Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] time [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , reversal experiments can be done , allowing the time course of the effects of the manipulation to be observed . |
| 2 | There is a difficulty in measuring the time lag with sufficient accuracy . |
| 3 | Rousettus clicks its tongue loudly and rhythmically as it flies , and navigates by measuring the time interval between each click and its echo . |
| 4 | The Lewisian rocks formed during the late Archaean — early Proterozoic eras , roughly indicating a time span of from c. 2800 m.y . |
| 5 | When a patient is seen for the first time , a single measurement of serum urea or creatinine alone is not helpful in differentiating the time course of renal failure . |
| 6 | The velocity of propagation was measured in cm/ second as the mean of 10 consecutive values by determining the time interval in seconds between the beginning of the upstroke of the contractions at 5 and 15 cm above the lower oesophageal sphincter and then dividing 10 ( the distance in cm between the proximal and distal ports ) by that figure . |
| 7 | Warples ' ( 1980 ) adaptation of the Lopatin ( 1971 ) method of calculating source rock maturity , though open to theoretical objections , gives results which in many cases accord well with observed hydrocarbon occurrences , and has provided the petroleum geologist with a ready rule-of-thumb means of taking the time factor into account . |
| 8 | These included raising the age of consent to eighteen , abolishing the notorious ‘ escape clause ’ ( allowing male defendants in assault cases to claim they believed the girl to be over sixteen ) , extending the time limit for prosecutions and criminalizing incest and male importuning . |
| 9 | Andrew Golightly Ltd is applying to Durham County Council to vary planning permission for opencast mining and a drift mine at South Brandon , Brancepeth , by dropping the proposal for the drift mine and extending the time limit for restoration of the site . |
| 10 | The survey also shows , however , that the Chancellor could sweeten the pill by extending the time limit on capital allowances to help counter the late payment of debts . |
| 11 | All numbers represent years , the difference between each pair showing the time span within which the particular epiphyses unite . |
| 12 | By thus increasing the time interval between successive poisonings , the owls can reduce labour and material costs and lessen the impact of pesticides on the environment as a whole . |
| 13 | Some care has to be taken , however , in specifying the time horizon in a model of a multi-period market . |
| 14 | On 11 December 1990 , the General Commissioners issued precepts , under s 51(1) , TMA 1970 , requiring the companies to provide them with information and the accounts relating to the appeals , specifying a time limit of 50 days . |
| 15 | Scaling : the relaxation ( time-correlation ) functions ( which characterise a material 's response to changes in an applied mechanical or electromagnetic field ) , measured at different temperatures , may be made to coincide on a single ‘ master ’ curve by scaling the time axis with a temperature-dependent characteristic time . |
| 16 | This policy will , while potentially reducing the time window for receiving a suitable donor organ , ensure a more optimal clinical state in those who do receive a suitable organ . |
| 17 | Phyllis Bowman said at the weekend that the best the society could hope for would be reducing the time limit to 18 weeks . |
| 18 | One such situation is a sale under which the purchaser pays nominal consideration but assumes significant liabilities ; ( b ) imposing a time limit beyond which , except in cases of fraud and dishonesty , the purchaser is time-barred from bringing a claim ( see clause 14.1 of the standard sale agreementAppendix III ) . |