Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] from the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is no easy task when it is aimed at an entire work force and when the normal reading habits of the employees may range from The Times at one end to The Sun at the other . |
| 2 | The West ‘ gave us hours to survive , then days , then weeks and now they give us seasons , but they should learn from the time that has elapsed already ’ , he said . |
| 3 | I 'll start from the time that darkness came on . |
| 4 | It would seem that its priority would date from the time of such amendment . |
| 5 | This is a convenient practice as it avoids the need , for example , for speculation as to how the injured person 's condition will develop from the time of the initial injury or for speculation as to what his financial loss up to the date of trial at least will be . |
| 6 | Some of this evidence will derive from the time of the event , some of it will appear in a standard text book , or a more specialised monograph ( see Analytical Reading , p. 10 ) . |
| 7 | In the words of Stuart Eizenstat , Jimmy Carter 's domestic policy chief , ‘ One can trace from the time of the New Deal through the early and mid-parts of the Nixon administration , a clear , gradual , perceptible increase in presidential power relative to the legislative branch . |