Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer to the first , or ‘ why ’ , question begins with a recognition that banks are private sector , profit-making organisations with obligations to shareholders to increase profits over time . |
| 2 | Still , it is sometimes possible to infer alterations over time , and one direct conclusion that can be drawn is that part , at least , of landlords ' rationale was economic : within a situation affected by such non-economic factors as pious donations , landlords organised estates and renders to maximise resources . |
| 3 | The caterers need to know numbers in time to plan , and at an event like the Reunion with various groups it is important to know the balance — this year one class had only 22 people , while others were ‘ climbing up the walls ’ ( because two teachers with tickers in Group F had failed to let us know that the tickets were not sold ) . |
| 4 | Game shooting is very often the primary sporting consideration and this can mean that those who want the rabbiting rights may have to accept restrictions on time and place — on guns and dogs too . |
| 5 | As a part of that we intend to arrange excursions from time to time , and there will be winter lectures . |
| 6 | Williams is already booked in to face the Sunderland stewards to answer questions on time finding by two more youngsters in his care , Pond Skylark and Mailcom Lad . |
| 7 | In County Durham police officers at Bishop Auckland , Darlington , Chester-le-Street and Consett have all been required to guard convicts from time to time . |
| 8 | Aiming to identify the patients dying specifically from their liver disease and to avoid biases by time dependent variables ( blood transfusion requirements within the 72 hours ) , statistical analysis was performed on the 91 patients still alive after 72 hours and after exclusion of the patients dying from other causes than liver failure or exsanguination ( eight ) . |
| 9 | This showed him nothing except that Ross had been skilful in the way he had chosen to combine places with times . |
| 10 | The problem in designing an optimal search strategy is both how to combine scores across paths representing different levels of description ( derived from the component knowledge sources ) , and how to combine scores across time ( during the extension of a path ) , such that promising paths are given higher priority . |
| 11 | Local authorities do have the power to subsidise services at times when the provision of a service might not be a commercial proposition . |
| 12 | You can use the rating scale to monitor changes over time in your youngster 's ability to cope with provocations . |
| 13 | Friday 2nd April saw 650 or so lucky members gather , from all parts of the metropolis and beyond , to rekindle memories of times past . |
| 14 | Likewise , changes in law may make it difficult to compare figures through time even within one country , e.g. introduction of the breathalyser in 1967 makes it very hard to relate road accident figures before and after this date . |
| 15 | Such an assertion presupposes a well-founded theory of performance , one which was able to assign periods of time to mental processes . |
| 16 | I used to duplicate chequebooks at times ; I was thorough . |
| 17 | A clause which merely imposes on the parties an obligation to renegotiate prices from time to time , once an initial period has elapsed , will simply turn the agreement , on the lapse of the initial period , into an agreement to agree , which is then void for uncertainty . |
| 18 | Data to address these questions were collected largely by interview , and in order to study changes over time , they were collected at regular intervals . |
| 19 | If you ca n't afford to repay debts on time , do n't bury your head in the sand . |
| 20 | The local authorities are expected to assess and identify the combination of services that best suits the needs and circumstances of an individual , and to monitor the quality of care provided and to review matters from time to time . |
| 21 | However , as Nuttall and Gipps ( 1982 ) note , the aim to measure changes over time was not in the original terms of reference although it appeared subsequently in publicity material . |
| 22 | Or intermediaries may be prepared to offer deals at times when other firms are unable to do so , taking the risk of putting a deal on their own books . |
| 23 | it 's just that it would just that the time , sometimes you 've got to have things on time and some people do n't have . |
| 24 | The subjects vowed eternal fealty to the ‘ White Tsar ’ , to be loyal and to pay dues on time . |
| 25 | If you fail to complete assignments on time , you may lose marks , credits , or be required to repeat some courses . |
| 26 | Failure to recognise undershooting and to close airbrakes in time to prevent an undershoot |
| 27 | For instance , the regress generated by the remark that there is a point between every pair of points may be virtuous , even when we take it to concern points in time rather than in space . |
| 28 | It might be convention to cut costs in times of crisis . |
| 29 | If the meaning of attitudes changes as the rhetorical context changes , then it is necessary to take a historical perspective to note changes over time . |