Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I pledge to increase the amount of time or money I give to environmental and development organisations . |
| 9 | A choice between debt and equity was made on the assumption that this choice did not have to stand the test of time . |
| 10 | Unlike the Piano making concern at Woodchester near Stroud , it failed to stand the test of time . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | THE wit and wisdom of Oscar Wilde always seem to stand the test of time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Should we not remind the House that that legislation was supposed to stand the test of time ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | IT has been part of the creation of so called post modernism , through its ability to destroy the meaning of time and space . |
| 21 | The hope to open the motorway in time for tonight 's rush-hour doomed . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Both of these techniques are much slower transitions than cuts , and they are used to suggest the passage of time or the change from one location to another . |
| 25 | Part of the procedure is to re-present the image from time to time as its shape becomes clearer : ‘ In the days of Arab government Zuwaya distributed tax revenues to household heads , so that there should be no treasury ; and you did this ; and you did that … |
| 26 | It was easy to pin-point the period of time within which the theft must have occurred , and not too difficult — was it ? — to find out where the great majority of you had been during the crucial forty-five minutes . |
| 27 | It was almost as small as the circle of names and acquaintances of the average senior civil servant , and was reduced further by the fact that once they had got on to a board , many businessmen rapidly came to resent the amount of time the job demanded . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | First story ; a couple of sex therapists teaching extended orgasm techniques : Robin said it would be better to extend the period of time after the orgasm — ‘ you know , three days of sleep ’ . |
| 30 | He also became a familiar weekend guest with friends like the Morleys , the Reads and the Richmonds , although his other duties were such that he was careful to ration the amount of time spent in this way : two weekends a month tended to be enough for him . |