Example sentences of "and [vb base] [prep] time " in BNC.

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1 The very notion of development and change over time is contained within the notion of implicit and explicit aspects of attitudes .
2 Perhaps too the future of systems , by focusing upon the mechanics of the system , will necessarily incorporate processes , man and change over time , and employ quantitative methods — thus providing an integration of the themes in the previous four chapters .
3 This process is like the creative process of mind where ideas and images stored in the mind 's vats join together and change through time and become the matter of poetry .
4 Breasting the summit with ease and bang on time , the train was ‘ chased ’ by a host of car bound photographers and enthusiasts , with even the pre-occupied massive throng in the on-train real ale bar pausing to admire the feat !
5 The warriors , their spears resting on their shoulders , take very small steps and chant in time , breathy snorts — ‘ Hooh , hooh , hooh ’ — as they circle the girls and pass the second line of warriors , moving in the opposite direction .
6 The artefacts found within cremation vessels were generally ignored and appear at times to conflict with the dates ascribed ( Morris 1974 ; Kidd 1976 ; Dickinson 1978 ; Richards 1987 ) .
7 Work should therefore be rapid and finish in time for the Louvre 's exhibition of ‘ The Marriage at Cana ’ which is going ahead as scheduled at the end of September .
8 I am functional on the methadone ; I can stand to get out of bed before three in the afternoon , I write poetry and draw from time to time , and even manage to socialise a little , dining at an occasional restaurant , catching the odd play .
9 These churches were built in honour of God and to provide shelter and succour in times of need .
10 RAIL passengers will have to pay more for their tickets next year if they want to travel in comfort and arrive on time .
11 These then are the ‘ things ’ beneath my feet , the layers that fill the well of strength from which I draw energy and comfort in times of crisis .
12 I go into the information office and ask about times of return trains from Bracknell .
13 Private MPs rise and ask for time for this or that motion or debate which they particularly want , but normally the only concessions the Leader of the House will make is through ‘ the usual channels ’ , that is in private discussions with the opposition Chief Whip .
14 The diaries , memoirs , and letters that have survived from the post-Reformation period reveal that many Protestants found their trust in divine providence to be a source of great comfort and solace during times of public or private affliction .
15 Moreover , in the stress on the pluralism of institutions and practices that organise sexuality , he goes further towards a neo-functionalism , and Foucault at times seems in danger of meeting up , as Nicos Poulantzas has put it , ‘ with an old tradition of Anglo-Saxon sociology and political science , running from functionalism to institutionalism — from Parsons , to Merton , Dahl , Lasswell , and Etzioni — a tradition in which the centre of analysis is shifted from the state towards the ‘ pluralism of micropowers ’ . ’
16 The ability to fit life-cycles into seasons , to flourish in times of plenty and survive in times of dearth , is clearly critical for polar species ; so also are such qualities as adaptability to change , avoidance of specialization , and deftness in colonizing new habitats .
17 Instead , they hone their personal fighting skills and come in times of need to fight in small warrior bands .
18 Instead they hone their personal fighting skills and come in times of need to fight in small warrior bands .
19 They share a common gender identity and many of the experiences and activities associated with it , even as these change and evolve over time .
20 I 'd leave the shop at 6 p.m. , drive off to a gig , ( reeking of chips despite bathing nightly in Domestos ) and return in time for the hour and a half of cleaning which began as soon as the last customer left at midnight .
21 My own plan was to see Coober Pedy , the opal-mining town roughly 500 kilometres north-west , and return in time to rejoin the Indian-Pacific 48 hours later .
22 The Serbs have ruthlessly shelled towns , and have at times adopted rape as a method of war .
23 Quick wit and cleverness at school had shifted him quickly from his roots in the Belfast underclass , and his natural proclivities had led him to the theatre set , a wee bit of acting and extra-work from time to time , usually as a gunman or a thug and once , memorably , as a rather well-fed hungerstriker .
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