Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | These reactions may fade over time , but at the moment they are still quite a strong influence in Zimbabwean society . |
| 2 | Secondly , the parties should be aware that the items taken into account in compiling the index may vary from time to time . |
| 3 | Regional differences may be informative , and the manner in which the patterns may change through time . |
| 4 | In many markets , however , the identity of the firm initiating a price change may vary over time , possibly to avoid the impression that there is a price leader , or to spread more equitably the unpopularity of being the first firm to raise prices . |
| 5 | In the case of these problem behaviours , the duration measure should decrease over time if the intervention is working . |
| 6 | It is recognised that observed statistical relationships may change over time due to changes in financial markets . |
| 7 | Alternatively , these parameters may change over time , and solutions of essentially the same problem at different time periods may be required . |
| 8 | He told Anne Ridler some time later that such a success almost prompted him to believe that the poem was not very good , although no doubt he was being partly ironic : he was , at least , demonstrating the " usefulness " which a poet might possess in time of war . |
| 9 | However , the problem with contact lenses and glasses is that your eyes can change over time , so it is imperative that problems are sorted out as soon as possible , as it will be difficult to establish whether the fault lies in your eyes or in the lenses . |
| 10 | The post-war history of South Korea shows how the balance of effect can change over time , driven by a coherently evolving logic for economic development , despite major changes of government and military rule . |
| 11 | This is not the case in all countries , however , and the composition of the labour force in a particular export-oriented industry or zone may change over time . |
| 12 | Oxford 's Lord Mayor , Queenie Warley will travel through time to meet Queen Elizabeth the First accompanied by the dancers and musicians . |
| 13 | Science seems to have uncovered a set of laws that , within the limits set by the uncertainty principle , tell us how the universe will develop with time , if we know its state at any one time . |
| 14 | Moreover , for as long as authorities pursued a monetary policy which held the unemployment rate at U 1 , this prediction error will persist over time . |
| 15 | Your daughters ' marriage will come in time . |
| 16 | Most mild ear infections will settle in time without any treatment , but their progress should be monitored and homoeopathic treatment will help them to settle quicker . |
| 17 | The psychiatrist was called Mr Rose and was , as far as Marcus could remember from time to time , medium in height , medium brown in colouring and with a medium tenor voice when he spoke , which was infrequently . |
| 18 | In education , as in other disciplines , bodies of opinion may develop from time to time which present an unusually sharp challenge to accepted wisdom . |
| 19 | The work of the Commission is , however , quite long term and we will not see quick decisions — those caught up in the process may find in time that the cost of conversion to unitary authorities is too prohibitive . |
| 20 | Complexity is added to this simple relationship because the predominant direction of stress along oblique-slip margins may change through time as a consequence of adjustments to the overall direction of plate movement . |
| 21 | While an individual endometriotic implant may change with time , no evidence exists that the disease will inevitably disappear . |
| 22 | If this blob is in a turbulent flow , its distribution will change with time in the way indicated schematically by successive configurations in Fig. 20.5 ( see also Fig. 21.6 ) . |
| 23 | He thinks that day may come in time . |
| 24 | A steady decline in readings should occur over time . |
| 25 | Nor does the evidence of a renewed upsurge of potentially revolutionary protest from below in the immediate pre-war years suggest that this source of their inhibition would fade with time . |
| 26 | The second specialist who had been called in — a man by the name of Adams — had assured Brian that his wife would recover in time , but he did not share his optimism . |
| 27 | In the three-dimensional systems treated in section 2.2 , the strange attractors are locally planar : a small displacement perpendicular to this sheet will decay , as the trajectory returns to the attractor ; a small displacement along the sheet will remain , as a trajectory is effectively pushed forward in time ; and a small lateral displacement will grow in time . |
| 28 | In technical language , we must add to the kinematics a dynamics , an equation of motion which will prescribe how things will evolve with time . |
| 29 | Skills of handling and evaluating evidence can develop over time . |
| 30 | Interest rates may vary from time to time in line with the general level of interest rates . |