Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [art] time [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fume cupboards may be manually operated or on a time clock control . |
| 2 | Secondly , step ( 4 ) above should be implemented before step ( 5 ) so that at the time management subscribes the substantial part of their shares in Newco , in respect of which they have taken out loans to defray the cost of acquisition , Newco will already control Target by virtue of its contractual entitlement to acquire it ; if , in practice , steps ( 3 ) to ( 5 ) occur on the same day , board minutes and other records should show that events took place in the correct order . |
| 3 | The daring magnitude of this conception has since been obscured by its almost routine enactment in a series of African countries in the 1960s , but it should never be forgotten that India was the test case , and that at the time success in the execution of such a plan seemed far from assured : only a year before Mountbatten 's appointment the then viceroy , Lord Wavell , had been pressing on the Cabinet his ‘ Breakdown Plan ’ , which consisted simply of the phased evacuation of the British from India without any serious attempt to ensure that a viable , much less friendly , government was installed in their place . |
| 4 | Why for example is the profit on running a service station whittled away so much that by the time off-site costs are taken into account , the final profit is just one quarter of what it was ? |
| 5 | However , I am pleased to recall that by the time dinner was served an hour or so later , nothing but efficiency and professional calm was exhibited on the part of my team . |
| 6 | Coleman got his fees and salary from the College , a daily retainer from the army , and for a time money from the sale of drugs provided for the College and the army . |
| 7 | The serial channels , which interpret and process the communication protocols , each support eight different protocol modes and a built-in time slot assigner routes data to and from any of the channels , to and from a Time Division Multiplexed Channel such as a T1 or CEPT line . |
| 8 | Why was it so important to get Steiner back and in the time scale indicated ? |
| 9 | All day this shadow grew in her mind and by the time school was over and she was running along the railway line , it seemed to be running behind her like some dark , winged creature . |
| 10 | They moved quite quickly and by the time Mum had paid for her shopping and packed it in bags , they had almost reached t ] he last checkout . |
| 11 | But then she recognised her erstwhile midwife , and by the time Fen rejoined her Robbie was enjoying a rapturous welcome — a welcome in which an indignant , ruffled Raff was sharing . |
| 12 | The broad wavelength tuning is accompanied by the high peak photon fluxes needed for investigating nonlinear processes , and by the time resolution needed to study the dynamics of reactions . |
| 13 | Since it was a beverage blessed by the great Dickens , it was perceived by the Lionisers as an entirely suitable drink for the ladies , and by the time Rose and Auguste arrived , another merry night was well in progress . |
| 14 | But for the time being , with a young family at home , he is very happy to have switched to contract catering . |
| 15 | But for the time being it gives Japanese firms a small advantage . |
| 16 | The steamroller had hit a bump , but for the time being it was back on course . |
| 17 | Inevitably , writing for the Cornhill gave him a first experience of the restrictions imposed on authors by the readers of quality magazines , but for the time being he was happy to compromise in the interests of his career . |
| 18 | But for the time being , dancing meant little to him . |
| 19 | The cost of the replacement equipment is thus reduced and may attract CGT when it is disposed of ; but for the time being , liability for CGT is avoided . |
| 20 | But for the time being this will do nicely . |
| 21 | Later we will discuss different technical constructions , but for the time being we will define precisely what makes melody , and what , probably , makes it distinctive . |
| 22 | In later years Nietzsche came to have a more favourable attitude to these aspects of classical studies , but for the time being his dissatisfaction was almost unqualified . |
| 23 | Whether such a prognosis is indeed likely or not is a question to which we shall return shortly , but for the time being let us merely note the danger , which is in any event a very real one , and pass on . |
| 24 | ‘ There is a possibility that this chap will move to another university next year , but for the time being I 've had to look for a way to take the heat off . |
| 25 | The impact of molecular biology will eventually revolutionise our whole way of thinking about cancer and is management , but for the time being three areas are receiving particular attention : |
| 26 | But for the time being this will do nicely . |
| 27 | But for the time being I happen to think it best to wait a little , in the hope that something triggers your memory into returning of its own accord . ’ |
| 28 | We still have a detective sergeant and a couple of local officers working on it , but for the time being we 've run out of anything to go on . |
| 29 | We still have a detective sergeant and a couple of local officers working on it , but for the time being we 've run out of anything to go on . |
| 30 | But for the time being conservationists everywhere are happy to know that the swans and the anglers are no longer rivers apart . |