Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [noun sg] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can rediscover the continuity of time only in the novels of that period when time no longer seemed stopped and did not yet seem to have exploded . |
| 2 | The approach does , however , emphasize the importance of time periods . |
| 3 | The most interesting condition occurs under item 9 ( Liability of seller ) : Under the Trade Descriptions Act , SLAD may not stipulate the period of time of this warranty , but it recommends that its members guarantee the authenticity of what they are selling for a period of six years . |
| 4 | Inaccuracies leading to queries can double the length of time consumed by accessioning routines . |
| 5 | She seemed worried that Prince Charles would not make the wedding in time . |
| 6 | The quantity of detail and the resultant record size will also affect the amount of time involved in the creation of a single record . |
| 7 | And the reverse of that , wrote Harsnet , the feeling that all we have already felt and seen and heard has yet to happen , is so far only a dream , a fantasy , and the sense , he wrote , that this may be a feeling we experience again and again throughout our lives , that the elements of experience have failed to catch on to the glass of our lives , or that the glass is there and waiting for the experience to be registered , that it can wait for ever , for it does not know the meaning of time . |
| 8 | The problem , we must make sure Ray does n't include the amount of time he nee extra he needs to arrive at every meeting half an hour early . |
| 9 | Following US Federal Communications Commission approval for the San Diego company 's new dual standard digital and analogue cellular phone , analysts are betting that Qualcomm Inc 's Code Division Multiple Access standard will win the battle with Time Division Multiple Access , Reuter reports from New York , despite the fact that the latter , which provides less capacity , is being used by McCaw Cellular Communications Inc and Southwestern Bell Corp ; Bell Atlantic Corp , Pacific Telesis Group Inc and US West Inc have all committed to using building Code Division Multiple Access networks ; the European Groupe Speciale Mobile system uses a version of Time Division Multiple Access that is incompatible with the American one . |
| 10 | Because Proust saw involuntary memory , which after all causes the past to coalesce with the present , he saw involuntary memory as a means of abolishing time , however provisionally , however briefly , and in this way the artist takes on a God-like role , since through his art he can free the individual from time , and to this extent confer immortality on that individual . |
| 11 | Children like to see quick results from their efforts , but a garden , however small , can demonstrate the passing of time as they watch for changes . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not sure if I can wait the length of time it will take — but since you seem to believe that you can … ’ he added in an ironic mutter , and shrugged , the gesture oddly dismissive and yet decisive at the same time . |
| 13 | The benefits can outweigh the cost in time considerably , of course . |
| 14 | Here we must consider the inclusion of time effects in more detail . |
| 15 | When they stopped , sometimes at the junctions between seasons , Tallis could feel the flow of time , the great spiral storm that curled around some focus a few days ' riding to the north . |
| 16 | You can automate the use of TIME to time an interval within a batch file . |
| 17 | One of Stirling 's problems was that he was not content to let others do the raiding from time to time , though he had proved his own courage and nobody would have thought the worse of him had he decided to concentrate on sorting out the many administrative problems that beset L Detachment . |
| 18 | By the beginning of the thirteenth century there was a widely held belief within the Church that masses said on behalf of the dead would shorten the length of time a soul spent in purgatory . |
| 19 | But it was not simply a matter of taking one extra form : as the increase progressed up the School , it would become the equivalent in time of five extra forms , and it would not be until 1971 that such an expansion could be accommodated , as the building programme came to fruition . |
| 20 | Although I am always prepared to enter discussions with the hon. Gentleman about hypothetical matters , one must also balance the amount of time and expense that it would take to comment on something that is not a reality . |
| 21 | We can not sustain the investment of time and money necessary for successful database publishing — although we are going ahead with a pilot scheme to make an on-line version of the annotated catalogue of our world-famous Clark Collection available at no charge through JANET . |
| 22 | It would limit the amount of time he and Cora-Beth could be alone together . |
| 23 | But Cronin and Fitch showed that if one replaces particles by antiparticles and takes the mirror image , but does not reverse the direction of time , then the universe does not behave the same . |
| 24 | Those attending will look to you , the chairman , to limit or control the amount of time spent on various topics . |
| 25 | ‘ We should like to see parents control the amount of time their children spend on computer games , especially if it becomes clear that it is becoming more than a normal hobby , ’ said the PAT deputy general secretary , Jackie Miller . |
| 26 | At present , there is no means by which a judge can sufficiently control the length of time taken by a defendant , particularly — this was not the case with the County NatWest and Blue Arrow trial — one who is defending himself . |
| 27 | Using the simple controls you can adjust the length of time the light remains on ; the high level at which the device will come on ; and the distance over which it will operate ( up to 16 metres ) . |
| 28 | ‘ But with the co-operation of all clubs we did complete the programme on time . |
| 29 | So those are all if you like the background , the things that do change but the fundamentals that stay the same are the design and the delivery and although we 'll look a little bit although we 've er I have to say with the numbers we 've got here today it will only be a little bit about things like question and visual aids and because of the time factor if you think about it if we 've twelve people to make four presentations or we 've eight people to make four presentations time is a little bit different and with with twelve we do n't perhaps have the luxury of time that we would with eight people which is what the course was originally designed for . |
| 30 | The brutish , uncaring nature of the staff was conveyed as almost an inevitable necessity brought about by the institutionalisation of working in such a place ; just as the public will accept that prison warders will overstep the line from time to time because of the people they are dealing with . |