Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] in time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The declaration draws attention to faster than expected world population growth and the accelerating pace of environmental decay , and concludes : " Sustainable development can be achieved , but only if irreversible degradation of the environment can be halted in time . |
| 2 | This negative bias entails however that in the speaker 's eyes there are no real reasons which can be conceived as occupying the before-position which a reason normally occupies with respect to the action it calls for ; and since there is consequently nothing which can be situated in time before this action , the meaning of to does not apply in this use . |
| 3 | Indeed , for all cases where the to infinitive evokes " subsequent potentiality " the support is necessarily seen or implied to be situated in time prior to the event . |
| 4 | However , the rest of the work will not be completed in time for the season , which will make life running a heavily-booked programme of events difficult . |
| 5 | Key to this stage of planning is the acceptance ( once again ) that there must be some time limits given to each ‘ activity ’ , or the whole project will become lopsided and wo n't be completed in time . |
| 6 | The implementation of measures 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 depend upon action by both the profession and the Government , but we believe the necessary steps can be completed in time for implementation in April 1993 . |
| 7 | John Hart , Assistant Director ( Curriculum ) comments : ‘ Aspects of two major areas of review will be completed in time for the next Catalogue . |
| 8 | This could debar over one-third of the population from voting , since , according to the current regulations , only citizens of pre-war Estonia and their descendants were automatically entitled to citizenship , and the long application process for others would not be completed in time . |
| 9 | There is some doubt as to whether the processes of investigation and legislation will be completed in time for the 1995 revaluation . |
| 10 | A year-long project to update the library at Darlington College of Technology should be completed in time for the new school year in September . |
| 11 | If seismic mapping of the new reservoir can be completed in time , BP may send a rig to drill more wells there this summer to establish the production potential for the field , which is thought to have reserves of 250 million to 500 million barrels . |
| 12 | He 'll tip us off when he knows where and when the hit is due to take place so that it can be stopped in time . |
| 13 | If they can not be stopped in time , mankind will surely be doomed . |
| 14 | The aesthetic quality of the results will depend heavily on the artistic ability of the user but even these skills can be developed in time |
| 15 | It increasingly realized that no technical measures could assure compliance by the extended 1977 deadline , and that since an adequate mass transit system could not be developed in time , only petrol rationing would lead to attainment . |
| 16 | In spite of this , there is plenty of scope for what is sought to be greatly reduced ; it is also possible for the permission to be limited in time , in other words for the development , building and/or use to be permitted only until some date in the future . |
| 17 | Circumstances in which overtime may be used should be identified , together with a list of staff who have agreed to be approached in time of need . |
| 18 | You know that it is extremely risky to leave the choice late and that , at the very latest , you must be organised in time to have a good look at the proposed field and to get into a good position for a proper base leg . |
| 19 | James V ordered that the Crown of Scotland be remodelled in time for him to wear it at the coronation of his second Queen , Mary of Guise-Lorraine , at Holyrood Abbey in February 1540 . |
| 20 | Nicholas , who is living with his family in a tiny flat , hopes the damage will be repaired in time for Christmas . |
| 21 | The rocket can not be repaired in time so Cory and Lowery , with message-sending equipment , make their escape through the jungle as the Daleks close in . |
| 22 | His Opel Manta had been heavily damaged during the Burmah Rally and could n't be repaired in time for the Mourne Stages . |
| 23 | The truth will be revealed in time . |
| 24 | On Nov. 22 elections , which on Nov. 10 had been called by President Hugh Desmond Hoyte for Dec. 16 , and which were constitutionally required to be held by Dec. 28 at the latest , were indefinitely postponed after the chairman of the Elections Commission , Rudolph Collins , warned that a proper electoral register could not be prepared in time . |
| 25 | Perhaps the decision to accept covered pitches in the Championship in 1981 will be seen in time as the inevitable pre-cursor to the preference now for four-day games . |
| 26 | That necessary ditching , in all likelihood , will now be done in time for the next election . |
| 27 | the task is absolutely vital and only you can be sure that it will be done in time and to the required standards |
| 28 | Victorine cried out as soon as she saw them : that wretched child , I knew it would be hopeless letting her help , it 's too much , I 'll never be done in time . |
| 29 | During 1740 the First Lord of the Admiralty , with Walpole 's support , tried to carry a bill to create a national register of sea-faring men from which suitable recruits could be sought in time of crisis , but it was denounced by the Opposition as being akin to slavery and thrown out . |
| 30 | He began by securing from Parliament a fifteenth and tenth , combined with a subsidy , the first to be levied in time of peace . |