Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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1 | Public examination statistics have regularly been collected although difficulties of establishing comparability over time , and across different examination boards and subjects , have reduced their usefulness for assessing the performance of the education system as a whole . |
2 | It 's not easy if titles run out just before Christmas , and there is no chance of getting replenishment in time . ’ |
3 | She felt the fire inside her begin to burn again and she pushed the door wide open , her mouth ready to frame a few well-chosen words on the importance of finishing jobs on time . |
4 | There clearly are standard systems for locating points in time and space . |
5 | ‘ We also take in paying guests from time to time , ’ said Ernest awkwardly . |
6 | ( Later the bill was amended to provide that the Secretary of State would be prohibited from prescribing periods of time or proportions of school timetables to be allocated to programmes of study : see now ERA 1988 , section 4(3) . ) |
7 | He 's meticulous in attending meetings on time . |
8 | One particular difficulty in assessing change over time is that any differences between the two assessments will be influenced by a host of ex-traneous factors which may either conceal or exaggerate the real changes in the child 's language . |
9 | Gloucester , never one for words , spoke little for the remainder of the journey , his mind and energies set on reaching London in time . |
10 | Negotiations on the convention were scheduled to begin in February 1991 , with a view to reaching agreement in time for the 1992 environment and development conference in Brazil . |
11 | In cases where there have been failures to make applications to licensing courts in time for them to be heard at statutory sittings , the Court of Session has been petitioned for directions , in virtue of its nobile officium , to licensing courts to hold special sittings to deal with non-timeous applications . |
12 | The project is consequently attempting to use other data for assessing change over time . |
13 | He has also emphasised CSE 's industry reputation for delivering work on time . |
14 | In order to counter the effects of this drop in trade and profitability , and at the same time ensure a successful and profitable year in 1992 , companies within the hotel and catering industry should now be looking at making savings in time and money , while at the same time improving their service to the customer . |
15 | The study of equilibrium growth paths , on the other hand , takes as given that investment and full employment savings are equal , and proceeds typically by analysing development over time in terms of the behaviour of savings . |