Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] time [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The immensity of geological time entitles us to postulate more improbable coincidences than a court of law would allow but , even so , there are limits . |
| 2 | He increased his speed until he was running flat out , buying a few seconds of precious time to allow him to find a good defence position . |
| 3 | An animal 's pace of life is known as its rate of physiological time to distinguish it from the natural rhythms of time which all animals share . |
| 4 | Someone sent somebody out to kill two hens ; a local gentleman , knowing the lie of the land , sent his servant to the inn with rum and sugar and an apology for not knowing of their arrival in sufficient time to put them up , and he had to leave for Inverness at the crack of dawn ; Boswell still had some bread despite the amount he had doled out to the Macraes . |
| 5 | Article 20 of the Brussels Convention provides that where a defendant domiciled in one Contracting State is sued in a court of another Contracting State the court shall stay the proceedings so long as it is not shown that the defendant has been able to receive the document instituting the proceedings or an equivalent document in sufficient time to enable him to arrange for his defence , or that all necessary steps have been taken to this end . |
| 6 | A default judgment must , however , not be recognised if the defendant was not duly served with the document which instituted the proceedings or with an equivalent document in sufficient time to enable him to arrange for his defence . |
| 7 | Copies of the application must be sent to the official receiver in sufficient time to enable him to attend the hearing of the application . |