Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Pheromones can also be used to detect and monitor pests ; some farmers in the UK already use pheromone baited collecting traps to time sprays against pea and codling moths , which are pests of apples . |
| 32 | ‘ When I bullied you into accepting my terms to get you out of gaol , my only concern was reaching Athens in time for my meeting . ’ |
| 33 | In negative and interrogative contexts , on the other hand , the event 's taking place in time is denied or questioned . |
| 34 | It is proposed here that the need to represent a spatial support in order to get a mental representation of an event is another such requirement : how can one conceive an event as something taking place in time without also conceiving at least virtually someone or something realizing it ( or undergoing its realization , as in the passive ) ? |
| 35 | Gloucester , never one for words , spoke little for the remainder of the journey , his mind and energies set on reaching London in time . |
| 36 | Negotiations on the convention were scheduled to begin in February 1991 , with a view to reaching agreement in time for the 1992 environment and development conference in Brazil . |
| 37 | One particular difficulty in assessing change over time is that any differences between the two assessments will be influenced by a host of ex-traneous factors which may either conceal or exaggerate the real changes in the child 's language . |
| 38 | The project is consequently attempting to use other data for assessing change over time . |
| 39 | In order to counter the effects of this drop in trade and profitability , and at the same time ensure a successful and profitable year in 1992 , companies within the hotel and catering industry should now be looking at making savings in time and money , while at the same time improving their service to the customer . |
| 40 | A programme of teaching is required , taking place outside the diabetic clinic at times convenient to the patients , avoiding loss of time from school and work . |
| 41 | Then , studying changes over time , he set out to test the main conclusions derived from cross-sectional studies . |
| 42 | Because of the lack of data showing changes over time , very little is known about the effects of these changes on the life chances and financial circumstances of young people . |
| 43 | Meanwhile our lord and master would sit and drink one cup of tea after another , barking orders from time to time . |
| 44 | But then in seventy nine we had a hit at home with Bunch of Time and that as far as we were concerned was the end of the road you know to be successful in Ireland and then late eighty one , early eighty two you know they started playing Bunch of Time over here and it became a top twenty hit for us and that you know changed the whole thing round about and got us from say the pubs in Ireland into the concert circuit in England which we 've been doing ever since . |
| 45 | In cases where there have been failures to make applications to licensing courts in time for them to be heard at statutory sittings , the Court of Session has been petitioned for directions , in virtue of its nobile officium , to licensing courts to hold special sittings to deal with non-timeous applications . |
| 46 | He has also emphasised CSE 's industry reputation for delivering work on time . |
| 47 | This signal is amplified many times and used to drive a pen recorder which traces out a wave form plotting voltage against time . |
| 48 | The issues are even more complicated if , as in this book , one is exploring developments through time and comparing different media . |
| 49 | Answer guide : The answers to this should encapsulate the idea of the static nature of a stock measure , and the way in which that differs from the dynamic nature of measures covering periods of time . |
| 50 | The intention there Chair , is to , is to do further work er , to consolidate on the work that 's been achieved during the , during the year , but also to set out a programme for the er , following period of time , er , from er , April nineteen ninety four until March nineteen ninety five , so that erm , members of the Committee are able to comment on the , on the intentions er , on the draft strategies that are being put forward as a result of the review that takes place er , following the first year 's activity . |
| 51 | Freeing teachers from time consuming domestic tasks such as tidying , cleaning and repairing equipment ? |