Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contract may impose a time limit for notification of claims : The Buyer will inspect the goods as soon after delivery as is reasonably practicable and will notify the seller of any shortages , defects in the goods or any other complaint in respect of them within three days from delivery . |
| 2 | Or , the contract may impose a time limit on bringing proceedings : We will be discharged from all liability arising under this contract unless proceedings are commenced within 12 months from the date of delivery of the goods . |
| 3 | So your watch should tell the time accurately . |
| 4 | The notice to the creditors must state a time and date , not more than four days before the meeting , by when the creditors must lodge their proofs of debt ( Form 6.37 in Sched 4 to the rules , see App C , form 34 ) and , if applicable , proxies , in order to entitle them to vote at the first meeting ( r 6.79(4) ) . |
| 5 | Neil Mantell is already in the front line of the club 's coaching efforts and Hare should waste no time in giving Peter Cook and Gary Rees their call-up papers . |
| 6 | He suggested several ways in which a group such as the Club could reduce the time members have to spend trying to keep up-to-date with the latest developments . |
| 7 | And inside , the rat finds things out — though Christ knows how , no-one in their right mind would pass the time of day with him — and reports back to The Man . ’ |
| 8 | Presumably , the speaker can also assume that , because his hearer knows , approximately , the speaker 's age , the hearer can judge the time ( i.e. forty years before and not ten years before ) of the events described . |
| 9 | I am aware that Carl Bridgewater 's parents must suffer every time this case comes up for review , but they too , surely , must want true justice to prevail . |
| 10 | With a water-clock inside the tower and sundials outside , visitors could observe the time both by day and by night and also when the sky was cloudy as well as when it was clear . |
| 11 | This request for information provides a direction for the conversational fragment , so that we are considering speech with some purpose and not just social chat used to pass the time . |
| 12 | Sir Ralph was dead and the surviving hospitaller would have no time for him . |
| 13 | The aim was to keep them in as long as possible , for without them the people employed to do the menial duties would have no time to relax … |
| 14 | A Guardian stalwart made a telling observation about him : ‘ While Ian Wolldridge might spend hours searching for the good line , Hugh will spend the time searching for the truth ’ — and suddenly I saw McIlvanney almost as if he were a bare-knuckle fighter in one of his brother 's novels . |
| 15 | Rigor mortis was notoriously unreliable , and if he wanted an alibi for himself , Kerrison could shift the time of death by up to an hour without suspicion . |
| 16 | Dr Rafaelo merely said , ‘ Sister Cameron will have no time for fishing , Pablo . |
| 17 | The need to cut operating costs will restrict the time , energy and financial resources available to promote the hotel . |
| 18 | If the required documents are not so served , the court may specify a time limit for providing them , or make such order as it thinks fit , including dispensing with the requirements or staying proceedings . |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman must use the time available to him in the normal way to debate that matter . |
| 20 | Before making such statements , the hon. Gentleman should take the time and trouble to read the Further and Higher Education Bill that is going through another place . |
| 21 | It is doubtful however that many librarians outside language teaching institutions or areas with serious literacy problems will find the time or the need to consult them . |
| 22 | It were n't fair that one woman should fall every time her husband used her , while another never fell at all . |
| 23 | If the files are on computer then the printout should indicate the time that has elapsed since the last time entry on the file . |
| 24 | A is the cost and B is that these suggestions could cause a time delay in of course the implementation of the scheme . |
| 25 | This fire officer , however , refused to allow the use of a sizeable proportion of the props , around which the entire show was structured ; and , although the Prince and Princess of Wales were arriving in one and a half hours ' time along with five Cabinet ministers , and the cast would have no time to rehearse without the props they relied upon , he was not to be budged . |
| 26 | All such offers of Shares shall be made by notice in writing and every such offer shall limit a time ( not being less than twenty-one days or more than forty-two days ) within which the offer must be accepted or , in default , will be deemed to have been declined . |
| 27 | All such offers of Shares shall be made by notice in writing and every such offer shall limit a time ( not being less than twenty-one days or more than forty-two days ) within which the offer must be accepted or , in default , will be deemed to have been declined . |
| 28 | For all her life , Beth would cherish the time they had had together , and she would always regret their parting , and yet , and yet , he was a scoundrel of the worst kind . |
| 29 | Sensible planning and co-operation will minimise the time spent away from the ward ; for example , sessions in the school from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. make ward teaching difficult . |
| 30 | Very few people will have the time and desire to follow up more than a small number of the leads that are referenced ; and those who do will usually be aware of the older literature , in any case . |