Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , along with other animals our perception of time changes as we age . |
| 2 | Without a sense of rhythm our sense of time is devoid of landmarks . |
| 3 | Indeed , all that remains today of the old inherent rights are the power to control the method of carrying out the functions which Parliament from time to time give to the local authorities and the power to make rules as to the conduct of the meetings of the local authority . |
| 4 | He determined beforehand that he would not mention to Fisher his longing for time to read books . |
| 5 | Certainly , to repeat , the terms " subject " and " object " are not to be taken as carrying with them the Cartesian theory of a subject in the sense of a simple indivisible mental substance whose identity over time is primitive and irreducible . |
| 6 | To test this interpretation , one might suppress the to before the infinitive ; differ would then evoke , not the resulting state , but the operation leading to the result ( i.e. become different ) , an operation whose locus in time coincides with that of make . |
| 7 | Postulating the presence of a generalized person in the infinitive whose position in time as support of the infinitive 's event is either coincident or subsequent to another position of this same person , at which it is often represented as support of some other event , thus leads to a more profound comprehension of the motives underlying the use of to . |