Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] time " in BNC.

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1 Until the mid or even the late 1950s these comparisons were made mainly in a discrete way in the belief that advantages shifted from time to time between one country and another [ Postan , 1967 ] .
2 Defining what the user expects and wants from a service however is complicated by the fact that perceptions change over time , according to where people are in relation to the system .
3 ‘ It 's awful when you lose a pet , but do n't forget that Brownies smile in time of trouble , and that 's just when the smile is most needed .
4 The demands arise from the particular tasks that lexicographers undertake from time to time , and are predictable only in overall terms .
5 The concept of a profession is , as we have seen , based upon claims to specialised knowledge and skills developed over time through training .
6 He ensures that deliveries are punctual and accounts paid on time .
7 Problems of classification remain especially with poets whose circumstances and allegiances changed over time .
8 Such matches and mismatches change over time , and so therefore does the use of the argument , and subjects which were previously regarded as vocational even if only in relation to a teaching career — are now justified on general grounds .
9 The analysis and valuation of a claim often requires a very thorough knowledge of labour , plant and materials use with time .
10 Details and prices correct at time of going to press .
11 An evening with a breeze ; I could see movement in the bracken that edged the track , and cloud-shadows moved from time to time over the sea-pinks .
12 But doctors and nurses do from time to time brush aside the protests of aged , dying or mentally affected patients .
13 all languages and dialects change over time ;
14 Why have penal ideas and practices altered over time in the West in the ways described in the ‘ Schools of Penal Thought ’ section of the previous chapter ?
15 When memories fade with time
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