Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The upper section of the sheet was left parted to expose the features to view and remained so until the time came to secure the lid . |
| 2 | The ability to judge the potential role of chance without the aid of complicated statistics is valuable , if only because the time and pain of calculation can be saved . |
| 3 | Jeopardy was pleased , even to the point of suggesting they should perform the piece for Mandru together when the time came . |
| 4 | This does not gainsay the fundamental proposition that it is every citizen 's duty to retain self-control — at least to the extent of not violating other people 's interests — but it does open the way to a manslaughter verdict and to sentences which are rarely longer than eight years ' imprisonment ( less than half as long as the time served by many convicted of murder ) and may be considerably shorter . |
| 5 | It was quite painful , especially as the time went on and the contractions were coming closer together . |
| 6 | Termites and ants do it seasonally when the time comes for them to mate , disperse and set up new colonies . |
| 7 | The wide door of the stall , which the sackers would open outwards when the time came to make use of the grain within , was bolted shut . |
| 8 | He will burn it all when the time comes . ’ |
| 9 | Only when the time felt right would she speak of Callanish . |
| 10 | Any moves in this regard will be made only when the time is right , and without interfering with the business . |
| 11 | It was thought that with strong , carefully chosen ministers , she would do well enough when the time came . |
| 12 | So as the time for hatching approaches , all the eggs may not be equally ready . |
| 13 | Or , if they had difficulty leaving home when they were young , they may unconsciously place obstacles in the way of their own children doing so when the time comes . |
| 14 | But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like . |
| 15 | We knew him so well and so when the time came and we saw how he was playing and how he was hitting the ball , that he could beat anyone ’ . |
| 16 | They measure the seasons by the changing day length , as may be demonstrated by keeping migratory birds under artificial day length conditions : they then migrate at a time dictated by their experienced day length , rather than the time of year . |
| 17 | Anyway when the time came to , to , to stop off for short time everybody had had their turn except the union president and myself and he came to me this foreman and he said er , now John I do n't want you to think what happened between me and you will make any difference about being sent back for . |
| 18 | Clearly , in this case it is not possible to offer precise advice as to exactly when the time comes for the GP to be informed . |
| 19 | Whatever the answer , do not fall into the trap of imagining that the impact of a flood in one of this year 's drought-ridden rivers will pass as quickly as the time it takes for the river to ‘ look ’ normal again . |
| 20 | As early as the time of Saul the festival of the new moon was celebrated with great solemnity . |
| 21 | You may find it convenient , as enabling you to decide quickly when the time comes to make your searches shortly before completion , to write " LC " against the name of every party to a document against whom a prior land charges search has been made , using your own search to supply any missing searches . |
| 22 | However , notice of this election must be given to the Inland Revenue not later than the time of the appeal made against the Schedule E assessment containing the disputed benefit figure . |
| 23 | In the following sentence the narrator comments on what happened a week later than the time of the lady 's speech , from the point of view of his context at the time of writing his contribution to the novel , In a week afterwards … |
| 24 | ( iv ) No creditor can vote at any meeting unless he has lodged with the official receiver not later than the time mentioned for this purpose in the notice convening the meetings a proof of debt , that is , a statement in the appropriate form ( see Chapter 9 ) of the amount claimed by him as due to him and the claim has been admitted for the , purpose of entitlement to vote ( r 6.93(1) ) . |
| 25 | A proxy which the holder intends to use at any meeting of creditors must be lodged with the official receiver not later than the time mentioned for that purpose in the notice convening the meeting or the adjourned meeting . |
| 26 | I was a little later than the time Edouard mentioned . |
| 27 | A few years later than the time Rolle was writing , Langland made verbal play with the paradox to point to the transcending truth that Will perceives . |
| 28 | Were he to do so , it would mean that should he take any step later than the time specified in the clause then however slight the delay and however little it affected the tenant , he would lose the benefit of the clause for the next five , seven or ten years or whatever the intervals for revision might be . |
| 29 | Where the plaintiff is under a disability , he can not accept a payment into court without approval under RSC Ord 80 , r11 or CCR Ord 10 , r10 which is likely to take place later than the time limited for accepting the payment in . |
| 30 | Money , obtained too easily , could finance disaster , her grandfather had warned her ; it must be used wisely when the time came . |