Example sentences of "[adv] in time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scapegoating tends to be a reciprocal matter and , especially in time of resource scarcity , anger and blame for the failure of ‘ the system ’ needs to find a target . |
| 2 | Unfortunately we managed to arrive only in time for his funeral . ’ |
| 3 | Television arrived here only in time for Christmas 1986 . |
| 4 | Swaying slightly and humming tunelessly in time with the tinny notes of the recording , Duclos waited until the door closed quietly behind her , then made his way unsteadily back to his seat . |
| 5 | Putting the bid together in time for the mid-December deadline has meant a £2 million outlay on LASMO 's part . |
| 6 | If she were still in Britain , it would be too late for her to say much in time for morning editions . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Embodying the alienation of the Westernized Latin-American intellectual , the protagonist of The Lost Steps , a musician resident in New York , recovers his lost identity as a man and as an artist when he undertakes an expedition to the jungles of the Orinoco , a journey that takes him backwards in time to a prehistoric world ; but his eventual return to civilization implies a recognition on Carpentier 's part that , for a twentieth-century Latin American , going back to one 's roots has to be compatible with the realities of the modern world . |
| 9 | Working backwards in time from the present day offers a natural development of the approach used at Key Stage 1 . |
| 10 | The buildings were damaged by the fall of the campanile but rebuilt , just in time to be almost completely razed by fire . |
| 11 | The last secondary modern school in Banbury , nearly twenty years after the Act , had been established just in time to be reorganized . |
| 12 | Then a little further out blazes a great American packet ( the Roraima ) , which arrived on the scene just in time to be overwhelmed by the catastrophe . |
| 13 | The French applied the tourniquet just in time to stagger to a winning start . |
| 14 | Peter McEnery and Dorothy Tutin ( above ) play the middle-aged ex-lovers who iron out the wrinkles and get together just in time for the final curtain . |
| 15 | They were back at Mrs Parvis 's just in time for the evening meal . |
| 16 | Out in December , just in time for Christmas |
| 17 | Stockboker Ellis & Partners used Saturday 's programme to offer fans a low-cost chance to buy Cabra shares until April 16 — just in time for the Cabra meeting . |
| 18 | They were saved , of course , by the Mastodon , ‘ rowing as if in a race ’ , just in time for a grand battle between Swallows , Amazons and Eels , and a corroboree of triumph . |
| 19 | 19 pairs of racing shoes just in time for the season |
| 20 | He would do it tonight , Friday , just in time for the weekly trip to the supermarket . |
| 21 | The Gutenberg Galaxy was the invention of the printing press which came just in time for the Reformation . |
| 22 | The 2nd edition of Cobol for Students by A. Parkin came out just in time for a course which started in January . |
| 23 | As they approached and noticed the unlit chillim , one of them passed us her tinder , commenting with a smile that they 'd got here just in time for all of us : they needed a smoke , and we needed a light . |
| 24 | Oh , by the way , the game should go on sale just in time for Chrimble … |
| 25 | A smart new ‘ Gem Horizon ’ tank and hood arrived from John Allan Aquariums just in time for our step-by-step beginners ' setup this month . |
| 26 | ‘ Just in time for the locusts and honey ! ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ Well now , and just in time for tea , ’ he beamed as a second and third bomb fell sickeningly nearer . |
| 28 | The book was completed just in time for him to dedicate it to King Charles II at the Restoration . |
| 29 | Just in time for Valentine 's comes the new Escada Body & Bath Collection . |
| 30 | When some designer friends saw it they persuaded him to get it ready to market and it was ready just in time for Esher 1990 . |