Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | By using the moon to time their breeding , the palolo worms ensure that they all spawn simultaneously . |
| 2 | Meals are a good way of suggesting the passage of time in a movie . |
| 3 | There you will see thousands of cars speeding by , each with the driver alone , his head thrown back as he yells the words aloud , her fist slapping the wheel in time to the beat , thousands of silent screams haring up the M1 to get to that meeting on schedule . |
| 4 | Authorities decided the only possible means of completing the transfer on time would be from a proper docking facility and requested the carrier be moved to nearby Glasgow for loading . |
| 5 | integrated team have shown tremendous enthusiasm and commitment in completing the construction to time and money against what sometimes seemed an impossibly challenging programme . ’ |
| 6 | We know that the job has sharpened some of our talents and even given us other , quite new ones ; we experience a number of pleasurable sensations at work — labouring successfully under pressure , completing the job on time , the anticipation of the moment when we can stop . |
| 7 | A construction strike called for the first week of April by Spain 's two largest unions originally dashed hopes of completing the project on time . |
| 8 | Finally , in surveying the role of time in ancient Greece , brief mention must be made of the instruments available for its measurement . |
| 9 | He said , but he said it does n't give us the excuse of not paying the invoices on time , and he said erm I have warned him for it this morning and he said he will process it , and he said the cheque will be in the post here on Monday . |
| 10 | Even phonology seemed worth while now , whispering the sounds of time into the very material that poets used , the vowels jealously mutating , angrily fracturing as consonant groups shifted to their conditioned cues in wild adenoidal ecstasies . |
| 11 | My purpose was to see if I could write a novel with only two characters , preserving the unities of time , place and action ( it all happens in one day in John 's London flat ) , without any cheating through long flashbacks or such devices . |
| 12 | A delicately-painted flower-piece by Ambrosius Bosschaert verging on the trompe-l'oeil with dewy roses , leaves bitten through by insects and a caterpillar symbolising the passing of time will sell for FFr1.5–2 million ; £183,000–244,000 ; $279,000–371,000 ) . |
| 13 | A civilization that never invented the wheel was automatically precluded from inventing the mechanical clock , but in fact neither the sundial nor the water-clock appear to have been developed by the Maya for measuring the passage of time . |
| 14 | Propositions limiting the length of time which politicians could serve in office were adopted in California , Colorado and Kansas . |
| 15 | We need devices for locating the process in time and for indicating its own temporal character . |
| 16 | In antiquity the only mechanical ( or , more strictly speaking , quasi-mechanical ) instruments for recording the passage of time were water-clocks . |
| 17 | Its undeviating accuracy in recording the passage of time to within one twenty-millionth of a second was a joke in a world that still went largely by the leisurely passage of the sun , where stage-coaches left at dawn , noon or sunset . |
| 18 | Another indication that our medieval forebears had very different standards from ours for recording the lapse of time is revealed by the way in which they dated their letters . |
| 19 | Such attacks were reinforcing the pressures on time and space which in a changing economy were restricting the room allowed to traditional recreational forms . |
| 20 | Consequently the two uses of the to infinitive arise from representing the extra-verbal support either as separated from the actualization of what the verb denotes by a lapse of time or as attaining the place in time where this actualization takes place . |
| 21 | The twelve century church is suffering the effects of time . |
| 22 | Even ‘ age ’ can cause problems in areas of the world where birthdays are not celebrated and , indeed , there is often a vague response to any question involving the passage of time . |
| 23 | On the other hand , over-reliance on an open labour market also had disadvantages involving the amount of time taken to recruit extra workers , the need to train new entrants and the possibility that firms may have to bid higher wages to attract labour . |
| 24 | Explained the importance of controlling the use of time and how to analyse it . |
| 25 | Apart from whether or not these exercises are effective ( they are certainly found to be enjoyable and relaxing by many pupils ) , they have given the teacher a secure base from which to work , for the teacher can be very much in charge , dictating the choice of exercise , controlling the length of time for each , selecting the background music where felt to be appropriate or even dictating the moment-to-moment activity within the experience . |
| 26 | He crossed the street , dodging the traffic , reaching the door in time to see a second figure stepping into the elevator . |
| 27 | An association with ‘ urgency ’ has been found when the child passes urine frequently and with great urgency , often not reaching the lavatory in time ( Berg et al . |
| 28 | He said he was afraid the delay over the book had lost him the opportunity of reaching the city in time to take part in any meaningful work , and promised to join the next summer 's dig in June . ’ |
| 29 | The Lassiters followed more circumspectly behind , reaching the stable-yard in time to see the previous year 's corn-dolly being symbolically burnt . |
| 30 | Aggregating this data for all projects indicates the total work load by functions ; staggering the projects in time allows most efficient use of resources . |