Example sentences of "number [prep] time [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Throughout history , otherwise unmarked minuets have been written in a number of time signatures , including 3/4 , 6/8 and 3/8 .
2 Marx saw history as divided into a number of time periods or epochs , each being characterized by a particular mode of production .
3 Clearly the most drastic punishment for a firm that has reneged on the collusive agreement would be for the other firms to force it to its security level , either forever or for some specified number of time periods .
4 The binomial model may be extended by increasing the number of time periods ( n ) and at the limit where n equals infinity it approaches the deterministic Black and Scholes option pricing model .
5 The severity of jet-lag , however , is dependent upon the number of time zones crossed rather than the length of flight .
6 Table 11.1 gives a general guide to the number of time zones between the United Kingdom and other countries .
7 This paper , regarded by students of horology as a classic of its kind , suggested that the United States be divided along longitude lines into a number of time zones , each one precisely one hour behind its eastern neighbour .
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