Example sentences of "[verb] on [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I have already noted , some kind of political change goes on at all times , produced by the succession of generations , the rise and fall of dynasties , competition among various social groups , economic and cultural developments , changing external circumstances , and more idiosyncratic factors , which can only be understood fully through detailed historical studies . |
| 2 | Such an approach enables active work to go on at all times , including those when no change of placement is contemplated or during periods of waiting for a suitable placement to become available . |
| 3 | Well I think the consideration and the research has got to go on for some time . |
| 4 | But one matter the Society resisted pronouncing on for some time was the question of its own criteria for membership . |
| 5 | On the one hand , the memorandum of association must qualify the company 's ability to provide surveying services , to the effect that such business must be carried on at all times in accordance with the Rules of Conduct for the time being of the RICS . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But the Westland affair lingered on for some time to come . |
| 8 | And erm that would carry on until such times as when the foreman or whoever would deem them fit to be a squad that could carry out er a heavier job if you want put it that way , where they would progress on to heavier plates etcetera , and do watertight work . |
| 9 | Even though the method described by Braybrook and Powell ( 1980 ) has moved on since this time , it still does not reflect current knowledge of child language . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Contracts of employment were unknown and I remember the gloom at home if Dad announced that the works were going on to short time . |
| 12 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 13 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 14 | I hear his couchée going on for some time . |
| 15 | My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round . |
| 16 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
| 17 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
| 18 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
| 19 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
| 21 | Well you say that International Women 's Day has been going on for some time , but here in Britain what 's known as the Women 's Movement has been in operation now for about , what , twenty one/twenty two years , something like that . |
| 22 | knows what is going on at all times within the department ; |
| 23 | Modern critics were not good at Anglo-Saxon echoes , especially at ones which hung on into modern times in phrases like ‘ mock ’ and ‘ make ’ , ‘ chance ’ and ‘ choice ’ , ‘ bullet ’ and ‘ billet ’ , all mentioned already in this study . |
| 24 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |
| 25 | Twice as large as the Atlantic and getting on for three times the size of the Indian Ocean , it is bigger than all the land surface of the earth , including Antarctica , and with Africa counted twice . |
| 26 | Mum was getting on by this time and her own health was n't excellent , and I moved to Manchester so we could be near the RMCH where they do a vast amount with CF. We hired a retired nurse to act as housekeeper and she did his physio when I was n't there , and between us we managed to keep him going . ’ |
| 27 | How many p people d di did he take on at that time then , when he first took over ? |
| 28 | I hope that as chairman of ICI the contribution that I can make is to be looked upon by people on all levels as someone whose experience they can call on at any time . |
| 29 | Another problem may be that you only have one machine for both recording and playback so that only one of these activities can go on at one time . |
| 30 | An ‘ abstract ’ — a summary of your claim in not more than 150 words — needs to be written for this stage , which may go on for some time . |