Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his failure to sound the horn in time there is tragedy , but it is not of a very complicated kind . |
| 2 | Anyway , Nigel , who loved trout , used to drain the millpond from time to time to rid it of some of the accumulated silt and then just pick them up . |
| 3 | The design of the Panopticon represents Bentham 's contribution to contemporary attempts to assure the quality of time used . |
| 4 | Because a detailed record of economic activity statuses was collected by the After Redundancy study , it was possible to compare the proportion of time spent by each person since being made redundant in different forms of employment status . |
| 5 | ‘ According to our history , they discovered the power to drive the experiments in time , ’ the Doctor replied . |
| 6 | He plundered the opposition and hired Pearce Marchbank , a designer whose covers had done so much to establish the identity of Time Out on newsstands , as co-editor , along with Al Clark . |
| 7 | From the ages of the samples it is possible to establish the length of time for which certain regions on the Moon , particularly the maria , have been exposed to bombardment . |
| 8 | However , if the score is less than five , you will need to increase the amount of time spent or the number of times a week you practise it . |
| 9 | I pledge to increase the amount of time or money I give to environmental and development organisations . |
| 10 | Are we going to hide the ravages of time as cleverly as we can for a few more years , or gradually make the necessary adaptations in order to create a new image that is not a faded version of the old but corresponds in an attractive and lively way to the new stage in life which we have reached ? |
| 11 | A choice between debt and equity was made on the assumption that this choice did not have to stand the test of time . |
| 12 | Unlike the Piano making concern at Woodchester near Stroud , it failed to stand the test of time . |
| 13 | ‘ The ultimate driving machine ’ the ads said , a claim that was to stand the test of time like few others , establishing principles of BMW motoring as true today as ever . |
| 14 | THE wit and wisdom of Oscar Wilde always seem to stand the test of time . |
| 15 | While I believe that some parts of this routine are absolutely essential , I am only too well aware that the ideas still have to stand the test of time . |
| 16 | Philosophically and technically town planning demonstrated in Britain , as elsewhere , an operational capacity to conceive and prepare a metropolitan plan , robust enough to stand the test of time . |
| 17 | Should we not remind the House that that legislation was supposed to stand the test of time ? |
| 18 | Willy Russell 's story of a hair-dresser seeking to learn at any price via her reluctant and sozzled tutor continues to stand the test of time . |
| 19 | Later we shall need to relate the squares of time intervals in different frames . |
| 20 | In the popular tongue it was used only to indicate a point in time . |
| 21 | She failed to find a donor in time to save Anthony , who died , aged just seven , but since then the register has helped to save hundreds of lives and continues to provide a vital service . |
| 22 | He says they do this ‘ to direct other horses to food and water , especially over distances where they were out of earshot and out of sight of each other ; or to split the herd in time of danger ’ . |
| 23 | She 's had to restrict the amount of time he spends playing them , and she 's warning other parents not to let children use the games for long periods unsupervised . |
| 24 | The officer who saw the vehicle being kept should be in a position to state the length of time he observed the vehicle being kept on a public road , but see ( B ) 2 of this offence regarding the length of time kept being immaterial . |
| 25 | IT has been part of the creation of so called post modernism , through its ability to destroy the meaning of time and space . |
| 26 | The landlord must be given a specific date towards which to work ( with time being of the essence ) , which will obviously also be important from the tenant 's point of view as the tenant may be subject to seasonal trade variations in business and may wish , for example , to open the premises in time for the Christmas trade . |
| 27 | The hope to open the motorway in time for tonight 's rush-hour doomed . |
| 28 | If they failed to reach the fuses in time , they 'd be killed with the rest on the wall , and only a little earlier than the men of both sides who would open fire , without doubt , claiming treachery . |
| 29 | In later years , when book depreciation exceeds capital allowances , this deferred tax can be credited to the profit and loss account to smooth the effect over time . |
| 30 | Desperate to halt the march of time on face and figure , Streep is directed to a large Gothic mansion where mysterious Lisle Von Rhuman ( Isabella Rossellini in large gilt choker and very little else ) sells her the Elixir of Eternal Youth . |