Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though expensive and time-consuming , the change cut the time needed for the project from three or four years to two . |
| 2 | To give a full description of even a simple evening out at the theatre could cover numerous pages , and it is unlikely that the writer has the time or wish to do this . |
| 3 | The Figure shows the time courses of syn-PLA2 , cat-PLA2 , and pan-PLA2 in serum samples from patients with oedematous or necrotising episodes of acute pancreatitis . |
| 4 | This partly explains why the review took the time it did , since the computer can spend nearly four days running a full set of figures . |
| 5 | Did the authors record the time of uterine contraction after delivery and , if so , was there any relation to neonatal outcome ? |
| 6 | Or the little portable sundials which shepherds used to carry up into the mountains to tell the time by ; or , a last reassuringly bucolic reminder that Bayonne 's fighting days are over , an English bayonet from the Napoleonic wars converted for stripping corn-cobs . |
| 7 | The read-out includes the time of entry , user identification and method of entry , for example , keycard or emergency metal key . |
| 8 | These star charts were provided to enable the deceased to tell the time of night or the date in the calendar . |
| 9 | If you have manual time recording then you will need to complete a list on the file showing the time and activity code which can then be used as your billing guide . |
| 10 | The generation gap makes it difficult , at my age , to find the generosity to devote the time and effort required to figure out what the bright young things are up to . |
| 11 | It is also worth noting that there are several teaching points that could usefully be made at a draft stage in Thomas 's work , notably the need to review the time sequence of the verbs in the penultimate sentence . |
| 12 | The Galks saw the time traveller , lowered themselves on to all fours , and bounded across the desert . |
| 13 | She gave a quick glance at her watch , put on an hour on the ferry to accommodate the time change , and saw that it had gone six , and that , apart for a stop for petrol and a brief stop in Aachen for a cup of coffee , she had been driving more or less continuously since just after nine that morning . |
| 14 | However , subject to the power of the court to extend the time under s 376 , no application to reverse or vary the decision of the trustee rejecting a proof will be entertained unless notice of the application is given before the expiration of twenty-one days from the date of service of the notice of rejection ( r 6.105 ) . |
| 15 | This wording allows the court to balance the time and expense involved in taking the precaution against the risk of injury . |
| 16 | If the court finds the time limit unreasonable but the limitation on damages reasonable , it can allow reliance on the latter part of the clause only . |
| 17 | And Dunlop 's string with a score already well into the thirties for the season knows the time of day when assessing its youngsters . |
| 18 | The rest of the staff passed the time each in his own way . |
| 19 | Short did not appear to obtain much advantage out of the opening and according to Karpov 's friend , Dmitri Bjelica , Karpov could have secured a draw by exchanging queens as the players approached the time control at move 40 . |
| 20 | For example , congruity with the bias decreased the time to make positive judgements — that the because clause was a sensible continuation of the sentence — by over 300 ms for the simple inference materials ( 1667 versus 1998 ms ) , but had no effect for the complex inference materials ( 2117 versus 2105 ms ) |
| 21 | What made it worse , was that the police had the time of the tram-cars and the time it took to get to a certain stop . |
| 22 | The trio felt the time was right ; they had worked together for four years , and they had a good track record — an important factor when it came to raising money for the new venture . |
| 23 | During an appearance on the TV show The Time — The Place in 1988 , he claimed he had seen ‘ some 666 young women who are HIV-positive ’ . |
| 24 | This justification is that the managers of the company have the time , information , organizational skills and other expertise to manage the business , which the shareholders themselves lack . |
| 25 | Yeah the clock , the clock 's there I always get groups that say where 's the clock cos they ca n't sort of see where it is and I 'm sort of saying it 's the angle tell the time . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll phone the hotel to check the time of Garry 's arrival , ’ he said and , picking up the phone , he asked to be connected with the Crowned Head . |
| 27 | However , if the nurse takes the time to give information to the patient , it has been shown in various studies to be beneficial ( Hayward , 1975 ; Wilson-Barnett , 1978 ; Boore , 1979 ; Bond , 1982 ) . |
| 28 | If the adverbials in the above examples were not included in the clause , one would have to rely entirely on the context to establish the time of the event . |
| 29 | It might be appropriate to ask the Mental Health Act Commission to provide a second opinion on such patients at the end of their first three months with the power to extend the time for free treatment . |
| 30 | Modern PCs , though , have the power to reduce the time needed to construct quite sophisticated animations — lots of the time-consuming steps can be automated using the computational power built into our machines . |