Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , as Needham has pointed out , in so far as Chinese natural philosophy ‘ was committed to thinking of time in separate compartments or boxes , perhaps it was more difficult for a Galileo to arise who should uniformise time into an abstract geometrical co-ordinate , a continuous dimension amenable to mathematical handling ’ . |
| 2 | Existing users will be upgraded to OpenVMS over time . |
| 3 | I was two days late in getting onshore and just got to London on time . |
| 4 | The excise laws were widely regarded by the Irish as unnecessarily strict , and they certainly resulted in harsh repressive measures being taken by excise officers , often in conjunction with military forces , although there is ample evidence that both sides resorted to violence at times . |
| 5 | A broad middle section of self-employed tradesmen formed the backbone of this urban society , but nearly 50 per cent of those who were taxed were dependent on their wages and were likely to be reduced to poverty in times of depression . |
| 6 | Thanks to Zhukov , critical Khrushchev supporters were brought to Moscow in time for the Central Committee meeting which then overturned the Politburo 's verdict . |
| 7 | Tasks or programmes need to be treated as ‘ temporary systems ’ — that is , operations with defined objectives , internal plans for action , linked to scales of time and resource , with built-in mechanisms for monitoring progress and evaluating results — a cardinal principle at every level . |