Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We know that niello is a metal sulphide , made by heating metal filings with sulphur , but could there be a continuity of tradition amongst the metalworkers of cultures so widely separated by time and geography ? |
| 2 | For a start , he was driving far too fast , had only just swerved in time to avoid a cyclist , and was now desperately trying to overtake a pale blue Renault , when it was obvious there was n't room , and the road ahead was too winding to see if it was clear . |
| 3 | It was only just finished in time : according to Constanze , the overture ( the last section to be composed ) was completed just two days before the premiere . |
| 4 | Jackie had a nasty puncture in practice on the 150-m.p.h. straight and though he was not injured , his Matra was only just repaired in time for the race . |
| 5 | Although , as we have seen , shareholding tended to become somewhat more diffused over time , it remains very largely the case that those who promoted and initially financed canal companies and turnpike trusts , were those who expected to benefit from them . |
| 6 | It was no accident that Nietzsche 's move to Leipzig , implying the decision to specialize in classics , was followed by an overnight conversion to Schopenhauer ; and no accident , again , that his final acceptance of a classical career should have been so closely associated in time with his commitment , after so many years of desultory acquaintance , to Wagner . |
| 7 | They were not only revived from time to time in Venice during the next twenty years but performed in a number of other Italian cities . |
| 8 | Fortunately we had just about recovered in time for the practical session . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sure we could let you out for that , McAllister , ’ Dr Neil had said , only for Sally-Anne to murmur modestly that since she was already well treated for time off she could not possibly ask for more . |
| 10 | The spin-up itself was also partly resolved in time , and the whole event , glitch plus recovery , is now seen to include three distinct exponential components , with timescales of 1 , 20 and 300 days . |
| 11 | Evidence for an association between unemployment and imprisonment has , however , been presented in , various studies from different countries ( Braithwaite 1980 ; Inverarity and Grattet 1987 ; Inverarity and McCarthy 1988 ; Montgomery 1985 ; Laffargue and Godefroy 1987 ) and has been most strongly supported by time series data analysed using some variant of least squares regression . |
| 12 | We said yesterday , journalists are frequently very pushed for time , some of them are lazy , and the more help you give them , and the same is true for radio , the better . |
| 13 | Since much of the teaching materials used in FE is written ( textbooks , handouts , worksheets ) and examinations have until recently been almost entirely written to time , examples of material are examined and participants work on adapting and writing supplementary materials for use with bilingual students . |
| 14 | SunSelect does n't want to define exactly what integrate ( its word ) means or how tightly bound over time the products will become , but it seems that they will still be two separate things . |
| 15 | Foreign business also has a more practical complaint : because of China 's credit squeeze , bills are no longer paid on time . |