Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus tree rings are differentiated by the types , density and size of cell laid down at different times of the year ; varves by the gradation in particle size resulting from sedimentation of debris released into rivers and carried to lakes by the annual melt of glaciers ; and ice core layers by differences in dust content and acidity . |
| 2 | Right it is a hundred miles from King 's Lynn to London , the train takes two hours to do the journey the train does not go at a constant speed , it speeds up sometimes and slows down at other times it also stops at stations on the way and on once of course as it , as it 's stopping it 's going more and more slowly and as it 's er moving off again it starts slowly and starts to go quickly but because it takes two hours in all the train goes a hundred miles in two hours we say its average speed for the journey is fifty miles per hour . |
| 3 | Also available from Bisque is the battery-powered , remote-control Bagno-Stat , which allows you to pre-set the towel radiator heater to come on at specific times and maintain required temperatures . |
| 4 | Indeed , many of the postures struck in the 19th century have been carried through to recent times ; the belief , for example , that the educated do not enter business is still widespread , if not endemic in the national consciousness . |
| 5 | The 20th century may have been slow to arrive in Langtoft , but it is all the better for that , and whilst the village has now caught up with modern times , it remains a haven of peace from the mad pace of town and city life . |
| 6 | It was then the moment for old colleagues to catch up on old times . |
| 7 | I want to live — just a few more months , just to have time to catch up on old times . ’ |
| 8 | Where a transfer of value is made by associated operations carried out at different times it shall be treated as made at the time of the last of them . |
| 9 | Further work has now been carried out on these Sections and this report contains proposals for the Control and Collection Sections to enable the recruitment process for Council staff to be carried out in good time . |
| 10 | The review is designed to identify substantive points rather than minor drafting matters and it is essential that it is carried out in sufficient time to enable any major issues to be dealt with . |
| 11 | The USA had no system of social security against the ravages of sickness or unemployment — no " dole " as in Britain , on which people could fall back in bad times . |
| 12 | My face resembled the back of one of those baboons who let it all hang out at mating time . |
| 13 | In the illustration the trial phase is turned on for fixed times and the rate of current rise , and corresponding rotor position , is deduced from the current level attained at the end of the trial . |
| 14 | There was a ‘ Refuge Rota ’ pinned by the house telephone , with six different names filled in for different times in the week . |
| 15 | Er we also had one very large , cumbersome machine which carried things like lighting and breathing apparatus , and heavy lifting gear and all the other bits and pieces of rescue equipment , which came along in slow time , now that has been improved upon no end , and they 've got a very modern equipment now for that , erm er modern in the sense that new , new pieces have come on , cutting equipment with hydraulic jaws which er just slice through the top of a car roof , whereas we had to cut it with a hacksaw perhaps , or , or another metal saw , we , these can be done with just like cutting through cheese . |
| 16 | If the Althusserian mode of production is made up of differential times and histories , ‘ a complex ‘ intersection ’ of the different times , rhythms , turnovers , etc. ’ , then each element can not express the whole because the whole is only accessible as a concept , which is precisely not expressed at all . |
| 17 | Palin may not have travelled much as a young man , but he has now made up for lost time . |
| 18 | Dunne , Chapman 's last attempt to find a successor to Lambert , proved to be past his best , but Drake more than made up for lost time , scoring 42 League goals in 1934–5 , a club record for a single season . |
| 19 | Of course , since his release , he had made up for lost time , becoming quite a wheel in the charity game , but those two years had stayed with him . |
| 20 | The Princess of Wales may not have been quick to learn at school — possibly because her lessons did not interest her much — but she has certainly made up for lost time since her marriage . |
| 21 | Circumstances can arise which are difficult to anticipate ; for example , one site with which the author was involved was situated over a mile from the sea , but part of the site was on ground made up from Elizabethan times and included a harbour wall . |
| 22 | Thirty-nine years after Roy became a schoolboy football star on the front page of the then new comic , Tiger , he is finally bowing out of big time . |
| 23 | The village has an ancient history dating back to Roman times ( the remains of a Roman wall testify to this ) . |
| 24 | Easily Accessible : Mere is an attractive town dating back to Saxon times with pretty stone cottages and fine views of Blackmore Vale from Castle Hill , where once stood a medieval fortification . |
| 25 | A total of 9.4 per cent , equivalent to 33,000 miles , were destroyed during the period 1984-90 , some of them dating back to Anglo-Saxon times . |
| 26 | Dating back to medieval times , Britain 's historic houses are one of our greatest treasures . |
| 27 | Dating back to medieval times , Britain 's historic houses are one of our greatest treasures . |
| 28 | This house dating back to medieval times stands in tranquillity at the end of a long drive . |
| 29 | As a biologist , I agree with Axelrod and Hamilton that many wild animals and plants are engaged in ceaseless games of Prisoner 's Dilemma , played out in evolutionary time . |
| 30 | The solution would involve mediation by the signatories of the protocol , a proposal hitherto rejected by Ecuador [ see p. 38526 ] , whose territorial claim in the oil-rich area dated back to colonial times and extended as far as the Peruvian town of Iquitos . |