Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj] [noun sg] time " in BNC.

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1 It has been reported that the addition of minute amounts of phosphatidylcholines normalised the short nucleation time of bile from patients with cholesterol gall stones while having only a minimal effect on the cholesterol saturation index .
2 USL , which has shipped DCE-competitive Open Network Computing technology as part of Unix since 1989 , says its future ONC releases will include the Netwise Run Time Library at no additional charge .
3 And Dearle claimed that in addition to the small scale of their work and the inexperience of their members , the committees also suffered from a difficulty in gaining the support of employers , especially in persuading them to grant the young worker time off for further education .
4 Green has a go at Stevie Wonder 's ‘ I Do n't Know Why I Love You ’ ( ‘ not as hysterical as the original ’ ) and he used the spare studio time at the end of the session to knock off a couple of singles for himself .
5 Muir , whose company has been involved in major retail construction projects throughout Scotland for eight years , said that the method was perhaps rather unorthodox , but was highly successful in keeping the overall contract time up to scratch because of the earlier unforeseen delays caused by the original steel fabricating company going into receivership .
6 Crude analysis — The crude percentage of patients whose ulcers had relapsed was also calculated to allow a comparison with some previously published trials , although it sould be stressed that this method underestimates the true relapse time .
7 Your ticket package will show the planned departure time ; turn up for this .
8 For the remaining answers , the ‘ Result Sheet ’ , also in the appendix , was used to help calculate the mean reaction time for Yes and mean reaction time for No answers .
9 Also , by separating the simple reaction time we see that reaction time increases steadily as the amount of discrimination required increases .
10 Another assumption made by Marx throughout his work is that higher technology increases the total leisure time available .
11 However , Mar delayed in an attempt to raise more men , which allowed the British government time to build up concentrations of its own troops and collect reinforcements from its foreign allies .
12 Mr Abalkin rejected this as too slow ; instead of giving the old system time to adjust , it would allow ‘ opposing forces time to consolidate ’ .
13 Since , however , there are legitimate reasons for certain categories of material taking longer than others to be delivered , it would be pointless simply to calculate the mean delivery time for all requests .
14 In 24 hour pH recording the total reflux time was abnormal at follow up in four of 14 patients , including three with defective fundic wrap ( Fig 5 ) .
15 One hit was scored against Scharnhorst , but both ships hit the old liner time and time again and 14 minutes after the first shot , it was all over .
16 Ideally , the file designer will aim to reduce the time taken to reference this index ; however , when it exceeds a certain threshold value described earlier , a master index , which has one entry for each track of the cylinder index , can be created to reduce the total search time as described above .
17 Similarly a tail wind component of 30 kts would require the still air time of 1 minute to be reduced by 30 seconds .
18 The higher-level index will point directly to the required track of the lower-level index , so this will also require the minimum search time .
19 Preoperative radiotherapy did not prolong the median survival time .
20 However , it doubles the minimum run time , and so will not help in some cases .
21 He said between December 1 last year and March 3 this year the Barnard Castle and Middleton-in-Teesdale ambulance stations had attended 145 jobs , of which only three exceeded the national response time requirement of 19 minutes .
22 But the dark grey eyes were smouldering as they dropped briefly from the stormy curve of her mouth to her body , scantily clad in garments that were casual in the extreme , her favourite faded denim shorts cut from an old pair of jeans , and the little white cotton bustier into which she had changed on her return from work , planning to spend the humid twilight time out on her balcony before preparing to attend a local record company 's promotion party .
23 Not only does the 24-hour delivery time achieved week in week out put most publishers to shame , but if it were not for their buyers ' notes and regular representative visits , we as a small bookshop all too often ignored by publishers — The Bookseller apart , whose efforts are also appreciated — would not be made aware of new titles and promotions .
24 There is a ⅓ chance that the desired record is on the centre track , and this brings the average search time to ( 7/6 ) R ( or ( 10/6 ) R where the track start has to be located ) .
25 The nation 's foreign policy remained highly personal , with Downing Street bypassing the Foreign Office time and again .
26 The right wing carries the early finish time on the left and the late finish time on the right .
27 The right wing carries the early finish time on the left and the late finish time on the right .
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