Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 His subsequent progress inside the Corporation was rapid and distinctive — from the external services in Bush House to Canada again , this time as BBC representative from 1956 to 1959 ; back to Bush House as head of external broadcasting administration ; on to Broadcasting House as the BBC 's secretary ( 1963–6 ) , a post of varying status and influence at different times in the history of the BBC , but during the regime of the director-general , Sir Hugh Greene , who had personally selected Curran for the job , a key post drawing him into discussions of policy , often highly controversial policy , as well as of administration ; back again to Bush House as director of external services ( 1967–9 ) , which brought him into close touch with government ; and on Greene 's retirement , becoming , to his considerable surprise , director-general himself in April 1969 .
2 Cells ( 50000 ) in serum free medium were added to each coated well and incubated for various times at 36°C .
3 The pillars show borings made by marine organisms several metres above the present highest sea-level and so provide undeniable evidence of marine Invasions and retreats within historic times .
4 On 4 August 1989 solicitors acting on behalf of the relatives wrote to the coroner repeating the facts as I have summarised them and requesting that an inquest be held to inquire whether or not the death had been caused or aggravated by failures of the emergency services to respond to the calls and to attend in proper time .
5 Clearly , in order to obtain this kind of information it is necessary to conduct three assessments under similar conditions so that they are directly comparable and spaced at equal time intervals .
6 Length of gestation was significantly associated only with wheezy chest most days ( p<0.01 ) and cough at other times ( p<0.05 ) in the adjusted models .
7 The chip set required for this captures and compresses in real time both still and moving video but at a significantly lower resolution than PLV .
8 ‘ Strangely enough , ’ Ockleton had said , Harry having to strain to hear him amidst the noise and smoke as closing time drew near , ‘ Rex was the one who seemed to interest Heather the most .
9 ( ceased to be a member of the Institute on 14 July 1992 for failing to pay the Disciplinary Committee fine and costs in due time under the terms of Bye-law 41 . )
10 There 's only one FA Cup Final , one Wimbledon , one Royal Ascot every season , even though there 's plenty of football , tennis and racing at other times .
11 Video and other images can be captured , manipulated and displayed in real time .
12 Togo had a Catholic monthly , Mia Holo , that first appeared during German rule and survived into modern times .
13 Footballers grew old and fell on hard times , so perhaps it was the same for horses .
14 If you have not had time to object , contact the planning officer and ask for extra time .
15 Great was the smiting and slaying in short time ; but by reason that the Moors were so great a number , they bore hard upon the Christians , and were in the hour of overcoming them .
16 The beginning and end in real time can be very different from each other .
17 The two Choices — both 11-year-olds but unrelated despite the name similarity — won their races in the same front-running style and finished in identical times .
18 Not only will they see each other and converse in real time but they will be able to share and manipulate together the contents of their computer screens .
19 They fail to keep him informed , and to advise at crucial times , such as takeovers .
20 My daughter taught during the day and studied in spare time for her MA .
21 But the UN force in Namibia should have been up to handling the affair rather than turn the job over to the South Africans ; it would have been able to cope if it had been as strong as originally intended and deployed in good time with a decent plan in its knapsack .
22 Since history was commonly seen as a working out of scriptural promise , what had been figured forth in the Old Testament ( the original story of Samson ) was accomplished in the New Testament ( by Christ as second Samson winning a more lasting victory ) and repeated in succeeding times ( the present conflict of the godly suffering under the yoke of royalist Philistines ) .
23 The nature of that existence has been partly influenced by the actions of those millions of people who have lived during the period which began with the dawn of civilisation , and extends into modern times .
24 His uncle 's birthday was noted , he must always have a Christmas present bought and sent in good time .
25 The point about the Urgonian limestones , say , is that we know that they are of about the same age throughout Europe in spite of the fact that fossil evidence shows them to have started and ended at different times in different places .
26 For example , if we are to see a major confluence of the world 's financial markets , we need to have prepared our financial structure and planning in good time to take advantage of such changes .
27 This is a typical landscape of ancient enclosure , as Marshall rightly observes , of fields taken in direct from woodland and waste in medieval times , such as we find in Devon , Sussex and the other peripheral counties of England .
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