Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [vb pp] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shareholders must be given sufficient time to consider the advice before any general meeting held to sanction the offer . |
| 2 | As discussed in this chapter , a number of challenges must be met any time a transformational change is attempted : |
| 3 | The WP test must be made each time the adventurers re-enter this corridor . |
| 4 | All drinking dishes and all food receptacles must be washed each time before their contents are replenished . |
| 5 | And this distinction between an hour as sixty minutes and an hour as a section of complex human experience , is I suppose the distinction one would make between clock time and what might be called existential time , time as it 's humanly experienced . |
| 6 | The decision to enter could be announced any time after completed negotiations and entry could take effect the next weekend , when markets are closed . |
| 7 | ‘ You said you 'd be gone some time ! ’ she charged in self-defence , totally unaware , unlike Travis , that the firelight made a glorious halo of her hair . |
| 8 | Or you might be better sitting down and ordering yourself a drink : the waiter may be gone some time . |
| 9 | HE MAY BE GONE SOME TIME |
| 10 | Mountain View , California-based Drexler Technology Corp says it has informed Sony Corp that it believes Sony infringed its patents with a a new eight-track Dynamic Digital Sound system to be introduced this summer in Columbia Picture 's ‘ Last Action Hero ’ movie : Drexler has two patents on the reading of high density optical data in a strip format and believes the two patents may be infringed each time digital sound from the movie track is played back using the Sony system . |
| 11 | It should be remembered that an offer may be withdrawn any time before acceptance , unless the person making the offer receives something of value to keep the offer open or the offer is made under seal . |
| 12 | It is recommended that LIFESPAN facilities are made unavailable for 30 minutes before a LIFESPAN shut down so that any outstanding transactions may be given sufficient time to complete . |
| 13 | The company may be given more time in which to submit its return under s 118(2) , TMA 1970 , but this must be agreed with the inspector . |
| 14 | After this , he resigned himself more or less to an athletics-oriented existence , taking up the offer of a job in a sports equipment shop , where he would be granted ample time off to compete in meetings and train regularly . |
| 15 | It would be done this time . |
| 16 | I knew this to be true and believed firmly that when the word was given me in 1986 it would be fulfilled some time in the future . |
| 17 | Stephen and he agreed that in view of the value to the island of Crystal Springs ' recruitment plans , the regulations would be waived this time and Michael Stein 's long-term permit would be processed as quickly as possible . |
| 18 | ‘ If you dissemble sometimes your knowledge of that you are thought to know ’ , wrote Francis Bacon , ‘ you shall be thought another time , to know that you know not . ’ |
| 19 | This is not simply a matter of becoming uncomfortably aware that the rapid increase of world population and accelerated industrialization pose a serious threat to the environment both by the massive consumption of finite material resources and by the emission of man-made heat and chemicals into the atmosphere ; a situation dramatically portrayed in a report by the Club of Rome ( Meadows et al. , 1972 ) , subsequently much criticized but now taken more seriously again , which concluded that : ‘ If the present growth trends in world population , industrialization , pollution , food production , and resource depletion continue unchanged , the limits to growth on this planet will be reached some time within the next one hundred years . ’ |
| 20 | An additional administrative charge of £5 per person will be made each time a booking is changed . |
| 21 | The Duchess will be told quite clearly that if news or information gets out publicly in any way she could be fined , for example will be warned that time spent with her children will possibly be curtailed if she does n't tow the line . |
| 22 | You may have recollections of taking a long time to achieve competence in one particular skill , and wonder whether on returning you will be given adequate time to practise and revise . |
| 23 | I am delighted that we will continue that process under my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State in the new Parliament which will be formed some time late next spring or in the summer . |
| 24 | Providing the underlying maths is the same for all systems using the file , the same shape will be reproduced each time . |
| 25 | This requires the user to enter a unique name , together with a valid charge code so that LIFESPAN can determine where to store its copy of the package , and a filename which will be used each time the package is transferred to or from LIFESPAN . |
| 26 | But as May 18th and Denmark 's second referendum on the treaty approach , it seems likely that Maastricht will be approved this time . |
| 27 | Scorecards for the event can be picked up at your golf club and the round can be played any time . |
| 28 | A reunion should cater for all levels of work and it is hoped this can be rectified next time . |
| 29 | The payment in can be made any time after service of the writ or particulars of claim , and should be made at least 21 days before trial if it is to protect the defendant in costs . |
| 30 | In almost all investigations of any size , one investigator can be occupied full time taking statements during the first few days after the accident . |