Example sentences of "to be [verb] [prep] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alice 's heart seemed to be thumping in time with the train wheels as she looked at Harry 's glowing face opposite her . |
| 2 | The topic continues to be raised from time to time in the media including illustrations of how celebrity trials in America are reported on TV . |
| 3 | 2.6.1 for insuring the Centre or ( where such insurance includes the Centre and other premises ) such proportion [ reasonably ] attributable to the Centre of the sums that the Landlord shall from time to time pay by way of premium for insuring the Centre and other premises to be determined from time to time by the Surveyor acting as an expert and not as an arbitrator |
| 4 | Henceforth it was to be seen from time to time on route 16/18 . |
| 5 | He began by securing from Parliament a fifteenth and tenth , combined with a subsidy , the first to be levied in time of peace . |
| 6 | Having examined the practice in different common law jurisdictions , their Lordships consider that the principles endorsed by the Jamaican Court of Appeal , particularly with regard to inconsistent previous statements , represent what will normally be an acceptable way of achieving fairness to the accused and they take the opportunity of saying that in a civilised community the most suitable ways of achieving such fairness ( which should not be immutable and require to be reconsidered from time to time ) are best left to , and devised by , the legislature , the executive and the judiciary which serve that community and are familiar with its problems . |
| 7 | Such initiatives tended to be overcome in time by inertia and indifference . |
| 8 | Payment cheques , must arrive at banks by 1 April to be cleared in time for the 6 April deadline . |
| 9 | Although there are important differences between the various theories , the great majority of researchers assert that ‘ aggression ’ ( however defined ; see below for a discussion on definitions ) is an integral part of human nature ; and that aggressive impulses and behaviour have somehow to be directed and controlled for human relations to be sustained over time in a social setting . |
| 10 | Heron proposes classifying debt as A and B. Category A interest would continue to be paid on time with principal repaid from cash generated by the ongoing businesses and asset disposals . |
| 11 | Radicals wanted to see progress towards humankind as the central theme , but conservatives like Owen , worried about the status of the human soul , preferred more complex patterns of development that allowed for entirely new levels of organization to be introduced from time to time . |
| 12 | For the first time I realized the humiliating narrowness of mind with which one has to be equipped in time of war . |
| 13 | People who live beside flood rivers are liable to be recruited from time to time . |
| 14 | Whether you intend to show your dog or not , it will need to be bathed from time to time . |
| 15 | Orders placed during August are unlikely to be supplied in time for the start of the Session on . |
| 16 | But the publication of these magazines was of course very demanding both in time and money and several faded away in the following decade , to be revived from time to time in spasmodic bouts of enthusiasm . |
| 17 | To achieve that target without endless sprawl , local interests will have to be hurt from time to time . |
| 18 | Circumstances in which overtime may be used should be identified , together with a list of staff who have agreed to be approached in time of need . |
| 19 | Indeed , they may be appreciated as a lively addition to the garden , to be watched from time to time from the kitchen window . |
| 20 | But heads do nevertheless need to say what has to be changed from time to time — and should see the need for change before their colleagues . |
| 21 | Now we can only hope that things are resolved quickly enough for the developments to be finished in time for the 1994 Open . ’ |
| 22 | A new series of trendy Toby mugs are to be launched in time for Christmas . |