Example sentences of "[noun sg] of time [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , cats spend a great deal of time every day dealing with their toilet , and in addition to the typical licking movements they perform repeated scratchings . |
| 2 | When the tenancy ended by effluxion of time the defendant remained in occupation as a statutory tenant pursuant to section 2(1) ( a ) of the Rent Act 1977 . |
| 3 | ‘ In the course of time the present [ 1954 ] conflict between Communism and Democracy , between East and West , is likely to pass just as the religious wars of the 16th and 17th century have passed . |
| 4 | It is to be hoped that in the course of time the word ‘ fear ’ used in the context of the foregoing will be abandoned in favour of the word ‘ foreboding ’ , for the conscience , once properly developed should give warning rather than frighten , and therefore enable the individual to avoid that which could give rise to real fear . |
| 5 | Suppose that in the course of time the vowel /a : / in a particular language becomes open /α:/ , as it did in Southern Middle English in words of the type home , stone ( OE há0m , stá0n ) . |
| 6 | If I make a large number of such measurements the theory enables me to calculate the proportion of times the electron will be found " here " and the proportion of times it will be found " there " . |
| 7 | The equilibrium state describes the proportion of time the system spends in each state in the long term . |
| 8 | With the passage of time the contribution that these families made to the total genetic diversity of the population became subordinate to the seedling recruits : although the number of seedlings appears to be very small , their contribution to the total number of genetic individuals in the population is clearly significant in determining the number of clones or genets that are present . |
| 9 | Other side-effects are associated with physical dependence and withdrawal , and vary considerably depending on the dosage given and the duration of time the drug has been administered . |
| 10 | Aim to collect over a period of time a variety of texts covering different types of oral literature , the formal and the informal , fiction and truth , narrative and exhortation , and so on . |
| 11 | The period of time a bill is before Parliament determines how long the window of opportunity to legislate on criminal justice matters remains open . |
| 12 | This stage is followed by a search for means to implement the desired change and over a period of time a cycle of problems are handled by this method . |
| 13 | 14.2 Should the Proprietor be unable or unwilling to produce a sequel work within a reasonable period of time the Publisher shall be at liberty to commission a sequel from a third party . |
| 14 | The first stage being the establishment , the next stage being penetration , the third stage being damage , what actually produces the damage in the disease , and the fourth stage is , if the disease is going to last for any period of time the ability of the organism to persist . |
| 15 | Where information , particularly of a detailed nature , is to be collected over a period of time the panel has clear attractions . |
| 16 | Over a period of time the system can deteriorate , suffer interference , misalignments , and indifferent maintenance . |
| 17 | In a very short period of time the education officer has probably found him/herself in school discussing these very issues with headteachers at the same time as presenting an interpretation of the detailed policy position of the elected members . |
| 18 | ‘ Stand ’ is proved by the observations of the officer concerned and although it is not necessary to prove the vehicle had been in the offending position for a particular period of time the court may find it helpful if the officer could give evidence , ‘ The vehicle was parked on Bradford Road from 20.00 hours to 21.00 hours etc . ’ |
| 19 | This would be done on the basis of the facts , in particular the period of time the marriage had lasted and the extent to which the wife had foregone the opportunity to earn pension rights while bringing up the children . |
| 20 | Price changes ( or returns ) can be viewed as caused by the arrival of information Over some period of time the price change ( or return ) is the sum of a large number of random effects . |
| 21 | The masculine energy is made available , and over a period of time the woman can crystallize that energy into a bond that will hold fast . |
| 22 | The apparent concord of Sigismund 's opening years did not last long ; within a short period of time the episcopate threatened to suspend the king from communion , because of his support for a royal official in a case of incest . |
| 23 | Over the same period of time the number of defendants committed for trial at the Crown Court who were remanded in custody also increased from around 13,000 to 21,000 ( having been as high as 24,000 in 1997 ) . |
| 24 | Here we see an illustration of the almost universal law that the term Normal being taken to refer to a short period of time an increase in the amount demanded raises the normal supply price . [ … ] |
| 25 | And in the fullness of Time the seed S grew into a beautiful Tree , which is what T stands for . |
| 26 | At the age of thirty-four he met and married within a very short space of time a widow who was four years his senior . |
| 27 | During lunch the Rentokil managers were heartened by the fact that in such a short space of time the seminar had paid for itself four times over by the amount of business gained . |
| 28 | Within a short space of time the student comes to a gradual understanding of the various patterns of attack . |
| 29 | It must not rely on the measurement of subjective impressions such as the number of times a child annoyed a parent ; it must be concerned with observable behaviour . |
| 30 | There 's only a certain number of times a person can take spelling ‘ Aphrosyne Agathangelou ’ over the phone . ’ |