Example sentences of "[prep] time as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This principle was based on an idea that was accepted by other Greek thinkers of this period — the concept of Time as a judge . |
| 2 | The concept of Time as a judge can also be attributed to the great Athenian statesman Solon ( sixth century BC ) who , according to Werner Jaeger , ‘ defends himself ‘ before the bench of Time'' ’ . |
| 3 | They may construct artificial representations of a fixed reality at any one point of time as a means of handling the continuous flow of social change , but these are simply data for the social scientist and not to be taken at face value . |
| 4 | You should think of time as a resource and , like any resource , it can be squandered or utilised in an effective and efficient manner . |
| 5 | His evasion of time as a restrictive element is brought out by Ralegh who insists that ‘ Time drives the flocks from field to fold ’ . |
| 6 | Popular parlance spoke of Time as a medium wherein one had a certain independence of movement quite at variance with scientific dogma . |
| 7 | The Hopi did not seem to need any sense of time as a dimension . |
| 8 | It is generally agreed that students/trainees are observed performing on many occasions over a period of time as a natural part of the learning process . |
| 9 | The question as to whether time could conceivably exist if there were no ‘ soul , ( or mind ) to apprehend it had been raised , but not answered , by Aristotle , whose definition of time as the ‘ numbering ’ of motion and change in relation to before and after appeared to presuppose the existence of a ‘ soul ’ that contemplates and measures it . |
| 10 | Plotinus also advanced beyond Plato by modifying the latter 's famous metaphor of time as the moving image of eternity , since he was more concerned to stress the difference between , rather than the resemblance of , time and eternity . |
| 11 | Despite their constant preoccupation with temporal phenomena , the Maya never attained the idea of time as the journey of a single bearer with his load . |
| 12 | Later Jed had lost all sense of time as the external heart slowly pumped a solution of formaldehyde into the dead woman 's body , as the dead woman 's body began to blush . |
| 13 | I lost count of time as The Butcher banged away and the girl hung on grimly to my jerking skull . |
| 14 | Ideals have always been developed over long periods of time as the result of historical evolutions and through exceptional personalities . |
| 15 | The rescue came in the nick of time as the sewer filled with flash flood water just minutes after the pony was brought out . |
| 16 | The indexing changes gradually with time as the natural language of the documents covered by the index evolves . |
| 17 | There seems no reason why the heir to a title should not enter the Lords before time as a life peer . |
| 18 | I just got into the trench in time as a few explosions were occuring in several parts of the orchard . |
| 19 | The difference between them lies simply in the fact that while do situates the infinitive in time as an actualization , the modals only situate it as a potentiality . |
| 20 | Perhaps the decision to accept covered pitches in the Championship in 1981 will be seen in time as the inevitable pre-cursor to the preference now for four-day games . |
| 21 | Tenure differences may become sharper in time as the proportion of households in each tenure changes . |
| 22 | In the semi-darkness the houses around the village and the church in the centre of the green stood out like monuments with their shadows changing their shapes from time to time as a cloud obscured part of the moon . |
| 23 | He has read it before but he dips into it from time to time as a priest might consult the Bible in preparation for a sermon , or a poisoner Feltman 's Toxicology in preparation for a murder . |
| 24 | The Director-General 's Newsletter was published from time to time as a further means of membership communication . |
| 25 | ‘ This train wo n't leave on time as the last two did , and we 'll miss the ferry . ’ |
| 26 | Furthermore the information flows can be changed over time as a result of mutation in the genetic code or by the individual 's own genetic system , and some information might thus be eliminated . |
| 27 | The option premium fluctuates over time as a function of the price of the underlying asset , its volatility and the rate of interest . |
| 28 | This is illustrated in Fig. 4.1 where it is assumed that wage offers increase over time as the individual searches . |
| 29 | Complexity is added to this simple relationship because the predominant direction of stress along oblique-slip margins may change through time as a consequence of adjustments to the overall direction of plate movement . |
| 30 | But Minch had often told him that faith in Callanish waxed and waned through time as the wind itself changes through the day , and that eagles often forgot it , and wanted to forget . |