here lies the son of Cunomorus ’ ; King Mark 's full name is given in ancient accounts as Marcus Cunomorous . |
| 27 | It was like stepping from the main street into a cobbled alley 's curiosity shop — that shock of surprise to discover again what an intricate and peculiar organ the imagination is , what extravagant uses it has found for time . |
| 28 | And colleagues , a couple of colleagues that , er , few of us appear to appreciate from time to time , and those are the signers who do a very important job for some delegates who are here this week . |
| 29 | The committee has asked from time to time , that I keep it updated with er European legislation , in so far as it affects employments matters , and this I 've intended to do in Paper K. There are two Appendix . |
| 30 | If the spot price is not expected to change over time , then in contracts with a positive basis the futures price in the contracts with nearby delivery dates will be lower than the futures price in the contracts with distant delivery dates ( a situation known as normal contango ) . |