Example sentences of "[prep] the time [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are there ideas which were not right for the time but which could be revived and used , ow ? |
| 2 | One infusion came from Cambridge economist Bob Rowthorne , still nominally a member of the International Socialists , but moving , unfashionably for the time but a precursor of things to come , towards the Communist Party . |
| 3 | Stopping people by asking for the time or change is a favourite mugging trick — especially when there is more than one attacker . |
| 4 | In each case the standard used should be realistic for the time or period which you are studying . |
| 5 | In reality , if your pet is left with a small , beautifully-sutured wound , then all credit must go the skill of your veterinary surgeon and it 's worth remembering that , for the time and skill required , spaying is a very cheap and justifiable operation . |
| 6 | A girl from one of the other teams — for all of us had assembled by now — asked him for the time and briefly discussed the weather with him and when , after about 15 minutes , he struck off purposefully around a nearby playing field , he had a tail of 14 people — the entire membership of all four spy teams — determined not to lose their quarry . |
| 7 | Both sides have struggled in the league this year and Haslemere were grateful for the time and space they were allowed in this match . |
| 8 | The 1992 Waverley Championships were swum at Cranleigh last weekend and Haslemere swimmers came back with 27 medals , just reward for the time and effort they put into their training . |
| 9 | She reached out for the time and found that she had over forty hours still to go before she met the contact again . |
| 10 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 11 | Although his encounters with girls were way above average for the time and place and company he moved in , they were still sexually unsuccessful . |
| 12 | We thanked the WO officials for the time and trouble they had taken to discuss all these issues with us . |
| 13 | Mytho-history of this kind provides a cosmological setting for the time and space of ordinary experience but , in addition , by exhibiting the contrast of possibilities , it offers a rationale for the complex rules and conventions which characterize " our " particular way of doing things . |
| 14 | I thank my hon. Friend for the time and trouble that he took last week to visit my constituency and see at first hand the problems caused by and resulting from British Rail . |
| 15 | A program which depends on several hours of training does not allow for the time and number constraints of the classroom . |
| 16 | Acting chairman Dr James Smith said : ‘ He is an extremely busy man and we are grateful for the time and effort he gave . ’ |
| 17 | Anything less involves wasted potential and the limiting factors are seen as the time and energy of the carers . |
| 18 | Many factors such as the time and space available in intensive care units will determine how soon such discoveries can be translated into routine procedures for investigating and monitoring patients . |
| 19 | About the time and place of this extraordinarily bold decision there seems little doubt . |
| 20 | We will then contact you again about the time and place . |
| 21 | Well I can , if he lets me have his space we do n't have to worry too much about the time and go about er just after nine or something . |
| 22 | — not an easy task but well worth the time and effort . |
| 23 | ‘ He gave in too easily , at the last ; too graciously after the time and prestige he has wasted here . |
| 24 | Though the inspector made no note of the time nor the wavelength of the broadcast , he remembered its contents . |
| 25 | In his particular style of demi-caractère dance he used classical footwork for most of the time but , from the waist upwards through the body , arms and head , he tried to convey how his performers worked and played in the environment to which they belonged . |
| 26 | The Palace defence , once as leaky as MI5 ( remember the 9-0 defeat by Liverpool ) was under pressure most of the time but withstood it , and the striker Bright , on the three occasions he was given a chance , hit the bar once and scored twice , with characteristic headers , giving Palace their first away win in the League this season . |
| 27 | Whatever its effect on scabies , the unction certainly had a healing , if not curative , effect on the morbus gallicus and was dispensed not only by the physicians of the time but also by ‘ butchers , sow-gelders , farriers , and itinerant mountebanks ’ . |
| 28 | At that time it was very similar to the modern Devon in conformation and colour : Garrard 's engraving in 1800 showed a dark red Devon ox standing 152cm at the withers , but the bull was 135cm and the cow 119cm — similar to the ‘ Suffolk Polled ’ of the time but smaller than the Hereford and Sussex ( each about 142cm/130cm ) . |
| 29 | They were careful to keep the bull in the same field much of the time but sometimes they would have to move him and occasionally he would get out , so one always had to be wary . |
| 30 | I was on the edge of my seat for most of the time but nobody could deny we deserved this result . ’ |