Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tracing and , where possible , explaining changes over time in these fundamental features of economic life is the major task . |
| 2 | Establishing trends over time in GP consultation rates is problematic . |
| 3 | This group of professionals has not even bothered to ease the biggest problem facing entrepreneurs — apart from the unavailability of cheap finance — which is the lack of cash flow that results from customers not paying bills on time . |
| 4 | ‘ We also take in paying guests from time to time , ’ said Ernest awkwardly . |
| 5 | Measuring changes over time |
| 6 | He was outstanding in charity and compassion , paying for the release of prisoners who were detained for debts and succouring families in time of need , but giving strict charge that they should not acknowledge the source of this help . |
| 7 | ( Later the bill was amended to provide that the Secretary of State would be prohibited from prescribing periods of time or proportions of school timetables to be allocated to programmes of study : see now ERA 1988 , section 4(3) . ) |
| 8 | There clearly are standard systems for locating points in time and space . |
| 9 | Figure 3 plots the percentage of listed industrial companies with potentially failing profiles over time from 1978 to date . |
| 10 | Last Christmas , having loads of time on my hands over the holidays , I decided to take the plunge and make one at least as nice theirs . |
| 11 | ‘ At first it was quite good having loads of time , and money was n't really a problem , I just stopped buying things . |
| 12 | He 's meticulous in attending meetings on time . |
| 13 | — orientating clients to time and place and appropriate behaviour |
| 14 | They started to especially trainee managers , spending periods of time in the smaller branch , and they 've got to get on with that concern , but I think there are benefits since they 've been doing that . |
| 15 | While central Government will certainly wish to exercise its rights to alter spending priorities from time to time , even their own goals will not often be achieved by fiddling with elements of an extremely complicated formula , which introduces unexpected as well as intended change . |
| 16 | The description of Jemmy Lirriper 's model railway is a humorous epitome of the early history of the railways , with their accidents , the way in which the public was treated by the various interests , parliamentary and private , early experiments in signalling , ‘ mushroom ’ railway undertakings , worthless railway shares during the mania of the 1840s , starting trains behind time , and surveying for new lines ; summarized as ‘ everything upside down by Act of Parliament ’ . |
| 17 | She felt the fire inside her begin to burn again and she pushed the door wide open , her mouth ready to frame a few well-chosen words on the importance of finishing jobs on time . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Then , studying changes over time , he set out to test the main conclusions derived from cross-sectional studies . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Meanwhile our lord and master would sit and drink one cup of tea after another , barking orders from time to time . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The issues are even more complicated if , as in this book , one is exploring developments through time and comparing different media . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Freeing teachers from time consuming domestic tasks such as tidying , cleaning and repairing equipment ? |