Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [verb] [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 Further attempts to relate the incidence of Crohn 's disease to known genetic variation between populations are unlikely to be productive since differences of incidence between ethnic groups are narrowing with time and migration .
4 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 .
5 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 .
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 Undertakings are given from time to time in personal injury cases .
10 Committees are beginning to time their reports to correspond with appropriate business , such as legislation or a planned debate and this ensures greater coverage of their report .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 Intake and despatch is controlled by the operations team who make sure customers orders are scheduled on time .
14 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 .
15 case of the diagnostic tests this model looks reasonably okay , we have n't got erm significant serial correlation , we have n't breached form , we have reasonably normally distributed residuals , right , test for hetero skilasticity that just a test to see whether the residuals are growing over time , right , hetero skilasticity is where we have non constant , non constant variance of our , of our error term right , and very often you , you find that the variance through the residuals , something like that the residuals will look like that , I think , they 're growing systematically over time , right , these are homo skilastic right , and these are hetero skilastic right , residuals and again we would n't want to have a model of hetero skilastic residuals , right , simply because that violates one of the assumptions on which the blue properties are based .
16 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 .
17 ( i ) Management must ensure that the site is well organised and materials are delivered on time .
18 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 .
19 Under revolving facilities ( such as current account overdrafts and credit card facilities ) you may borrow in amounts and at times of your choosing ( subject to an agreed minimum withdrawal in certain cases ) , provided that the balance on your account remains within the agreed limit and that any agreed payments are made on time .
20 Cumulative divisions are plotted against time .
21 To ensure that developments are completed in time , the LDDC grants building licences to developers but retains the title to the site .
22 Doctors are racing against time to try to save the life of a former nurse from South Oxfordshire who desperately needs a lung transplant .
23 Doctors are racing against time to save the life of a former nurse from south Oxfordshire who desperately needs a lung transplant .
24 However , constituency boundaries are changed from time to time .
25 The teams of twenty-six men run individually , and points are awarded for time and accuracy of shooting .
26 POLICE are racing against time to find five stolen canisters of rodent poison so deadly it can not be handled without breathing apparatus .
27 Where fees are based on time charges the effect of programme delay may not influence cash flow , unless the stages at which accounts can be rendered are linked to progress points .
28 As I previously indicated to you , our fees are based on time taken at our appropriate scale rates .
29 The financial criteria are altered from time to time by regulations .
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