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

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1 However , we recognise that the church has not always been democratic and that at times we have been insensitive to violations of basic human rights even within the church .
2 In the elaborate theoretical edifice constructed by Savage , it is accepted that development of the Labour Party was related to changes in the ‘ national polity ’ ( p 10 ) , and that over time ‘ nationalization ’ of politics produced more uniform patterns of working-class political activity ( p 187 ) .
3 It became evident that young people were a particularly vulnerable group and that in times of economic hardship , firms cut back on training places .
4 He thought that there was no barrier and that in time he could have done more for them .
5 They hoped that the division of Palestine into Israeli and Jordanian parts could become permanent and that in time the reasons for war would slowly fade away .
6 This was based on the assumption that once supranational institutions had been set up in one economic sector , interest groups would look to that political level for the realisation of their demands , and that in time the groups would begin to appreciate the value to themselves of integration .
7 They were convinced that scientific advances and improved living standards were steps toward a higher civilization and the general improvement of mankind , and that in time all human problems could be solved and all abuses eliminated .
8 Recognise in time , perhaps only from the despair of repeated failure , that you yourself did not cause the disease , can not control it and can not cure it and that in time you may need to surrender the fight and hand over the care of the sufferer 's addictive disease to his or her own appropriate Anonymous Fellowship .
9 Although the land tax assessment could at times be stretched to include houses , windows , servants , hair powder , non-working horses , carriages and playing cards , and although in times of war the 10 per cent peacetime limit was pushed twice as far , there was no fundamental revaluation and in many parts of the country assessment levels were nominal .
10 And I must add here that my own skin also became smoother and whilst at times I used to suffer from dry skin , strangely I no longer do .
11 After lunch he took her to the shops in the wide , tree-lined avenues , and though from time to time she was out of his sight she had no doubt whatever that he still thought she would rush off to telegraph news to her magazine if she got half a chance .
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