Example sentences of "for the [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.
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1 | It is , therefore , not surprising that many portable instruments for the determination of time were required , including the chief instrument used by both Arabic and Latin astronomers , the astrolabe . |
2 | First , there is the possibility that restrictive recruitment policies provide the context for the development over time of a separate bureaucratic ‘ view ’ . |
3 | She looked so like my daughter did at her age , and the pleasure she gave me compensated for the lack of time I had with her mother when she was a child . |
4 | Among the conventions for the division of time that have come down to us from Imperial Rome is the seven-day week . |
5 | Younger people have a natural tendency to believe that the science they practise has been extant for the whole of time . |
6 | Cut off values for acid clearance times of 290 seconds and for the percentage of time at pH<4 of 11.5% discriminated in all but one patient between groups I and II . |
7 | If such stipulations are made for so mundane a practice as motoring , they would seem to be reasonable precautions for protecting our environment for the rest of time from possible damage by man-made creatures . |
8 | They all knew that ; leaks can be repudiated for the rest of time — it changes nothing . |
9 | She would n't touch that glass again , not if Gerry were trapped in Purgatory for the rest of time , she would n't . |
10 | Edward Teller then worked through the implications with Alvarez and , unaware of Frank and Sakharov 's works , they reported ‘ a short but exhilarating experience when we thought we had solved all of the fuel problems of mankind for the rest of time . |
11 | The answer appears to be that such was the traditional day for the ploughman from time immemorial when his team was made up solely of oxen . |
12 | A top source said in Dublin : ‘ It would make sense for the President to time his visit to coincide with the opening of Barrettstown Castle as Paul 's first camp in Europe . |
13 | Although the military authorities soon vacated the school to move into Doncaster Racecourse across the road , the re-opening of the school had been delayed and the Christmas holidays had to be cut to make up for the loss of time . |
14 | For the moment of time I thought about it , I remember thinking : ‘ Who is going to be hurt by this ? ’ |
15 | Good estate management should result in the landlord maintaining an even balance of trades but the following clause is nevertheless prudent : Not to permit or suffer any [ adjoining or neighbouring premises in the ownership or control of the Landlord ] [ other premises in the Centre ] to be used for the business from time to time being carried on in the Premises |
16 | Help may come in many forms , from the provision of a hand rail for the bath to time at a day centre . |
17 | I had to make up for the ravages of time . |
18 | Here the company offering the contract agrees to offer a replacement car or plane for the period of time in which the vehicle is down for maintenance , repairs etc . |
19 | There is a large body of case law concerned with the meaning of particular expressions in particular contexts , but the drafter should bear in mind the cautionary words of Lord Esher MR : No general rule exists for the computation of time , either under the Bankruptcy Act or any other statute , or , indeed , where time is mentioned in a contract , and the rational mode of computation of time is to have regard in each case to the purpose for which the computation is to be made ( Re North , ex parte Hasluck [ 1895 ] 2 QB 264 ) . |
20 | Clients are charged for the amount of time they take up , including the length of the interview and any telephone calls . |
21 | Signal morphology was analysed by the probability density function for the amount of time the signal spent away from the electrical baseline . |
22 | Under the changes solicitors will receive a flat rate for each legal aid case rather than for the amount of time spent on individual cases . |
23 | Under the changes solicitors will receive a flat rate for each legal aid case rather than for the amount of time spent on individual cases . |
24 | As he studied the list of names of men who had evaded the Dragoons , the names of 2 Ayrshiremen took his attention , both for the length of time they had eluded ‘ justice ’ . |
25 | Other things being equal , the higher the average for the length of time a person is unemployed , the greater will be the number unemployed at any moment in time . |
26 | Hoof and horn is yet another animal end product valuable as a long-lasting slow-release supplier of nitrogen , and in the same class as bone meal for the length of time it takes . |
27 | Maybe they even try to swim against it which might account for the length of time that passes before they reach European waters . |