Example sentences of "different time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus in London at different times there have been groups which have called themselves the Society of Twelve , the Seven and Five , and One/Four . |
| 2 | But in many respects they are very different , and they come from different times : they are separated from one another by three-quarters of a century . |
| 3 | They are likely to flower at different times and the effect will be untidy . |
| 4 | Different varieties flower at different times ; you will find them described as early , mid-season or late flowering in catalogues and on the labels on most garden centres . |
| 5 | Different contraceptive methods suit different people at different times , so ask the advice of your family doctor or your family planning clinic . |
| 6 | I suppose I have had three or four cracks at it now at different times of my life and in different circumstances and every time I have got it wrong . |
| 7 | It can provide general lighting so you can move around safely and see more or less what you are doing when it 's dark outside ; task lighting when you want more concentrated light in a particular area for a particular job ( including reading ) ; mood lighting to provide different atmospheres in different rooms at different times ; and it can also be used to illuminate the outside of the home . |
| 8 | Smeed went on to argue that if drivers were charged for the delays they impose on one another , some of them would travel at different times , by different means or to different places — and that time wasted by everyone in jams would be reduced . |
| 9 | Their interest in politics at four different times : the mid-term ( early summer 1986 ) , the pre-campaign week ( March 1987 ) , and the first and second fortnights of the final campaign . |
| 10 | For Fanon this means that , despite Europe 's crimes , which will not and can not be forgotten , the Third World 's ‘ new history of Man ’ must ‘ have regard to the sometimes prodigious theses which Europe has put forward ’ since ‘ all the elements of a solution to the great problems of humanity have , at different times , existed in European thought ’ ( Wretched of the Earth , 253 — 4 ) . |
| 11 | This impossible linking role , this almost schizophrenic position which a woman has to defend is reflected over and over again at different times and in many aspects of her life . |
| 12 | Different activities declined at different times and in different ways . |
| 13 | Experiments have been performed to investigate , at different times of the day and night , how easy it is to fall asleep , how likely it is to wake up spontaneously , and how long volunteers can stay asleep . |
| 14 | Related to these results is the question of how long we can stay asleep ( in a laboratory that is always equally quiet , dark , and warm ) at different times of the day . |
| 15 | Experiments in which sleep was taken at different times have shown that REM sleep is very little affected by external factors , with most REM activity in the hours between 8 o'clock and noon , and least in the hours just before midnight . |
| 16 | Individuals were also asked to assess the severity of a task at different times during the 24 hours . |
| 17 | The same workers are investigated at different times of the day . |
| 18 | With sufficient manipulation of the rota , it would be possible to arrange for the work-force to have been working for the same number of hours at different times of the day — condition ( 2 ) . |
| 19 | ( You are rarely able to sample rhythms as often as you would like. ) ( a ) Are your 4 hours of observations made in a single session or a number of sessions ? ( b ) If it is a single session , is this at the same time or at different times each day ? ( c ) If it is at different times , then how do you arrange them ? ( d ) If it is a number of sessions , then how many ? |
| 20 | ( You are rarely able to sample rhythms as often as you would like. ) ( a ) Are your 4 hours of observations made in a single session or a number of sessions ? ( b ) If it is a single session , is this at the same time or at different times each day ? ( c ) If it is at different times , then how do you arrange them ? ( d ) If it is a number of sessions , then how many ? |
| 21 | He had not written anything he had not already said to me at different times ’ . ’ |
| 22 | Now , Richard Fairbanks of New York 's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory has uncovered a detailed record which shows how fast global sea level rose at different times during the transformation from the glacial to the post-glacial world . |
| 23 | By subtracting the slow rate at which the planet 's surface is rising in the Barbados area , known from previous geological work onshore , he could work out where sea level stood at different times in the past . |
| 24 | Such behaviour may be practised by animals of any age , and at different times of year , and sometimes between the same sex , but does not always lead to mating . |
| 25 | It is that of ‘ a thinking , intelligent being , that has reason and reflection , and can consider itself as itself , the same thinking thing in different times and places ’ . |
| 26 | Even supposing that consciousness need not , or even can not , have its basis in material substance , it is possible not only that the same personal consciousness be associated with different immaterial Cartesian substances , but also that the same immaterial substance be associated , at different times , with different consciousnesses . |
| 27 | Thus tree rings are differentiated by the types , density and size of cell laid down at different times of the year ; varves by the gradation in particle size resulting from sedimentation of debris released into rivers and carried to lakes by the annual melt of glaciers ; and ice core layers by differences in dust content and acidity . |
| 28 | The well-defined rings ( fig. 7.6 ) are due to the difference in the cells produced at different times of the year . |
| 29 | Their financial status seems to have varied at different times in her life from the reasonably comfortable to the distinctly shabby genteel . |
| 30 | A movie version of Morrison 's life has been in the works for more than a decade , with male stars from John Travolta to Jason Donovan coveting the lead role and a string of scriptwriters , directors and producers slated for involvement at different times . |