Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [noun] in 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 | ‘ According to our history , they discovered the power to drive the experiments in time , ’ the Doctor replied . |
| 3 | In the popular tongue it was used only to indicate a point in time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The hope to open the motorway in time for tonight 's rush-hour doomed . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Their only hope is to hear the aircraft in time , Joanna Burger of Rutgers University suspected . |
| 10 | When they arrived at the college , it seemed even more forbidding than it had in daylight , and as she walked from the car towards the entrance , Loretta felt as though she were about to cross a threshold in time as well as space . |
| 11 | teacher 's nose he or she will think it 's a brilliant laugh to give you so much detention that you 'll be lucky to leave the class in time to pick up your pension . |
| 12 | They were repeatedly told he was too busy , and when finally , at the eleventh hour , they were granted a meeting , some sort of communication problem caused Mrs Sue Amphlett and her associate to be sent from one building to another and then to wait for some time in the wrong one , until they had to leave to finish the report in time for the news conference they had called . |
| 13 | The band plan to finish the LP in time for a spring release . |
| 14 | In this case to is required in order to represent the relation in time between the two positions of person involved here , one before the time of the infinitive 's event , the other at the beginning of its actualization . |
| 15 | I also remember how the knocker-up went around the streets banging at bedroom windows with a long stick to wake the occupants in time to get to work . |
| 16 | One immediate advantage of this arrangement was the ability to control the point in time at which datafiles were extracted from the database . |
| 17 | He was determined to deliver the Viking in time for the exhibition and was due to have a short holiday in Paris . |
| 18 | The Industrial Tribunal held that it was not reasonably practicable to present the claim in time ( i.e. they would exercise their discretion to allow it in late ) . |
| 19 | In other words , they would have found it was reasonably practicable to present the claim in time . |
| 20 | Where there is a claim for provisional damages under s 51 of the 1984 Act and the defendant fails to deliver a defence in time , or admits the whole or part of the claim Ord 9 , r 4 applies ( Ord 22 , r 6A(3) ) . |
| 21 | If the defendant in a fixed date action fails to deliver a defence in time , the court may order a defence to be filed at any time before the trial ( Ord 9 , r 11(1) ) . |
| 22 | However , notice need not be given where the defendant does not appear , or where in a fixed date action he has failed to deliver a defence in time . |
| 23 | On appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal , the solicitor for the College argued that the mere fact of consulting a solicitor renders it reasonably practicable to present a claim in time . |
| 24 | Even the freeholders in the fields — who were willing to have enclosure so that they could farm more efficiently or sell land for building — were helpless in the face of the burgesses who might have no land but who hoped to get a piece in time , or who already held these rights to graze their cattle and sheep . |
| 25 | I do n't mind telling you , with a twenty-four-hour turn-round and a legal obligation to carry a full complement of medical crew , which includes two doctors , there was a certain amount of unrestrained panic to get a replacement in time . ’ |
| 26 | No additional food should be offered during the day apart from meal-times so that the child has the opportunity to develop an appetite in time for the next meal . |
| 27 | Most of our referees are extremely busy , and they do n't always manage to return the papers in time , although most of them do . |
| 28 | However , in 1930 a White Paper ruled against the project on the grounds that the technical feasibility and economic benefits were too uncertain to justify the heavy expenditure needed to defend a tunnel in time of war . |
| 29 | If , however , it was reasonable for the police to make the application in time , the magistrates must dismiss any application made after the 36 hour point . |
| 30 | I wish to produce the brochure in time for its issue to have maximum circulation and impact to ensure a successful centenary . |