Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] time " in BNC.

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1 His enquiries revealed that the sex teaching had been given in scripture time .
2 There are several periods in the calibration curve where events that are separated in calendar time by several centuries appear approximately contemporaneous from their radiocarbon results .
3 At the Avenida Arriaga side of the gardens there is a small pond with ducks and fountains which are illuminated at Christmas time .
4 ‘ Under Labour policy those rights would be given to part time workers from day one , ’ said Miss Armstrong .
5 This is a problem which may be solved in Government time , ’ he said .
6 Well it 'll be done by dinner time then .
7 ( WES ) So many people now descend on the Wye Valley every summer that conservationists say some roads may have to be closed at peak times to restrict the number of visitors .
8 The energy released can be measured as relaxation time .
9 The most obvious change appears to be an even greater enthusiasm to be called at Question time ; one Member told me that he , like others was tabling a lot more Questions for oral answer to try to secure a television slot , and the Speaker confirmed that television had made Members generally anxious to be called , both for Questions and in debates at prime time .
10 The main meal of the day may be eaten at lunch time or in the evening , according to your normal habit .
11 Shopping has to be worked around prayer times as all the shops close , and men and women must n't mix unless they are married .
12 I shall expect you always to be dressed by dinner time and whomsoever I bring home to my table you 'll be in readiness to receive .
13 There is usually less urgency , though the time factor can not be ignored since studio time costs money .
14 In contrast , direct taxes can only be changed at Budget time .
15 In what sounds like a mildly unsettling scenario , the appropriately modified domestic receiver would spring into life while the American family slept , printing out a radio-dispatched newspaper to be read at breakfast time .
16 Could the debate be held in Government time to allow us to congratulate the people who work in those facilities and the GPs who are now strongly supporting the reforms ?
17 The deer were now safe apart from the occasional culling , their role having now been taken in modem times by the unfortunate fox .
18 However , many women are forced into part time , low-grade jobs — more often than not in the public sector .
19 A major advantage of this type of input was that these basic validation checks were made at input time and any errors detected were displayed back to the operator immediately , thus allowing corrections to be made quickly .
20 It is recorded that galleries were used at election times by prospective M.P.s stating their case at Ambleside and Ravenstonedale and , no doubt , at other places as well .
21 The stock-check and handover were finished in record time .
22 This growth in membership , which had been fairly rapid since about 1906 , was the result of a variety of factors , particularly the improved economic conditions , the high demand for labour and the high wages which were paid in war time .
23 The other , d , is a distance from a node 's weights to an input instance , and is calculated at run time .
24 Most of our work is completed in class time and we do n't get over loaded . ’
25 Bill and Rita Petite 's Victorian house is transformed at Christmas time with beautifully individual festive decorations — made by Rita — which add to the original features .
26 This time is not the period required overall but the actual time the chemical is in contact with the soil and is known as contact time .
27 This structure is represented at run time using an array of structures and an array of short integers , which is stored as a binary file .
28 Much emphasis is put on rehearsal time and , in particular , on band work .
29 They are set up each time when the operation is required at run time .
30 Camp was broken in record time ; a trip to the loo brought to mind the childhood phrase ‘ Ants in your pants ’ .
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