Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [adv] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( PP must always speak naturally and up to time , otherwise these exercises are useless . ) |
| 2 | Then , if it seems necessary , it is possible to go either backwards or forwards in time during that same lifetime to complete the picture . |
| 3 | We can then move backwards or forwards in time . |
| 4 | Connie 's visions of her past are expertly merged with the present as she moves backwards and forwards in time , following an order of association , not chronology . |
| 5 | According to classical mechanics , in theory you could write down the position and momentum of every single particle in the universe ; you could therefore work out how everything is going backwards and forwards in time , obviously by highly complicated equations , but in theory , everything 's predicted so everything 's totally determined from beginning to end ; but quantum mechanics says that you can never record the momentum and position of everything identically because of the Uncertainty Principle . |
| 6 | Trip backwards and sidewards through time , visit Ireland , the peculiar mix of quaint lost tradition , British influence , agricultural aggression and continental modernism , you can begin to understand how come Geldof is so paranoiac , persecuted , wretched . |
| 7 | Boring Hamish and the horse-resembling Antonia were on the floor , him in a kilt , her still in her white bridal gown , both dancing badly and out of time , but seemingly thoroughly enjoying themselves . |
| 8 | He was n't the prettiest sight you would see on a golf course but , since he always turned up at the practice ground the following morning more or less on time and more or less clean-shaven , it was obvious that he patronised his own circuit of cheap guesthouses . |
| 9 | It seemed to me more and more as time passed that the RAF was bearing all the casualties of this war and that the other Services were taking life easily . |
| 10 | Montagu 's stated intention was to ‘ hold India ’ not by main force but ‘ by just institutions , and more and more as time goes on by the consent of the governed ’ . |
| 11 | But the County Council still has some longer term debt , not external but internally , that is being paid now and not over time , and so the position actually will not change , so long as the Council continues to have more credit approval than it requires to use the new borrowing . |
| 12 | Schools could work forwards or backwards in time ( though it is expected that at all times there will be reference to time-lines , and time-charts , and that attention will be given to the question " when did this happen in the past ? " ) . |
| 13 | Sometimes it is interesting to play speculative games by projecting historical events and characters forward or backward in time in order to view them in the context of a different time or place . |
| 14 | ‘ So my first thought was of a time-space machine ( thanks to H. G. Wells ) in which contemporary characters ( one of whom I wanted to be a 12–13 year old ) would be able to travel forward and backward in time , and inward and outward in space . |
| 15 | What essentially what you need to do how to do is if you wan na be able to work Saturdays we need to be able to prove that in fact pound per , per item of post on a Saturday is cheaper than because the productivity in the week will be lower therefore and even at time and a half , the cost of doing an hour 's overtime for the work you get out in the week is , is less productive than doing double time with what you get out on a Saturday . |