Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was n't the prettiest sight you would see on a golf course but , since he always turned up at the practice ground the following morning more or less on time and more or less clean-shaven , it was obvious that he patronised his own circuit of cheap guesthouses . |
| 2 | If the capital market is imperfect such that the lending rate exceeds the borrowing rate , the results of the arbitrage argument may vary , depending on whether cash is being moved forwards in time at the lending rate , or backwards in time at the borrowing rate . |
| 3 | Schools could work forwards or backwards in time ( though it is expected that at all times there will be reference to time-lines , and time-charts , and that attention will be given to the question " when did this happen in the past ? " ) . |
| 4 | To make the point , he described a visit to a Toyota assembly line where they had developed the Kamba or Just in Time system . |
| 5 | Then , if it seems necessary , it is possible to go either backwards or forwards in time during that same lifetime to complete the picture . |
| 6 | We can then move backwards or forwards in time . |
| 7 | An example of the latter type of shift is shown in figure 13.22 , where instead of time dependence measurements the frequency dependence of the β-relaxation in poly ( vinyl acetate ) has been studied at fixed temperatures in the range 212 to 266 K. A master curve can be constructed for this relaxation region by plotting against , where the ‘ max ’ subscript refers to the peak maximum at each experimental temperature . |
| 8 | Sometimes it is interesting to play speculative games by projecting historical events and characters forward or backward in time in order to view them in the context of a different time or place . |
| 9 | If you extend £100,000 of credit for a period of one year and during that year the inflation rate averages 10 per cent per annum , you will have effectively lost £1 0,000 even if you are paid in full and right on time . |
| 10 | Not surprisingly in a small fish with an extensive but virtually one-dimensional ( East-West ) range , different populations have developed different colour patterns , and perhaps in time these will become different species altogether . |
| 11 | As Selwyn had been founded to commemorate the great Bishop of Melanesia it seemed appropriate that the college should make Melanesia its special interest and perhaps in time raise enough money to pay one of its own men to go out and serve as priest and educationist in that diocese of so many islands . |
| 12 | In part this was a reflection of the great strain on small financial resources which building , maintaining and perhaps in time enlarging workhouses imposed , but it also reflected the greater difficulty in an effective and controlled administration of out-relief in the more anonymous and densely populated towns . |
| 13 | There is little to distinguish between the Italian character dance and its demi - caractère form save only that heeled shoes are worn and thus from time to time take on a slightly Spanish flavour , the only difference perhaps being the more fluid way of phrasing and less rigidly accurate timing of the steps . |
| 14 | ‘ Well now , and just in time for tea , ’ he beamed as a second and third bomb fell sickeningly nearer . |
| 15 | Definitely in a humorous vein and just in time for Christmas is Banger and Pranger in Snowman 's Land by Graham Hey and Brian Robinson . |
| 16 | PLAYER : Well met , in fact , and just in time . |
| 17 | ‘ But now I 'm back , ’ he murmured , his voice cool , ‘ and just in time , I see . ’ |
| 18 | They arrived in Carlingford to a fine drizzle , and just in time for Ellie to take part in the leprechaun hunt . |
| 19 | By the time I got to the last rocker I had been out of the garage , round the block three times , back up the drive and home in time for teal Is there any way I can turn the engine over without moving the vehicle ? |
| 20 | Then back to the majlis for coffee again , and home in time for noon prayers . |
| 21 | The story is not an easy one to follow , particularly as it goes back and forth in time , and locations change quickly . |
| 22 | But there are a lot of flaws : the idea of combining four generations involves weaving back and forth in time which works occasionally . |
| 23 | It seemed to me more and more as time passed that the RAF was bearing all the casualties of this war and that the other Services were taking life easily . |
| 24 | Montagu 's stated intention was to ‘ hold India ’ not by main force but ‘ by just institutions , and more and more as time goes on by the consent of the governed ’ . |
| 25 | What essentially what you need to do how to do is if you wan na be able to work Saturdays we need to be able to prove that in fact pound per , per item of post on a Saturday is cheaper than because the productivity in the week will be lower therefore and even at time and a half , the cost of doing an hour 's overtime for the work you get out in the week is , is less productive than doing double time with what you get out on a Saturday . |
| 26 | A delighted Jatinder said : ‘ Gurinder will be home in time for my dad 's birthday and well in time for the birth of our baby . ’ |
| 27 | Connie 's visions of her past are expertly merged with the present as she moves backwards and forwards in time , following an order of association , not chronology . |
| 28 | According to classical mechanics , in theory you could write down the position and momentum of every single particle in the universe ; you could therefore work out how everything is going backwards and forwards in time , obviously by highly complicated equations , but in theory , everything 's predicted so everything 's totally determined from beginning to end ; but quantum mechanics says that you can never record the momentum and position of everything identically because of the Uncertainty Principle . |
| 29 | Before they had the motorcycles they had to walk which meant a lot of travelling time and then less time at the , each village when they arrived . |
| 30 | It 's as if they think I 'm really Firmin and then from time to time I just pretend to be this white man called Charlie . |