Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun sg] [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 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Propositions limiting the length of time which politicians could serve in office were adopted in California , Colorado and Kansas . |
| 12 | We need devices for locating the process in time and for indicating its own temporal character . |
| 13 | In antiquity the only mechanical ( or , more strictly speaking , quasi-mechanical ) instruments for recording the passage of time were water-clocks . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Explained the importance of controlling the use of time and how to analyse it . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He crossed the street , dodging the traffic , reaching the door in time to see a second figure stepping into the elevator . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | The Lassiters followed more circumspectly behind , reaching the stable-yard in time to see the previous year 's corn-dolly being symbolically burnt . |
| 25 | It would be gratifying if the question of the project 's ability to delay institutional care could be approached simply by comparing the length of time spent at home following referral to the psychiatric services by control and action sample clients . |
| 26 | Redefining the concept of time |
| 27 | Today , though many of these quintas have disappeared , most of those in existence are still in use as family homes , some have been restored by the Regional Government and others are awaiting the fate of time . |
| 28 | It was only a short distance off the Pan-Americana , all grey mud dust , the outer walls towering so thick , so solid , that , after the better part of a millennium , they were still standing eight or nine metres high , only the ramparts showing the erosion of time . |
| 29 | What alternative ways can you suggest for introducing the concept of time ? |
| 30 | Introducing the perspective of time also requires us to consider an individual 's ‘ lifetime ’ , and how the lives of specific individuals are woven together over the lifespan of each . |