Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A commonly held example of such an error comes not from neuroscience but from genetics , where for a long time there was a rather simple-minded assumption that the physiology and behaviour of an organism ( its phenotype ) could be arbitrarily divided into two components , one given by the genes , the other by the environment . |
| 2 | Eleven weeks before the opening of the British Empire Exhibition ( where for the first time the King 's speech was transmitted by wireless to every part of the country and many parts of the British Empire ) , the house with every item in place was ready to be presented to both the Queen and the public . |
| 3 | New light on an Old Master is illuminated indeed , and it 's what you will find at Canada House Gallery where for the first time , an almost forgotten body of work by Henri Matisse , relating to his fascination with the Canadian Inuit , has been mounted together with much original source material in the way of Inuit masks , photographs and books which the artist studied . |
| 4 | Using drugs can be dangerous , especially when they 're taken in excess or for a long time , or in the wrong combinations . |
| 5 | Right , so that 's a brief gallop the the various issues in the short stories , does anyone want to er , speak now , or for a long time , hold your peace . |
| 6 | The other factor that was related to assessments of quality of life was whether people had been in a residential home for a year or more or for a shorter time . |
| 7 | The House of Lords , not for the first or for the last time , held that ‘ determination ’ should not be construed as including everything which purported to be a determination but was not , and so the court was not precluded from deciding that the order of the Commission was a nullity . |
| 8 | At or about the same time as the 2D was announced , Philips unveiled the PL lamp . |
| 9 | at the time of entering into the Contract with the Carrier the Trader declares to the Carrier a special interest in delivery in the case of loss or damage or of an agreed time limit being exceeded and agrees to pay a surcharge calculated on the amount of that interest , and |
| 10 | Second , only rarely would a coin have been lost at or near the same time when it was made ; we must bear in mind how long a particular type of coin is likely to have stayed in circulation . |
| 11 | You can help by arriving either on time or with a little time to spare . |
| 12 | On attaining majority , or within a reasonable time thereafter , an infant may ratify a contract which is otherwise unenforceable against him or voidable at his option , and he can do this by unilateral act . |
| 13 | A prominent Irish paddler , who shall remain nameless , was wont to drop a 50p or £1 coin on the pontoon on his arrival , thus ensuring a hefty shove in the appropriate direction , at or before the appropriate time ! |
| 14 | A chases B. When B is caught , s/he freezes , eyes closed , counts to 5 , then chases A. The game continues for as long as you want — or to a pre-set time limit , or when somebody is caught three times , for example . |
| 15 | After a while , though , I started receiving letters from her , and on Sunday evenings my Pop would take me to the phone booth , where at a prearranged time I would ring a phone booth in Scotland and talk to her for 3 minutes . |
| 16 | A late election will also be acceptable where at a crucial time one of the signatories or a signatory 's agent was unavailable for unforeseeable reasons ( such as a serious illness ) and there was no one else who could reasonably be expected to stand in the agent 's shoes . |
| 17 | That is because it is an area where Marx and Engels , misled by Morgan , went most wrong , yet where at the same time they made the best use of anthropology . |
| 18 | A widespread factor is found where real or suggested expertise is involved in a transaction and where at the same time it may be assumed that the customer is ignorant about what it is he is paying for . |
| 19 | Such a debt or liability is deemed valuable consideration whether the bill is payable on demand or at a future time . |
| 20 | Vodafone Group Plc 's Vodata Ltd has launched a facsimile broadcast service , Vodafax Broadcast : users load information onto a personal computer or facsimile machine and send it to their unique number : information is automatically distributed to a predefined list of recipients , either immediately or at a pre-set time ; there is a £25 connection charge , a £10 monthly charge for the first distribution list and a £5 monthly charge for subsequent lists ; distribution costs from 10p to 14p per minute per recipient . |
| 21 | If you travel on a flight from another airport or at a different time , or on a different day , a flight supplement is often payable . |
| 22 | Because the , we ca n't put all of you into , that 're doing advocacy into one small group session , you may find yourselves with a different tutor , or at a different time , to when you would normally have your small group session . |
| 23 | It may have had a different meaning in a different place ( e.g. " cot " means a child 's bed in British English , but also a bed for adults in Indian English ) , or at a different time ( e.g. " gentle " used to carry the meaning of " upper class " , as in " gentry " , but which now can be used as an approving description — something like " sensitive " — of anyone 's character ) . |
| 24 | When she had stopped the car and climbed out , she wondered for a moment whether she had come on the wrong day or at the wrong time , though she was sure she had not . |
| 25 | Moreover , the two aspects of the debate were not always synchronised in the same people or at the same time . |
| 26 | It is vital for the young cuckoo to hatch either before , or at the same time as , its nest mates . |
| 27 | Thus a man who could have done all sorts of good things is rendered useless ; and the same sort of outcome could follow in a case involving not one but two men , or a hundred or more , or even a whole branch of a family ( progenies ) or at the same time a whole province — if you 're not very careful ! " ( c. 31 ) |
| 28 | Time is appropriate where the child is required to do something at or by a particular time . |
| 29 | The railway is solely operated by volunteers , except for a full time manager , and deputy manager and two seasonal shop assistants . |
| 30 | ‘ I have to play with pain-killing injections and I 'm not able to train except for a short time doing set-pieces on a Friday . ’ |