Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [prep] a time " in BNC.

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1 The VPP500 system features a series of 1.6 GigaFLOPS vector processors , in parallel configurations of from seven to 222 , offering performances of 11.2 to 355 GFLOPS — the nodes can be added one at a time .
2 If anaphors were to be resolved one at a time and left to right , nothing would yet have been done about ‘ him ’ , so the configurational contribution would be missed and reasoning would be inevitable .
3 This suggested they had been attacked one at a time , and taken by surprise , which reinforced the verdict that two and not four men were involved .
4 If , unusually , there is no time pressure , the targets can be approached one at a time in order of their relative attractiveness .
5 Their views are readily recognizable in a world where the fuss about the Turin Shroud has reminded us of a time when high hopes and claims of miracle were commonly attached to pieces of the true cross or heads of John the Baptist , where much Christian literature promises believers great success in life if only they have enough faith in God , and where men and women of political power still try to have God and his Church on their side , and to use their authority to enhance their own .
6 If half the records on a track have to be moved one at a time , and a device revolution is required for each movement , additions can take a great deal of time .
7 He had pressed her to marry him , though he was considerably older than she was , and she had accepted him at a time of great emotional exhaustion .
8 Beechams Pills could be bought one at a time in a spill for a penny .
9 This is unavoidable , but it means that you may get the impression that they are also used one at a time .
10 Now tell me what what you 've got one at a time , starting at this end .
11 These are then interpreted one at a time , on a rule of thumb basis .
12 But I had bought mine at a time when I 'd luckily accumulated some nice big fees , and she is just what I need , in every way .
13 London Transport held very strong views in favour of standardization , so when in 1936 , the ex-Croydon cars were due for an annual overhaul and relicensing , they were withdrawn one at a time and replaced by E/1 Class cars between October 1936 and January 1937 .
14 For this reason , cards should be exchanged one at a time and with some care .
15 The remedy may change , or in acute injuries more than one remedy may be required , but in classical homoeopathy the remedies are administered one at a time and not as a mixture .
16 CLE-1 , however , always imposes strong preferences , because of the way that reference candidates are tried one at a time in a depth-first fashion , with backtracking to the next candidate taking place when , and only when , the logical form involving the current one is deemed implausible .
17 Consequently , Nos. 1–16 were removed one at a time to Sutton depôt , where the track brake gear was removed and fitted to 36–43 , which took their place at Penge depôt .
18 To discharge the node , added electrons must be removed one at a time , which needs a definite voltage change .
19 a series of instructions which would normally be issued one at a time on the keyboard to control a program .
20 In the following text pages , each step is taken one at a time and ‘ what happened ’ and why is detailed .
21 These factors will be taken one at a time , and the scientist will set up experiments to test them .
22 He then provided : ‘ I wish whatever legacies I have left to be paid by you , my dear son , and if any debt shall emerge , if I had borrowed anything for a time and shall owe it , I wish it to be paid by you , so that what I have left your sister may pass to her undiminished . ’
23 It goes to the root of the Positivist idea that hypotheses can be tested one at a time by comparing their implications with objective , neutral facts of experience .
24 Second , so many features of our own constitutional practices are debated one at a time in just this way , that it is implausible to claim conventionalism as a good interpretation of the process by which our legal culture shifts and develops over time .
25 In reality , however , even when the electrons are sent one at a time , the fringes still appear .
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