Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] time [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ An ’ the bastard even went on to confirm that the bombs are set on time fuses , just sufficient to allow him an' his staff to escape , but not enough to allow them to be de-activated , or to evacuate the ordinary members from the building … an' most of them are just kids . ’ |
| 2 | This new ‘ workflow ’ software opened up vast new possibilities for DIP solutions that could be justified on time savings and service improvements as well as space savings . |
| 3 | Article headings will be set in Times 14pt Bold to give them a bit of impact while headings within the text , cross or subheads to give them their proper name , will be in 10pt Helvetica Bold . |
| 4 | And Ginsberg wrote , ‘ Are you going to let your emotional life be run by Time magazine ? ’ |
| 5 | It can be argued that a similar approach should be taken to time limit clauses , on the basis that they do not wholly exclude liability , but require action to be taken swiftly . |
| 6 | They are , however , not completely independent of each other ; for example , satisfactory fits can be obtained with time constants between 16 days and 20 days for the main recovery component , with small adjustments to the other values . |
| 7 | At this minimal level , narrative is organisationally simple and , linguistically , cohesion will tend to be established by time clauses ( when … ) , time connectors ( next … ) and pronominalisations ( John … he , or door-key … it , in the last example ) . |
| 8 | And Professor Dowd 's reach swiftly became global : fourteen years after the publication of his monograph and a year after America adopted his system , so the International Meridian Conference in Washington agreed as well : the entire world , not just the American portion of it , should be divided into time zones with Greenwich as the prime meridian . |
| 9 | In India , army officers in the Company 's service were advanced by time promotion , mitigated in some degree by considerations of evident merit , and commissions were not openly bought and sold as they were in the British army . |
| 10 | Cirrhosis was of alcoholic origin in 62% of the cases and the distribution according to the Child-Pugh classification was 23% , 45% , and 32% respectively for classes A , B , and C. A complete history was always obtained ( with the family and the general practitioner if the patient was unable to collaborate ) ; physica examination and laboratory analysis were performed at time zero of the index bleed . |
| 11 | To start with , we shall assume that the same sample of subjects is observed at times T ; and T 2 . |
| 12 | Further , Coleman was appointed without time limit and , since his friends held the key positions in the councils of the College , due reform was delayed . |
| 13 | Instead it was left to Times Newspapers Ltd and others , to bring the case to court and win on the grounds that the library authorities had abused their powers under Section 7 of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 . |
| 14 | So persuasive have Baudrillard 's perceptions become that the 1988 US Presidential election was described by TIME magazine in his terms . |