Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [vb pp] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ An ’ the bastard even went on to confirm that the bombs are set on time fuses , just sufficient to allow him an' his staff to escape , but not enough to allow them to be de-activated , or to evacuate the ordinary members from the building … an' most of them are just kids . ’ |
| 2 | The group hope to leave Britain on February 20 if the necessary visas are received in time . |
| 3 | Given that cohort size is reduced both by syntactic and semantic context and by incoming sensory information , it is necessary to decide how these two influences are co-ordinated in time . |
| 4 | That I could put no name to it made it all the more tantalizing , like a song when only the tune remains and the words are lost by time . |
| 5 | To start with , we shall assume that the same sample of subjects is observed at times T ; and T 2 . |
| 6 | Thus , the concept of career is essential to an understanding of the impact of ageing on the experience of long-term disability as it allows consideration of how people 's subjective experiences are shaped over time . |
| 7 | Yes , the Government are insisting that the bills are paid on time when the work has been done , and that that should flow through the system from the main contractors to the sub-contractor . |
| 8 | Such usage will invariably absorb some of the buffer stock unless planned deliveries are made on time . |
| 9 | Prisoners-of-war , wandering free men , peasants and natives were mobilized from time to time into detachments of foreign servicemen ( Litva ) or cossacks , and there were service gentry from European Russia stationed in the region for periods of several years . |
| 10 | These authors considered that the antiplatelet action observed was unrelated to effects on glycaemic control as the two effects were dissociated in time ( Poari et al , 1979 ) . |
| 11 | And the framework people use to make sense of their experiences is developed over time and so has strong connections with the past . |
| 12 | Undertakings are given from time to time in personal injury cases . |
| 13 | Many were , indeed , buried during the Hannibalic War or the civil wars after 49BC , when much of the fighting took place in Italy , but many other hoards were buried at times during the first century BC when there was no fighting there . |
| 14 | The voices of churchmen were heard from time to time , perhaps frequently , complaining of the enslavement of Christians , or of the treatment of slaves ; but there was no radical attack on the institution as such . |
| 15 | Although a handful of poems were written in times of solitude or loneliness , the great bulk of her poetry was written for Freemantle or for other friends . |
| 16 | The number of incorporated counts was plotted against time for both mutant ( Eco K ts-1 ) and wild type endonuclease . |
| 17 | In the autoshaping procedure , pigeons are confronted from time to time with presentations of an illuminated disc ( a response key ) signalling the delivery of food . |
| 18 | Figure 3.10 Sounds are shown visually by sonograms , which illustrate the frequencies of sounds being made through time . |
| 19 | A number of reconstructions were made from time to time , especially under Julius Caesar and Augustus . |
| 20 | Or where the subject is unknown or irrelevant as in , ‘ the book was printed in 1991 ’ or ‘ the goods were delivered on time ’ . |
| 21 | Plagues were experienced from time to time , particularly where people were crowded together in places like London , which suffered the Great Plague in 1665 , followed by the Great Fire in 1666 , which the Roman Catholics on the Continent declared was a punishment for the beheading of King Charles I. In the event , the Great Fire enabled King Charles II , who took control in September 1666 , to arrange the clearance of the fire devastated area and to rebuild the City of London with Christopher Wren in charge of the plan , so that the mass of narrow streets were replaced , to a great extent , by wider , straighter roads , with some magnificent building , including St. Paul 's Cathedral . |
| 22 | However , we do need to recognize that the staffing requirements are there , making sure that the assessments are done on time , and that people are discharged from hospital . |
| 23 | Intake and despatch is controlled by the operations team who make sure customers orders are scheduled on time . |
| 24 | Interest rates are adjusted from time to time to reflect market conditions , and will be chosen to balance long-term inflows of deposits with the demand for loans : higher interest rates attracting more deposits and reducing the demand for loans . |
| 25 | ‘ All normal programmes were cancelled and brief announcements were made from time to time , interspersed with solemn music , ’ recalls Jean Williams , of Noel 's Court , Catterick Village . |
| 26 | Compared with Maud she was too tall and thin , and her mouth was too wide , but she had a simple grace which remained in his memory long after her features were blurred by time . |
| 27 | Although there were no significant differences in the global left ventricular ejection fractions whether patients were treated early or in the third hour , when the global left ventricular ejection fraction measured in these patients was plotted against time and a regression analysis performed , the delay in treatment was significantly related to the global ejection fraction , i.e. the longer the delay to treatment the lower the global ejection fraction . |
| 28 | These themes are dealt with time and time again , but the possibility that they may be irrelevant , or that unique cultural , social or ecological facts are more important , is left open . |
| 29 | ( i ) Management must ensure that the site is well organised and materials are delivered on time . |
| 30 | Increased productivity is equally the responsibility of management , who must ensure that materials , plant and scaffolding are available and in the right location , adequate instructions are given on time , the work place is prepared and the programme of work for other trades correlated and integrated . |