Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the commitment to religion was stressed from time to time , often in response to the charge of militarism , the CLB always seemed to emphasize matters of social discipline and conformity . |
| 2 | In spite of a fatal accident inquiry into the Bellgrove accident , no action was taken in time to prevent Newton , it was alleged . |
| 3 | In other words , the demands on the state in its capacity as the focus of the system 's legitimacy were increasing over time . |
| 4 | Thus the Sabbath laws had not been violated and work was completed on time . |
| 5 | As it was , no one thought the universe was changing with time until 1929 , when Edwin Hubble discovered that distant galaxies are moving away from us . |
| 6 | Henry 's only plan at this moment was to play for time . |
| 7 | The fact that the job was completed on time , without disrupting service levels , says a lot for the stamina , resilience and sheer hard graft of all concerned . |
| 8 | The typescript was delivered on time , perhaps a little early . |
| 9 | He was initially sentenced to three months in jail ; the period was renewed from time to time until 1672 . |
| 10 | In India , army officers in the Company 's service were advanced by time promotion , mitigated in some degree by considerations of evident merit , and commissions were not openly bought and sold as they were in the British army . |
| 11 | Translations in ‘ latin ’ languages like Spanish and Italian were completed in time for the promulgation of the test by the Holy Father on December 7th last year . |
| 12 | She said : ‘ Our initial horror and disbelief at what happened on that day was replaced over time by the realisation that that day heralded the start of the British Government 's Shoot-to-Kill policy in Northern Ireland ’ . |
| 13 | No new members of the board were elected , though the odd family friend was co-opted from time to time . |
| 14 | ‘ With essentially the same workforce , the turnover this time was £8m and the additional facility was completed on time and to budget . |
| 15 | In order to prevent the seasons getting out of phase , a thirteenth month was inserted from time to time , but there was no regular system for the intercalation of this additional month until the fifth century BC , when seven of these months began to be inserted at fixed intervals in a cycle of nineteen years . |
| 16 | Amy failed to monitor someone 's blood-pressure adequately and it was only because Kathleen bothered to check that a potentially life-threatening internal haemorrhage was detected in time . |
| 17 | This will was completed in time for the sale period which began on Boxing Day . |
| 18 | The oesophageal pH and refluxed activity from each subject was plotted against time , and a typical trace is shown in Figure 3 . |
| 19 | Around 650 responses of this kind were received in time to be included in the analysis . |
| 20 | They are adjusted so that if the project were completed on time to specification the contractor would realize a reasonable profit . |
| 21 | Cirrhosis was of alcoholic origin in 62% of the cases and the distribution according to the Child-Pugh classification was 23% , 45% , and 32% respectively for classes A , B , and C. A complete history was always obtained ( with the family and the general practitioner if the patient was unable to collaborate ) ; physica examination and laboratory analysis were performed at time zero of the index bleed . |
| 22 | Lyell saw each biogeographical province as a ‘ centre of creation ’ where new species typical of that province were created from time to time , spreading out from the centre to occupy as much territory as they could . |
| 23 | They would ask me how the training was going from time to time and this interest spurred me on . |
| 24 | Some of this exuberance was tempered in time by a greater appreciation of just how much of the world economy would have to be rebuilt after the war , and of the range of obstacles which stood in the way of the realization of the dream of " unhampered trade " . |
| 25 | The restoration and re-furbishing were completed in time for a great service of re-hallowing on 27th July . |
| 26 | If the case did concern a public function , the court would have to decide whether the applicant had sufficient standing , whether the case was brought in time , and whether the case was a hopeless , frivolous , or vexatious one . |
| 27 | At least 20 crypts were microdissected from each specimen , and the number of arrested metaphases per crypt was plotted against time from vincristine administration . |
| 28 | As a result , the whole contract was completed on time and opened on schedule this week , less than a year after work on the site began . |
| 29 | So persuasive have Baudrillard 's perceptions become that the 1988 US Presidential election was described by TIME magazine in his terms . |
| 30 | While a few policemen tried to the bitter end to avoid conversation with the field-worker , sufficient rapport was established over time for the majority to talk quite openly to her about what are highly sensitive and controversial topics in a Northern Ireland context . |