Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , although the trend was the same its amplitude varied , and the gap between Areas widened over time . |
| 2 | In addition , the information required to identify perceptual units such as phonemes overlaps in time with information about preceding and following phonemes . |
| 3 | ‘ Widow Or Bust ’ is generally good crack and I found myself giving way to a bit of foot tapping from time to time . |
| 4 | The romantic-lyrical ballad style of twentieth-century Tin Pan Alley clings stubbornly to its role in the representation of gender relations within the norms set by the stereotype of the bourgeois couple , despite attempts made from time to time to move it into new patterns with new meanings . |
| 5 | The index varies considerably in size from year to year , and must have been trimmed to fit the space available ; the number of illustrations fell over time ; and the publisher changed . |
| 6 | Since our model imposes no restrictions on how reservation wages or the effects of variables change over time , we can let the data decide whether each individual has an increasing/decreasing reservation wage , hazard , etc. over time . |
| 7 | In this chapter we shall look at ways of smoothing the edges off the jagged initial appearance of data plotted over time ; we shall look at the observations three at a time , taking seriously the spirit of this somewhat sarcastic remark , to get indications of the trend . |
| 8 | On the assumption that nothing happens to change the relative attractiveness of different methods of borrowing , then we would expect the stock of bills to increase over time . |
| 9 | They have looked at the commission of offences reported over time by a sample of youths in longitudinal surveys . |
| 10 | More often it is necessary to identify their effects from survey data obtained from a panel , or sample of individuals followed over time , or from an interview recording the histories of individuals as they recall them . |
| 11 | Unlike realism , liberal pluralism is not based on a single set of ideas developed over time , but embraces a variety of approaches . |
| 12 | But as time went on and the numbers grew , more organized arrangements had to be made ; and the abbot of Cluny had from time to time to undertake mighty journeys . |
| 13 | But universality would be surprising because not only the context of emergence but also that of the dissemination and use of knowledge varies over time and from social location to social location . |
| 14 | Time series data can be represented graphically in a line diagram of observations plotted against time as horizontal axis , successive points being joined by straight lines . |
| 15 | The cost of credit varies over time . |
| 16 | Such a one is bidden to " preye " " seke " " aske " and " knokke at the dore " in the certainty that " he schal come … and coumforte thy desolate soule " as the Holy Ghost came to the apostles : The book ends with a meditation on the sacrament as the focus for the experience of the transforming energy of God released in time at the Incarnation . |
| 17 | Erm and it 's a bit like timekeeping I mean they they 've got their own system now for evaluating how good they are at time keeping and I think the erm the figure they try and hit is about ninety five percent is n't it of trains arriving on time . |
| 18 | a , Data recording the per cent of lymphocytes damaged over time does not take into account the fact that in the period immediately after radiotherapy , the peripheral lymphocyte count in the majority of patients falls . |
| 19 | My point here is simply that they do go some way to explaining why patterns of co-residence fluctuate over time . |
| 20 | The varying weights of particles retained through time are recorded in the sedimentation balance method ( Sengupta & veenstra , 1968 ; Theide et al. , 1976 ) . |
| 21 | The wealth of scholarship in which the book luxuriates sometimes deflects from the far simpler scientific story ; that seismicity in the different regions of Iran varies through time , and that it is possible , from a complete analysis of the history , to find patterns in this shifting activity . |
| 22 | These evils in the Webbs ' view ‘ completely undermined the old principles of government inherited from time immemorial and embodied in local custom , the Common Law and the Tudor and Stuart legislation ’ ( Webb and Webb 1963:91 ) . |
| 23 | Procedures established to control the level of spending evolve over time to become bidding procedures for the increment . |
| 24 | This has the advantage that , as the level of prices alters over time , the variance of the logarithm of the price relatives is more likely to be stationary than is the variance of the alternatives . |
| 25 | It leads on to one of the basic processes of geographical inquiry , to study the impact of processes occurring over time on different areas . |
| 26 | The constraints are particularly important in the case of council housing , as changes in government financial yardsticks have led to considerable variations in the quality of housing built over time ( Byrne 1976 ) . |
| 27 | What I 've got here is a time series of potato yields over time . |
| 28 | Land was parcelled out to Mohamed Ali 's family and associates and a new , largely Turkish-oriented , class of landowners developed in time , profiting from the growing ties with Europe . |
| 29 | But even within the UK the popularity of bank financing over time has been affected by a variety of factors . |
| 30 | Monitoring of fees earned against time spent is usually a sufficient measure of performance and will provide an incentive to staff , but not all projects run smoothly and allowance must therefore be made for these . |