Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] [conj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , says Bevan , the solution to many of the problems that lead to time-wasting — especially in regard to scrummaging — does n't lie in creating new laws , but in applying the existing ones with more vigour : ‘ There is a lot of talk about collapsed scrums and time wasting . |
| 2 | International referee Derek Bevan , though , doubts the need for a change in the laws : ‘ There is a lot of talk about collapsed scrums and time wasting . |
| 3 | ‘ There seems no objection to Premier League clubs switching games to all sorts of strange days and times , ’ said Mr Corfe . |
| 4 | No use must be made of specific dates or times in any build instructions . |
| 5 | This combination of wet heat and time is extremely effective for disinfection . |
| 6 | Newman explains that LET works with big practices of commercial architects because time and time again they come up with the goods , on budget , on time and with none of the tantrums of the prima donna . |
| 7 | It made a number of recommendations for a more disciplined and concerted pre-trial regime , suggesting that a defendant should be given credit for a guilty plea , particularly where there is saving of public expenditure and time , and that there should be a more vigorous policy on credit for pleas of guilty either by way of reduction of length of custodial sentence or the passing of some alternative to custody . |
| 8 | The number of serious accidents and time lost through injuries were reduced significantly . |
| 9 | The Effects of Serial Position and Time Delay on Recall |
| 10 | In the late " thirties , relics of previous lives and times were preserved in dignity and absolute uselessness . |
| 11 | Though Jean 's resignation will be officially recognised at the next Annual General Meeting , we would like to be first in recording our grateful thanks for the tremendous amount of hard work and time which she has given to the Society during her years in office . |
| 12 | Further aspects of the interaction of calendrical reckoning and time deixis arise when we consider complex time adverbials like last Monday , next year , or this afternoon . |
| 13 | At Sheffield Park Garden we have always considered time spent in the production of good compost as time well spent . |
| 14 | There was no relation between the rate of complicated appendicitis and time of presentation ( six ( 7% ) patients presenting between midnight and 6 am had complicated appendicitis , 13 ( 11% ) presenting between 6 am and noon , 33 ( 17% ) presenting between noon and 6 pm , and 21 ( 11% ) presenting between 6 pm and midnight ) or time of operation . |
| 15 | Our study shows an increased proportion of unnecessary operations among patients presenting in the early hours but no relation between the proportion of complicated appendicitis and time of presentation . |
| 16 | Please see the diary at the front of this brochure for exact dates and times |
| 17 | Please see the diary at the front of this brochure for exact dates and times |
| 18 | Please see the diary at the front of this brochure for exact dates and times |
| 19 | It is aimed at US tourists who want a winter sun break with safe food and time on the beach . |
| 20 | Also , blotting paper is fairly costly to buy so it is much more economical to use it for pressing time and time again . |
| 21 | To write a novel is to conduct imaginary personages through imaginary space and time in a way that will be simultaneously interesting , perhaps amusing , surprising yet convincing , representative or significant in a more than merely personal , private sense . |
| 22 | A single comment by an official or letter to the newspaper may have reflected the perspective of the writer more accurately than reality , but when hundreds of such comments from different districts and time periods are examined , chronological and geographical patterns may be discerned . |
| 23 | The liberal democratic state simply mirrors the patterns of the relations between the dominant and dominated groups , and hence in different countries or time periods it may be capitalist , meritocratic , racist or sexist . |
| 24 | This specificity and complexity often robs general discussions of nationalism of much sense — the concept is not just a chameleon , but a different creature altogether in different contexts and times . |
| 25 | Is there not something fundamentally unnatural and unhealthy about a form of art whieh suspends the reader 's awareness of his own existence in real space and time ? |
| 26 | On the positive side , I would argue that these devices may make it easier to withstand setbacks , to hold on to a belief in ultimate victory when times are hard , because they all underline the continuities of racial oppression . |
| 27 | Human beings can hear or see or feel ‘ noisy ’ signals in particular places and times and use their expectations about the ‘ there and then ’ into a perception of what signals mean . |
| 28 | Gaining space in local newspapers and time on local radio . |
| 29 | Thus for example the questions about domestic routines and husband 's participation in the division of labour were geared to specific activities and time periods rather than to the more attitudinal or normative dimension of who ‘ usually ’ does what at what time . |
| 30 | Displaying a throwing arm reminiscent of Babe Ruth , he led the block into battle knowing instinctively the line between harmless frivolity and time to stand on his dignity . |