Example sentences of "the time [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The time lost by such failures will be determined by the duration of the interruption to the power supply . |
| 2 | In the contractually — orientated construction and property industries this is the time to hire in real experts . |
| 3 | In the classical ( slow-moving ) limit it is possible to ignore the time compared with spatial derivatives so that the last equation reduces to . |
| 4 | In some countries , the present growth rate is about 2.5% and the time taken for such populations to double ( under the same assumption ) is therefore only 28 years ! |
| 5 | Since a van service , operating at fixed times , transports call-slips to the Annexe in batches , and brings the items requested back to the Main Building in batches , the time taken for straightforward deliveries of outhoused publications depends entirely on the time at which the request is submitted . |
| 6 | The picture painted by the Survey is one of a book provision system which is capable of coping remarkably well with the complexities of a Library whose collections have been built up over three centuries : a high proportion of requests are satisfied ; the great majority of items are delivered to readers without difficulty ; and the time taken for most items to be delivered is not only comparatively short , but , despite the fluctuating level of demand for printed books , shows little variation . |
| 7 | We could improve on a little bit was er , the time spent on incoming calls and queries which is hard to get away from . |
| 8 | During this delay the microprocessor can continue with other tasks ( including , perhaps , the control of other stepping motors ) , the only restriction being that the time spent on these tasks must be equal to the excitation interval . |
| 9 | The activities involved in the referral or investigation ( telephone calls , home visits , office interviews , meetings with other professionals , medical examinations , legal action ) and the time spent on these activities . |
| 10 | It is not even a question of reducing the time spent on formal aspects of the language system and squeezing them up to make room for a newcomer . |
| 11 | The time spent near novel first-cousins was significantly greater than the time spent near both the familiar and novel siblings and novel unrelated individuals . |
| 12 | However , ’ — he raised a finger — ‘ this is not the time to enter into such debates . |
| 13 | The major problem with top-down parsing is the time wasted in expanding rules that can not possibly be satisfied by the input . |
| 14 | an increased number of data tracks , each of which will require index entries and so will add to the time required for rotational delays described in 2 above . |
| 15 | He spent like four hours or something with the attorney general and with these three other staff over there … and they spent most of the time talking about all aspects of the Iran initiative and so forth , and then at the very end Meese pulled out that April memo … and said , ‘ what about this ? ’ |
| 16 | Now is the time to experiment with softer hairstyles , and find new shapes to frame the face and soften features . |
| 17 | Of the time devoted to Zambian languages , the ZBS allocated 23% to Bemba and 21% to Nyanja . |
| 18 | One can hardly blame them , they had too many urgent and pressing matters on hand at the time to worry about such things . |