Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [conj] time " in BNC.
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| 61 | The paper will deal with some distinguishing features only because of the obvious limitations of space and time . |
| 62 | Functionalism , having fled the traditional mysteries of the mind , appears to rarefy consciousness , to speak quickly , into a Platonic universe , out of space and time . |
| 63 | Kant argued that the distinction between numerical and qualitative identity can be meaningfully drawn only in the domain of the phenomenal ; i.e. within the context of space and time , which , according to him , are the " forms of our intuition " and not properties of things in themselves . |
| 64 | Moreover , the fact that experience of objects is to be had only under the form of space and time ensures the applicability of mathematics to the whole or the phenomenal ( and hence physical ) world . |
| 65 | Whereas in Kant 's theory , in a sense , there still lingers the common sense conception of space and time as some kind of backcloth against which the positions of phenomenal objects can be uniquely charted and distinguished from each other , Leibniz regarded space and time as properties of entities . |
| 66 | For the next eighteen years people like Hendrik Lorentz and George Fitzgerald tried to accommodate this observation within accepted ideas of space and time . |
| 67 | It completely revolutionized our notions of space and time . |
| 68 | These notions of space and time seemed to correspond to common sense and reality . |
| 69 | The answer is they ca n't , not if our normal ideas of space and time hold true . |
| 70 | You could choose to move on different paths through space-time , but nothing you could do would modify the background of space and time . |
| 71 | No longer could we think of space and time as running on forever , unaffected by what happened in the universe . |
| 72 | What one needs is a way of doing the sum over histories not just for particles but for the whole fabric of space and time as well . |
| 73 | The bombing was concentrated both in terms of space and time ; a small number of East End London boroughs bore the brunt of the damage , typically Stepney and Bermondsey , during the first few weeks of the Blitz in late 1940 . |
| 74 | This unusual situation provides a motivation for bringing together the extreme poles of our everyday understanding of space and time : the most outer and the most inner , the first and the last . |
| 75 | His physical departure made possible the coming of the Spirit as Paraclete and there would be no barriers of space and time to prevent disciples being in intimate contact with him . |
| 76 | ‘ Aura ’ , Benjamin ( 1979a , pp. 250–1 ) writes , is ‘ a strange weave of space and time ’ . |
| 77 | In constructionist theory the ‘ self ’ is the sense of personal identity derived from being a ‘ continuity of one 's point of view in the world of space and time ’ , linked with being an agent capable of action ‘ in that one takes oneself as acting from that very same point ’ . |
| 78 | Speech is normally used in face to face interaction whereas writing is used across barriers of space and time . |
| 79 | That image of things would dominate men 's notions of space and time for more than a century . |
| 80 | There has been a remarkable growth in the amount of space and time devoted to environment issues in the mass media . |
| 81 | They pierced the fabric of our universe ; like a gunshot that ripped open the whole of space and time . |
| 82 | Yeah , but he would say that you ca n't do it in terms of space and time . |
| 83 | To understand these aspects of deixis in depth it is first necessary to have a good understanding of the semantic organization of space and time in general , but these topics lie beyond the scope of this book ( see though , Leech , 1969 ; Fillmore , 1975 ; Lyons , 1977a : Chapter 15 ) . |
| 84 | They want as many rabbits as possible for the minimum amount of effort and time commitment . |
| 85 | a great deal of effort and time in enabling the children to write something meaningful |
| 86 | The only one I would mention Chairman is not strictly accurate , we all did , lots of us anyway , the , the British Legion service on Sunday at the church and I just wondered if we could agree to send a letter to the president cos once again a lot of effort and time and organization went into it and I thought it was an excellent occasion and I think he might appreciate |
| 87 | Remember that the amount of care and time that you take in pressing your material will be very apparent when you look at your finished work , so never be tempted to cut corners . |
| 88 | They designed job descriptions , terms of employment and time sheets for support workers ; ( they were to be paid at a rate equivalent to home helps and care attendants , with increased payments for unsocial hours ; there was also to be a lower rate of payment for workers merely sleeping at a sufferer 's house , compared with providing active care ) . |
| 89 | This , if I may say so , considering my bulk in those days — now much reduced by the ravages of health and time — was a very considerable offer . |
| 90 | I , I have a quandary here cos I 'm not quite sure whether I should be asking a question or proposing something against the deliverance but I have attended and er listened to a number of debates arising out of this matter of er the baptism of children and time and again it 's struck me that it starts off about baptism but it turns out to be a discussion about the parents . |