Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second or tertiary shoots will grow but the crop will be reduced and the fruit may not ripen in time . |
| 2 | Even where practices may not differ over time , or place , there may be an inconsistency about them or a lack of knowledge about them , or a long-standing dispute about them , which could make it equally difficult to argue that following or not following a practice was or was not constitutional or legitimate . |
| 3 | Pollsters say they have detected signs of a swing back to the Conservatives — and that Labour support may have peaked last week — but it may not come in time to save the Tories . |
| 4 | Perhaps it 's as well that we no longer have death by hanging in this country — otherwise those last-minute reprieve calls from the Home Secretary might not happen in time … |
| 5 | In only 13 days , Nijinsky 's shattered nerves could not recover in time for the Champion Stakes . |
| 6 | The vagaries of travel to Orkney , however , including the fact that the scheduled flights were all booked up with journalists , meant he could not arrive in time for the ten o'clock start . |
| 7 | But production of the modified machine could not start in time . |
| 8 | In particular , the area of the event horizon , the boundary of the black hole , could not decrease with time . |
| 9 | In that case , the universe would already be in a state of complete disorder , so disorder could not increase with time . |
| 10 | ‘ I could not come in time ! ’ |
| 11 | The giant Eales , the undisputed No 1 line-out specialist in world rugby , will be replaced by the inexperienced Garrick Morgan after finally conceding his shoulder injury would not recover in time . |
| 12 | It will not improve with time . |
| 13 | The economic costs of maintaining electronic information will not diminish with time . |
| 14 | And even if the driver sees something on the line ahead of him , he usually can not stop in time . |
| 15 | The driver can not react in time to the child running unexpectedly into the street . |
| 16 | ‘ Or coming , can not enter in time ? ’ |