Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can now not only see why in such sentences one feels an implicit predication with respect to a support but also get a clearer view of why to is used before the infinitive : its role here seems to be simply that of indicating that the infinitive 's support is situated in time before the actualization of the infinitive 's event . |
| 2 | At its simplest the didactic element is shown in the way action is halted from time to time so that the author can explain , in plain , precise detail , a point of navigation , ship 's structure or deck organisation . |
| 3 | It is also not uncommon to find that the projection used to map a particular phenomenon is altered from time to time . |
| 4 | She will sail gently round the course in today 's race to score what points she can , while a replacement spar is completed in time for the climax of the series , the 630-mile Sydney to Hobart race which starts on Boxing Day . |
| 5 | Poised to begin his ‘ real work ’ as a missionary among the wretched of the earth , a holy man at last , he is paralleled in time with Tolstoy . |
| 6 | The scheme may well now be complete , but revision is recommended from time to time and thought must be given as to how this might be achieved . |
| 7 | In addition , it is supplemented from time to time by statements of practice or policy issued by the Panel . |
| 8 | There is nothing to stop the parties agreeing , after a dispute has arisen , to refer their dispute to an expert for his determination , and this is done from time to time , in the same way as arbitration agreements . |
| 9 | The first thing a Minister has to do , then , is negotiate for time with the Leader of the House . |
| 10 | Here , in Mixed Life , he relates that individual experience of Christ in every man to the Christ who transcends individual limitations and is expressed by the whole body of those in whom he is born in time through their knowing and doing : It is precisely because of these " sundri wirchynges " in the lives of individuals dictated by their particular talents and circumstances that discussion of active and contemplative life tends to polarise life-styles which are then also subject to evaluation in which contemplation is more highly esteemed simply because it relates to a greater state of spiritual awareness . |
| 11 | He served notice of his intention to table a radical report on how the EC is run in time for the meeting of the 12 leaders at the Lisbon summit in June . |
| 12 | This world of change and conflict , however , is not just a chaos but is governed throughout time by a principle of order or balance of opposites , keeping them within their due bounds . |
| 13 | Suppose that the increase in the money supply is announced in time to be included in that agents fully believe the central bank , and that the central bank behaves in period t in the way that it announced it would behave at the end of t - 1 . |
| 14 | Other subjects include Place Names , Folklore , Clan Donald , Natural History with ornithology particularly covered , Geology , Transport , Distilling and a large section under the heading Descriptions , New material is being added all the time and a library list is printed from time to time . |
| 15 | If an F-type candidate is identified in time by his teacher , he may be entered for an F-type examination and may thus at least be saved from getting a G grade or worse . |
| 16 | Until the architectural work is finished in time for Antwerp 's celebration as European Culture Capital in 1993 the three Rubens masterpieces will be placed against this temporary wall . |
| 17 | the maximum amount of a week 's pay taken into account with effect from 1 April 1990 is £184 per week , but that figure is reviewed from time to time . |
| 18 | With effect from 1 April 1990 , the maximum award is £8,925 ; that limit is reviewed from time to time . |
| 19 | Whitaker is consulting with Penguin to ensure that the situation is rectified in time for next month 's publications . |
| 20 | That is , structuration refers to the process by which classes become reproduced as real ‘ lived ’ entities , together with the way in which their structure is changed over time by social processes . |