Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Romans called their settlement ‘ Londinium ’ which , in due course of time , became known as London . |
| 2 | When Charles Temple , impelled by his love of logical discourse , asked himself what might be the ultimate evolution of the system of Indirect Rule , he replied that , by allowing ‘ natural conditions to exert their influence in a manner modified to meet the requirements of the native group ’ , Indirect rule would ‘ in due course of time ’ , render that group ‘ robust enough to stand by itself ’ . |
| 3 | We can be fairly certain that such a reaction did occur , not merely because it is observable among modern primates , but because it had to exist if young males were , in due course of time , to supplant the fathers , and this , for the purposes of reproduction , they had to do . |
| 4 | The actual meaning of the bare infinitive , on the other hand , can be characterized as a form of non-subsequence involving complete coincidence in time between two events — the experiencing and the event experienced . |
| 5 | The hierarchy of cycles for each division of time led the Maya to devote more attention to the past than to the future . |
| 6 | You can write your weight in a diary or on a chart or graph and see progress develop in the right direction over time . |
| 7 | As for to in its use with the infinitive , it signifies a relation between two spatial entities in time — the non-ordinalized general person incorporated in the infinitive and the often-ordinalized extra-verbal person of which the infinitive is predicated in a particular use . |
| 8 | each measure of time a perfect |
| 9 | The starting-point of that digression in time and place was that of leased prisons and the problems they increasingly raised for a socially responsible legislature . |
| 10 | Celtic pressed forward — and Collins made it a memorable night for them when he shot the third goal eleven minutes from time . |
| 11 | Or maybe it is simply that a second to them is a vastly longer subjective experience of time than it is to us and other creatures , possessed of a slower metabolic rate . |
| 12 | This study further shows that one can distinguish clearly between the kind of ‘ very close relationship ’ which will provide emotional support in times of crisis , and closeness in other senses . |
| 13 | Leadless plumber not legless , legl leadless oh You know I 'm sure that the this roof rack I 'm sure you can feel the difference in the car sometimes well not feel the difference but you can hear it , it makes an awful noise at times when the winds blowing . |
| 14 | I can not conceive that the pathologist will trouble to look there for a puncture mark and indeed , prior to that eventuality , it does n't seem likely that the emergency team of paramedics they 'll send out from Brighton General will be well enough acquainted with the action of this drug to hit upon the right antidote in time to prevent her from expiring . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Yes — well me and Rich fight from time to time . |
| 16 | On the contrary , the expressive effects observed in the uses examined in Chapters Two and Three appear as necessary consequences of the incidence of the infinitive 's event , with its intra-verbal " general person " , to its extra-verbal spatial support in time . |
| 17 | Through its lexical meaning of a movement from point A to point B , to allows one to represent two positions of the infinitive event 's spatial support in time — one before , and one at the beginning of the infinitive 's event — which correspond to the two representations of person — extra- and intra-infinitival — involved in any use of the infinitive . |
| 18 | How did you tell a man who had just expressed his undying love for you and his need to remain in your arms for ever and ever that he was separated from you by a distance of fifty years , and that only by some perverse and cruel trick of time had you been allowed to meet at all ? |
| 19 | A particle occupies one point of space at each instant of time . |
| 20 | I do n't think , I think Phil , although he 's a complete arsehole at times I |
| 21 | It 's the complete opposite with time . |
| 22 | Primary cultures of adult hepatocytes showed EGF binding , but with a progressive reduction with time in culture ( Fig 2 ) . |
| 23 | Eight minutes from time Muir sealed the points by scoring from Malkin 's cross . |
| 24 | Republic of Ireland .. 3 Northern Ireland ..... 0 THE celebrations were on the point of becoming a full-blown ceilidh when the score was corrected : Spain had not won 2-1 in Budapest , but the Hungarians had equalised eight minutes from time , and a bizarre set of circumstances could yet deny the Republic their first appearance in the World Cup finals . |
| 25 | Neil Redfearn made sure eight minutes from time . |
| 26 | Wright 's smart reflexes rescued a point for the Gunners eight minutes from time , which was tough on Middlesbrough 's Derek Whyte , his shadow all afternoon . |
| 27 | Then , with Leeds still hopeful of prising an away goal to take back to Elland Road , they were caught out on the break with Andreas Buch beating Lukic with an angled shot into a corner eight minutes from time . |
| 28 | The woodwork again came to Monaghan 's rescue eight minutes from time when Coyle weaved his way into the United penalty area , only to see his shot flicked onto the upright by O'Shea . |
| 29 | David Howells scored his first goal of the season to give Spurs a 67th minute lead and Teddy Sheringham made it 2-0 from the penalty spot eight minutes from time . |
| 30 | Ironically , Nevin had been Tranmere 's only slight disappointment up until producing a clinical finish to punish defender Richard Smith 's miscued header eight minutes from time . |