Example sentences of "[verb] to [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further consequence of having time zones is that , when we travel we have to adjust to local time in the new time zone . |
| 2 | Inside the plant , levels of radiation in the abandoned reactor building rose to many times the lethal level . |
| 3 | But United Biscuits responded to new time buying , gaining 6p to 360p . |
| 4 | Thereafter , it is added to each time a QAO log entry is actioned . |
| 5 | For information relating to short times , two approaches that have been widely used are dynamic mechanical thermal analysis ( DMTA ) and dielectric thermal analysis ( DETA ) . |
| 6 | Access to the system is nearly always indirect and therefore slow , and likely to be confined to certain times because of a need to load the payroll or manpower tapes within the computer centre . |
| 7 | Some felt a shudder at the thought of tackling the sense of humour of the Prophet Muhammad and the holy imams of Islam , and counselled that the subject matter should be confined to modern times . |
| 8 | Environmental degradation in this region is not confined to pre-independence times ( before 1955 ) as post-independence practices and policies have not fared much better despite considerable financial assistance from the World Bank ( Wallach 1988 ) . |
| 9 | In case anyone thinks this sort of thing is confined to earlier times and feudal societies , it is well to consider some more recent debates in European societies like France , Germany and Italy where grammatical gender languages are spoken . |
| 10 | H. P. We used to keep an eye on pubs where the sergeant and the constable used to do a month at a time , visiting the cinemas , theatres , and public houses , licensed places , and do some pubs , night after night — just checking things , and at five past ten , you 'd be right in checking they were keeping to closing time . |
| 11 | • time-of-day tariff perhaps with several different charge bands applying to different times of day . |
| 12 | I 've spent hours listening to big time bullies , who like to saunter around clubs showing their bit-on-the-side exactly who they are , by demonstrating who they know , shaking every hand worth shaking . |
| 13 | Put in another way , the same smoothing recipe applied to different time series will produce different resulting shapes for the smooth , which , as we shall see in the next chapter , is not the case when fitting straight lines . |
| 14 | The warblers ' own young are turfed out of the deeply cupped reed nest by the cuckoo chick soon after it hatches and the foster parents find themselves feeding an enormous monster with a huge red gape and insatiable appetite — a monster which will eventually grow to three times their size . |
| 15 | The family and others also cling to these times of false hope . |
| 16 | Political interventions can also work according to different time scales . |
| 17 | The factory has expanded to four times its original size and has become a showpiece of British industry . |
| 18 | In 1885 France was in possession of a colonial empire which , in 25 years , had grown to three times its original size . |
| 19 | In the upper levels of the hills the occasional pools had grown to three times their normal size , and turned every bowl of rushy upland into marsh , where the army laboured perilously for every half-mile of painful progress . |
| 20 | And wait to such times as they could pay it back , |
| 21 | Levels of ClO climbed to five times their normal concentration between latitudes 40 and 60 degrees north between December 1988 and February 1989 . |
| 22 | A state of emergency was declared by Tehran 's Environmental Protection organisation as the density of carcinogenic hydrocarbons climbed to 66 times permissible levels , and those of nitrogen oxides to 23 times permissible levels . |
| 23 | Just as with other heroes like Arthur and Charlemagne , it was thought that he had been transported to another time or place to await his country 's greatest need . |
| 24 | After bodyguard work he turned to full time military journalism in 1985 ; and has been a frequent and major contributor to the French magazine RAIDS . |
| 25 | On 7 September he delivered a television broadcast in which he claimed that , for the sake of the economy and the national wellbeing , the election would be postponed to some time in 1979 . |
| 26 | The only difference is , that erm if you return to work in a part time capacity , and it amounts to half time or more , then you will subsequently be asked to undergo a medical examination . |
| 27 | Sunday 's play was of a high standard with two semi finals going to extra time , then penalties . |
| 28 | Monte Carlo I think he was going to this time . |
| 29 | I 'm ready when you want I 'm going to this time daddy . |
| 30 | Wander down medieval alleys and cross a maze of canals to enjoy this bewitching Italian city that seems to belong to another time . |