Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , due to the factors that we 've mentioned , alright , the supply will ex will expand progressively over time , right , so our long run supply curve alright , will become a lot more elastic than the short run supply curve , right , so if you think of our elasticity formula , I over changing quantity over changing price , times price over quantity , right , as we go through time our original , our original prices and quantities are going to stay the same , right , P one , Q one , that 's not going to change through time , right . |
| 2 | And of course even that 's going to change as time goes on . |
| 3 | In all the cases examined with full verbs , the bare infinitive has evoked what could be termed a coincident actualization , and its event is not represented as beginning to exist in time before that of the main verb , as depicted by this diagram of I watched him cross the street : This does not exhaust the expressive capacity of the bare infinitive , however , as we are going to see that it can also express what we will call coincident potentiality . |
| 4 | The most common cause for solicitors having to claim on their professional indemnity insurance in personal injury work is the missing of time limits and allowing cases to become statute barred , either by failing to issue in time or failing to serve in time . |
| 5 | The most common cause for solicitors having to claim on their professional indemnity insurance in personal injury work is the missing of time limits and allowing cases to become statute barred , either by failing to issue in time or failing to serve in time . |
| 6 | Moreover the amount of the penalty seems derisory — at any rate in the case of public companies — and it is difficult to believe that , as a deterrent against failing to file on time , this new sanction will prove any more effective than those that the Registrar formerly had and still has . |
| 7 | Their low cost means that a secretary can have a computer to herself instead of having to compete for time with many other users from other departments in the company . |
| 8 | Like many other aspects of the National Health Service , the finance function has changed , and is continuing to change over time . |
| 9 | Only 49 per cent of companies surveyed were paid by 75 per cent or more of their customers within the agreed credit period and 20 per cent said that half their customer were failing to pay on time . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , safety was not one of the Dreadnoughts ' strong points , and there were some horrible accidents were one car , failing to stop in time , piled into the back of the other injuring and even killing passengers on the steps . |
| 11 | But by failing to register in time you will have lost the chance of being given preference in allocation . |
| 12 | I 'm also hoping to put in time capsules , so people in 150 years time will know what what was happening in Southmoor and the locality . |
| 13 | As it was imperative that they get to Paris as quickly as possible they embarked on a slow train , hoping to arrive in time for their turn at the theatre . |
| 14 | In contrast , grid method encourages concentration , prolongs discrimination , extends the perceptual cycle , allows meaning to accrue over time and leads to closer visual intimacy with an image . |