Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been stopped loads of times and had my bag searched |
| 2 | The size of the epidemic in five or ten years time has not been estimated with confidence ; the epidemic will be determined by the number of people with HIV infection who develop AIDS over time . |
| 3 | He carried on ripping and tearing at his legs relentlessly and with sickening ferocity , even drawing blood at times . |
| 4 | The deeper they go , the more secure the vine will be in times of flood and the more able it will be to obtain moisture in times of drought . |
| 5 | Below that , it sounds more like a traditional diesel , and it does lack response at times , but it only takes a bit of getting used to . |
| 6 | Er unfortunately one has cases from time to time on girls of this age who set out to entice men . |
| 7 | In much the same way implicit or explicit models for describing the evolution of stream channels or drainage basins commonly are used to make simplifying assumptions that eliminate considerations of time , history and sometimes even progressive change . ’ |
| 8 | The B.C. Electric Co. sponsored a broadcast series of symphony concerts making use of famous conductors who visited Vancouver from time to time . |
| 9 | The scope of their kinship networks is smaller , but just as significant because they provide help in times of hardship . |
| 10 | Classroom studies will involve observation and discussion with teachers and children and will include periods of time when standard assessment tasks are being completed . |
| 11 | Obviously , such parity of status has implications for time allocation , resourcing , staff development and , in the secondary sector , an adequate supply of specialist teachers of Religious Education . |
| 12 | Tracing and , where possible , explaining changes over time in these fundamental features of economic life is the major task . |
| 13 | Though it created problems in times of political crisis , it was the price one had to pay for pursuing high ideals . |
| 14 | I have proposed four simple distributional patterns for both marine and terrestrial animals which involve changes in time . |
| 15 | The answer to the first , or ‘ why ’ , question begins with a recognition that banks are private sector , profit-making organisations with obligations to shareholders to increase profits over time . |
| 16 | Or in North Africa , having left the 11th Field Regiment , he might have sat out the rest of the war in luxury , gaining rank through time and , come the Peace , have been a live major instead of a dead lieutenant . |
| 17 | For example , Brenner assumes , on theoretical grounds , a time-lag between an increase in unemployment and that in mortality : but Joseph Eyer argues that Brenner 's tagged relationship between unemployment and ill-health ( roughly , unemployment at time A causes illness at time B ) really reflects a close relationship between work and ill-health ( roughly , employment at time B causes illness at time B ) . |
| 18 | For example , Brenner assumes , on theoretical grounds , a time-lag between an increase in unemployment and that in mortality : but Joseph Eyer argues that Brenner 's tagged relationship between unemployment and ill-health ( roughly , unemployment at time A causes illness at time B ) really reflects a close relationship between work and ill-health ( roughly , employment at time B causes illness at time B ) . |
| 19 | Still , it is sometimes possible to infer alterations over time , and one direct conclusion that can be drawn is that part , at least , of landlords ' rationale was economic : within a situation affected by such non-economic factors as pious donations , landlords organised estates and renders to maximise resources . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | * A comment ( not in itself a complete clause ) about the main clause — like the comments in italics below , which may include indications of time , place and manner ( and which are called ADVERBIALS ) : Whenever she leaves the house , the heroine seems to become bolder . |
| 22 | We visited Edinburgh from time to time and one evening were invited by the Queen to a dance at Holyrood House . |
| 23 | Game shooting is very often the primary sporting consideration and this can mean that those who want the rabbiting rights may have to accept restrictions on time and place — on guns and dogs too . |
| 24 | The view that the Lord 's Day is essentially the Jewish Sabbath — a ‘ taboo ’ day — transferred from the seventh to the first day of the week found expression from time to time in medieval law and theology . |
| 25 | Keeping track of time |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | As a part of that we intend to arrange excursions from time to time , and there will be winter lectures . |
| 28 | 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 ) . |
| 29 | While monitoring and refinements should bring improvements over time , clearly serious difficulties have been experienced with the development and utilization of departmental information systems . |
| 30 | He was the source of the villagers ' security and their insecurity : he loaned or granted money in times of crisis but in return benefited from their respect and obedience . |