Example sentences of "to the [noun] of the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be fair to the scientists of the time the brain , as it appears when freshly removed from the skull , is hardly an appealing or inspiring sight ! |
| 2 | He distinguished clearly between velocity and acceleration and asserted that freely falling objects move with a constant acceleration that is independent of their weight , dropping a distance proportional to the square of the time of fall . |
| 3 | Many early r'n'r bass players continued to use the upright bass , which lent a distinct voice to the records of the time . |
| 4 | Another more elusive contribution by labouring people to the literature of the time can be identified in David Foxon 's English Verse 1701–1750 ; a large number of verses were published pertaining to occupational or craft concerns in the decades before Duck 's appearance . |
| 5 | The fact that a scheme could be contrived that made it a working possibility for the majority of the disabled to acquire a motor car of their choice and to finance the purchase , including insurance and repair , from the allowance , was a staggering revelation to economists and particularly to the socialists of the time who regarded private enterprise as the kiss of death . |
| 6 | ‘ The rallies were a spontaneous reaction to the troubles of the time and it was the first time there had been any movement like it in Northern Ireland . |
| 7 | He looked on ‘ with the greatest pleasure ’ while all these people danced to the music of Figaro , arranged — according to the custom of the time — as quadrilles and waltzes . |
| 8 | And although , according to the conventions of the time , he acknowledged that ‘ the subject is quite unfit for women to think of ’ , he nevertheless urged a loosening of convention , for ‘ it is absolutely necessary for the ends of justice , and a due regard for outraged humanity , that these things should be made known to the women of England ’ . |
| 9 | The heat you encountered inside the Chamber of the Looms is as nothing compared to the heat of the Time Fire . ’ |
| 10 | Prerecording was possible ; so too were a range of optical and mechanical visual effects denied to the makers of The Time Machine and The Quatermass Experiment . |