Example sentences of "[vb pp] the [noun sg] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | These two developments have altered the balance between time spent upon problem identification ( fault diagnosis/isolation ) , solution identification/optimisation and that spent upon solution implementation and control ( repair and rectification ) . |
| 2 | Of course , deciding how much information to obtain , given the cost in time and money of acquiring it , in itself demands the exercise of judgment . |
| 3 | In general I thought the campaign was well presented and dealt with by Media Action given the shortness of time they had to prepare the sketches and the associated scripts . |
| 4 | They just do n't actually have that information , a lot of small local groups , and I think maybe the C B S could work with the Engineers department in future years and try to get to those groups , because I 'm sure a lot of them , actually if they were given the opportunity in time to get in , that , that you might have a lot of people applying for flag and whatever than you do now . |
| 5 | Given the amount of time that the male has invested in his group of females , it is hardly surprising that he is ready to defend them vigorously against other males . |
| 6 | Given the amount of time that Karsten Schubert has been in business and given the new wave of gallery/dealers , this year is going to be the year to break with a much more open policy towards new art , are being seen as central to the contemporary art scene . |
| 7 | Given the sensitivity of time , it is not surprising that there has been a trend towards countries adopting ‘ one-stop-shopping ’ approaches . |
| 8 | Not too much has been done in the mountains , hardly surprising given the length of time they have been dry , but Dai Lampard snatched a great ascent with Mother of Mercy E5 6a . |
| 9 | But the former was impossible with the twins in tow and the latter unthinkable given the length of time he 'd have to wait for one on a Sunday . |
| 10 | As science had gradually eroded the freedom of time , so it had eroded the freedom of belief . |
| 11 | Some of the assumptions of the programme , however , had not withstood the test of time , and there were elements of ‘ detachment from reality , undue anticipation and unnecessary detail ’ . |
| 12 | These will include the relative gravity of the offences alleged in the two sets of proceedings ; the degree of connection , on facts or law , between them ; the degree of prejudice which the defendant may suffer , in the shape of adverse publicity or in other respects , if the lesser matters are brought to trial first ; the likely time-spans of the two sets of proceedings ; the possibility of hardship to the defendant in being required to divert attention and resources to the defence of the lesser charges whilst the graver are in preparation ; the risk that if the lesser charges are postponed the lapse of time may render a fair trial of them more difficult ; the desirability in the public interest of ensuring that charges properly brought are pressed to a conclusion . |
| 13 | I 'd written to them , and I feel they may have got the letter in time . ’ |
| 14 | In the winter , the Government were driven to the desperation of calling upon alchemy — ’ what Disraeli once called the alchemy of time . ’ |
| 15 | Her husband Adrian , a mental nurse , called the midwife from time to time and at about 7.30pm the midwife told the registrar . |
| 16 | And while some politicians point to falling numbers of hospital beds as an illustration of NHS cash cuts , Mr Akehurst says this drop reflects advances in surgical technology which have dramatically reduced the amount of time people need to stay in hospital . |
| 17 | Preventive policing , the backward and forward travails of the patrolling constable , summed up in the police clerk 's jargon of ‘ updo , downdo ’ , was a repetitive assembly-line process in which locks , shop doorways , and street lamps marked the passage of time . |
| 18 | But in a judgment at Jedburgh Sheriff Court yesterday , Sheriff James Paterson accepted a plea on Neil 's behalf that the charges were incompetent because the prosecution had not served the complaint in time . |
| 19 | They could not have learned the trade in time to be of any practical use to the employers in keeping orders going . |
| 20 | He could have forced the window in time , anyone could , but he seemed suddenly to think better of it . |
| 21 | Together they illustrate that , even if it is true that Conservatism harbours ‘ a distrust of the purely intellectual approach in politics ’ , this in itself is an ideological position with important implications in terms of both the theory and practice of Conservatism , and Honderich concludes that ‘ the commodious proposition that Conservatives only have and only favour factual beliefs which have passed the test of time , are empirical and so on , and hence are untheoretical in various senses … needs to be delivered , if necessary by private contractors , to the rubbish heap of history ’ . |
| 22 | One might tentatively define complementary medicine as diagnostic , therapeutic , and preventive procedures excluded from mainstream medicine ; some may have passed the test of time , most are of unproven effectiveness , and all are based on unscientific philosophies . |
| 23 | This was their central point and they found evidence to support it which has stood the test of time . |
| 24 | Overall , however , it has stood the test of time surprisingly well when we consider how little information on pre-capitalist systems they disposed of . |
| 25 | While the Three Pillars have stood the test of time , there has always been controversy about their relative importance , and hence about the allocation of resources between them . |
| 26 | Finally , there are two general principles of delegation that have certainly stood the test of time . |
| 27 | A standard technique that has stood the test of time is to analyse all paper work crossing your desk over a period of say a month . |
| 28 | Of all JTR 's contemporary Brother Brushes the one that has stood the test of time in not just an historical context is William McTaggart . |
| 29 | The owner of Stonegate Teddy Bears Kevin Scott said : ‘ They are an early 20th century phenomenon which has stood the test of time and which are now as popular as ever . ’ |
| 30 | A bottom drain is something which has stood the test of time too . |