Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe she could get the London Underground to run on time ? |
| 2 | He argues that standards may be rendered more precise by ‘ criteria ’ , facts that are to be taken into accounts but that ‘ the feature of standards that distinguishes them from rules is their flexibility and susceptibility to change over time ’ . |
| 3 | Huge space-age lights came down from the ceiling to flash in time to the thudding pulse of the music . |
| 4 | Mary Helen Washington 's book is a formidable and elegant work of scholarship , a reference work to dip into time and time again , and a reminder that there is no such thing as a free or an easy book . |
| 5 | However , the drafter should remember that problems frequently arise where one party to a contract seeks to escape from it on the grounds that the other is in breach of a condition , and that the time for performance of obligations ( other than payment of money ) under a commercial contract is normally " of the essence " : a failure to perform on time in accordance with the contract will therefore justify the other party in terminating the contract ( see Bunge Corpn v Tradax Export SA [ 1981 ] 1 WLR 711 ) . |
| 6 | As noted above , stipulations in commercial contracts which fix time limits for action by the parties are normally interpreted as conditions , so that a failure to perform on time entitles the other party to terminate the contract . |
| 7 | It will therefore be desirable to define the consequences of a failure to perform on time , for instance by stating that " time for performance is of the essence " , or by defining a term as a " condition " or by expressly providing that " if X fails to perform on time in accordance with this provision , Y shall be entitled to terminate this contract " . |
| 8 | It has avoided the need to invest in time and paper systems , such as monthly reports which would otherwise be required to keep in touch with personnel developments . |
| 9 | It is always very difficult , in dealing with the relationship between past events and contemporary policies , to know how far back to go in time . |
| 10 | This may all seem a bit of an unnecessary fuss , but it 's a small price to pay in time and trouble and money in order to save the marriage and turn it into an asset rather than a liability . |
| 11 | For instance , if a new service is building up a clientele base then one could naturally expect the efficiency ratio to improve over time . |
| 12 | Because he wants the entropy to increase with time , the obvious conclusion would be that the wrong definition of entropy has been chosen and that it should be changed , but he decides instead to change the law of time evolution . |
| 13 | Perhaps in a deliberate attempt to reassert his authority by disconcerting all the interested parties , or simply following his instinct to play for time , Franco resorted to his old tactic of duplicity . |
| 14 | Hearing a slight sound , a scraping noise through the wall , Alida , though she ignored it , stiffened her corseted thighs , Aunt Fosters , her mother 's last surviving sister , might have had the wit and grace to die in time but it was not a family trait . |
| 15 | It is a fatal mistake to skimp on time for each other . |
| 16 | On the PowerPC effort , Mace says the initial part will come in with around 30% less power than the 88000 , though he expects performance to converge over time . |
| 17 | When called on by government to act in time of war , citizens have been prepared to respond . |
| 18 | So I took my time over the bread and dripping and I spilt my cocoa on the floor in an effort to play for time . |
| 19 | The sandy beach on Majorca is ideal for flopping on by day in order to recover in time for the next night of action , and what a night it will be in this town that never sleeps ! |
| 20 | Economists working in this field are attempting to find answers to the question of why the various estimates of NAIRU exhibit a persistent tendency to rise over time . |
| 21 | When Boswell had completed his own adventuring on Raasay , he turned his attention , as usual , to making Dr Johnson sparkle : ‘ Let me now gather some gold dust — some more fragments of Dr Johnson 's conversation , without regard to order of time . ’ |