Example sentences of "time [be] [verb] by a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would imagine that the site had at one time been occupied by a large merchant 's house as four of the houses were built over a medieval cellar . |
| 2 | The 1,574 kg of gold , found in southern German caves at the end of the war , had since that time been administered by a tripartite commission of France , the UK and the USA . |
| 3 | The USSR had acquired substantial assets in the Third World , which for the first time were threatened by a combination of internal rebellion and external pressure . |
| 4 | ‘ Uncontrolled zebra crossing ’ means a zebra crossing at which traffic is not for the time being controlled by a police constable in uniform or by a traffic warden . |
| 5 | We can do this because the private universe that we inhabit for much of the time is characterised by a philosophy of personal freedom and private choice . |
| 6 | That there were issues important enough seriously to disturb Anglo-papal relations at this time is confirmed by a letter of Pope Hadrian I to Charlemagne which dates to between 784 and 791 . |
| 7 | This time is followed by a period in which the chances of becoming dry are low ( MacKeith et al . |
| 8 | You must indicate a time window within which the check should take place ; this time is specified by a maximum period and a minimum period . |
| 9 | The quantity administered at any given time was determined by a whole range of factors , causing it to oscillate greatly . |
| 10 | The danger and the extra effort needed to shoe a colt for the first time was recognized by a custom called in some districts of East Anglia by the term First Nail which presumably referred to the violent shock the first nail would give to the colt . |
| 11 | The bleeding time was measured by a standard incision ( Simplate II , Organon Teknika ) on the ventral aspect of the left forearm . |
| 12 | He recalls the efforts he made to acquire a p-38 : ‘ A Lightning that I had been pondering about for some time was owned by a chap called Merril Wayne , who ran an airline called Wayne Airlines up in Anchorage , Alaska . |