Example sentences of "[vb base] the time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We bring the time of our people , resources in kind , and skills and expertise . |
| 2 | We judge the time of day by the relative positions of the hands against the scale of hours , minutes and seconds printed on the watch face . |
| 3 | I mean the time for you being adventurous was earlier , and I mean when you retire you 've got to think about capital er protection as well . |
| 4 | ‘ Our staffing levels constrain the time off which can be allowed ’ … |
| 5 | Of course the idea came to nothing ; in fact , one gets the impression , throughout this period , that there were a great many ideas floating about whose sole value was to console , and occupy the time of , those who had them . |
| 6 | Transfer Theatre open their new devised music-theatre show THE TIME OF HER LIFE at the end of January and then go on a tour throughout the North West , Midlands and South until March . |
| 7 | Many would love to know , for instance , whether there any clocks in the White House which show the time in Moscow , or Warsaw , or Budapest , because people wonder why Mr Bush and Company appear to be falling so far behind in their reaction to the pace of life in those cities . |
| 8 | He he said get that , he said and go with him onto the train and see him safely in the compartment , ascertain the time of arrival in Ipswich , and go and telephone Ipswich police telling them that they were to meet this on arrival at Ipswich , and I thought that our Chief Constable really |
| 9 | Similarly ( b ) alone may not be sufficient as the courts have laid down principles which effectively restrict the time for which any such covenant can run and also the geographical area it can cover . |
| 10 | Finally , by way of introduction , Ranganathan 's laws of librarianship remain valid to the study of library use : books are for use ; for every reader his book ; for every book its reader ; save the time of the user . |
| 11 | The case for immediate shelf representation in a public library is made at some length by Ranganathan , in his fourth library law — ‘ save the time of the reader ’ . |
| 12 | Robert McNamara 's measure for ‘ assured destruction ’ – 20 to 33 per cent loss of population , 50 to 70 per cent loss of industry — stand in some contrast to the USSR 's wartime losses — 12 to 15 per cent loss of population and 50 per cent loss of production — particularly when we consider the time over which these losses took place . |
| 13 | I glanced at my watch , found I had forgotten to adjust it and read the time for him from the digital clock at the base of the instrument panel . |
| 14 | Then our hostess appeared on a terrace higher still , put a large telescope to her eye , and read the time by the clock on the town tower . |
| 15 | TV time is bought well in advance , and is subject to a standard cancellation date — of eight weeks — beyond which the advertiser and agency can not back out of the commitment to advertise ( though in practice an agency may , in an emergency , transfer the time to another client or a different brand ) . |
| 16 | However , recent evidence suggests that HBIG may reduce the frequency , or extend the time to onset , of recurrent HBV . |
| 17 | The order must either ( a ) specify the time after service of the order within which the act is to be done , or ( b ) specify some other time for the purpose . |
| 18 | It 's nothing changed really apart from the fact that I get the time with the little one . |
| 19 | It is n't intended to go anywhere , just fill the time of day … on and on and on with no point or purpose other than to fill the time , like the rocking of a chair . ’ |
| 20 | Well I 'll you know I remember the time of the oh I remember it well , the , the nineteen twenty six strike , oh boy , there was twenty six people slept in that barn in one , one night . |
| 21 | ‘ At least we know the time of the murder , ’ said Sergeant Bird practically . |
| 22 | Subss. ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) prescribe the time within which an appeal may be taken , subs . |
| 23 | By time-stamping a call-slip on its submission , and by recording on its second copy the time of its arrival , accompanied by the relevant book , in the Reading Room , it was possible to determine the time taken for a reader 's request to be satisfied . |
| 24 | I sometimes join them , if their smell is n't too gamey , and exchange the time of day during my lunch hour , just to make sure that I still have the use of my voice if I 've been feeding the archive into the computer all day . |
| 25 | Watches that tell the time in 18 different languages , make toast and have so many knobs and dials that the clock face is completely obscured . |
| 26 | A radar beam is one that you send out and it bounces off the thing you 're trying to measure the distance of and then the beam comes back and is picked up again and you measure the time between the beam going out and the beam coming back , and that 's twice the time it takes for the beam to get to the object and back again . |
| 27 | The Nightriders choir , including Santa , helped 1,000 passengers pass the time at Stansted , Essex , as they waited to be taken by bus to Luton or Gatwick where their flights had been diverted . |
| 28 | Pass the time with a little watersports , lie back and enjoy the peace , or wander ashore to explore some off beat village . |
| 29 | Occasionally , very occasionally , a lone knight in armour rode into Ridgery Butts from the east and plunged straight down one of the forest paths without pausing to do more than pass the time of day at the Inn and drink ale . |
| 30 | Stroll by and pass the time of day , when you were ranting and raving and threatening ’ |