Example sentences of "[prep] an [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would be consistent with the data ’ , he writes , ‘ and defensible on logical grounds to argue that the growth and decline in the designated areas merely reflects , after an appropriate time lapse , the gains or losses to the total stock of G.P.s in the country . ’ |
| 2 | The case of Charnock v Liverpool Corporation [ 1968 ] gives an example of an unreasonable time . |
| 3 | On the other hand , official statistics in the form of an interrupted time series present one of the simplest forms of investigation of social change , provided care is exercised in interpretation . |
| 4 | If goods have not been delivered within 30 days following expiry of an agreed time limit or if there is not an agreed time limit within 60 says from the time the carrier took over the goods , this shall be taken as evidence of the loss of the goods . |
| 5 | at the time of entering into the Contract with the Carrier the Trader declares to the Carrier a special interest in delivery in the case of loss or damage or of an agreed time limit being exceeded and agrees to pay a surcharge calculated on the amount of that interest , and |
| 6 | Section 14 states that , in the absence of an agreed time for performance or an agreed formula to determine the time for performance , the supplier will carry out the service in a reasonable time . |
| 7 | Decisions should also be reached as to whether appointment lists should be displayed in the school and parents invited to come in to choose a discussion time or whether staff will decide and write to parents informing them of an allocated time . |
| 8 | First , when the original assessment had been raised in February 1984 , W had not been uncertain within the meaning of s 247(8) about the beginning and end of the period ; and second , further leave would be required from the Special Commissioner to revise the accounting period of an extended time limit assessment . |
| 9 | Oh you ca n't trust a special like an old time copper when you ca n't find your way home . |
| 10 | Ca n't trust a copper like an old time special when you ca n't find your way |
| 11 | This seems to work both in short-term fluctuations and in long-term trends ( Habakkuk 1971 ) , although with an awkward time lag in the latter ( Wrigley and Schofield 1981 ) . |
| 12 | Yeah they went into an upbeat time did n't they ? |
| 13 | With the academic year 1992/93 seeing the first full year of modularised courses at Napier , it was seen as an appropriate time to examine undergraduate , postgraduate , and HND courses in relation to the inclusion of enterprise/ transferable skills in course descriptors . |
| 14 | To a number of us the crucial omission was any help for industry , which was going through an appalling time . |
| 15 | You might not be going through an easy time emotionally or materially but all the dramatic sagas now unfolding will eventually come together to produce and excellent outcome . |
| 16 | They have been through an unsettling time and are finding it difficult to readjust . |
| 17 | Their spokesman said that the men were prepared to close down the generating plant immediately , but it would mean that the grid would go and that factories and hospitals would be without power for an indefinite time . |
| 18 | The license and the right to use this Program is for an indefinite time until terminated . |
| 19 | Consequently its Laplace transform is or The unit impulse function is infinite for an infinitesimal time as indicated in figure 11.5(d) and its integral over all time is unity . |
| 20 | the affairs of the target company are not to be hindered for an unreasonable time |
| 21 | A very sticky variety clings to each new copy for an average time of more than an hour before it finally breaks free and the process can begin again . |
| 22 | He stared at her in silence for an agonising time , grey eyes heavy-lidded , the expression in their depths unreadable . |
| 23 | For an appreciable time no-one spoke and Swayne began to be uneasy . |
| 24 | You will have to weigh it again once it is stuffed for an exact time . |
| 25 | If this does prove to be the case , then the Main Wall area will be closed to climbers for an unspecified time . |
| 26 | He had made a detour to a cafe where he stayed for an unspecified time before walking to the Post and entering by the back door , discovering the mayhem in the newsroom and retreating to the printer 's office . |
| 27 | He thought that he lost his hold on sanity for a time then ; he knew , later , that the black despair and the agony of loneliness had closed about him fully , and for an unmeasurable time while his reason spun wildly out of control . |
| 28 | In the situations below the charge will be 0 for an unlimited time : |
| 29 | Despite French apprehension , West Germany also became a member of N.A.T.O. , in 1954 , on the understanding that both British and U.S.A. forces would remain on the European continent for an unlimited time . |
| 30 | He seemed to have been moving for an immeasurable time . |