Example sentences of "time and [noun sg] be [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The idea that symbol denotes presence within the means appropriate for time and space is hardly anywhere mentioned .
2 This is by far the commonest cavity for lasers in general , but has major drawbacks from a theoretical standpoint : the standing-wave pattern greatly complicates the atomic response and can also lead to multimode operation , and time and space are much more intimately mixed in the feedback process .
3 He is responsible for planning and control of the project , and for ensuring that cost estimates and project schedules are realistic , that time and money are properly budgeted between functional departments , and that the staff is doing a good job .
4 Paternalist assumptions were an aspect of the deeply entrenched feeling , which time and education were only slowly eroding , that legitimate rulers were in some sense the agents of God .
5 Time and empathy are often lacking in the doctor-patient encounter ; high-tech medicine sometimes turns patients into numbers labelled with a diagnosis ; and since many diseases have become curable , some patients expect a cure for all ailments .
6 These histories , their temporalities defined according to the specific concepts of particular domains , are not , however , independent of the whole : they are dependent on it , but in a structure derived from the ‘ differential relations between the different levels within the whole … the mode and degree of independence of each time and history is therefore necessarily determined by the mode and degree of dependence of each level within the set of articulations of the whole ’ ( 100 ) .
7 He argued that issues of fact were more difficult than in Britain because there was much false testimony and also because ‘ precision of observation with regard to time and distance is quite unknown to a large proportion of witnesses . ’
8 The rewards to be had from investing the time and effort are pretty good , however .
9 The time and place are also factors that might have some bearing on whether or not racial hatred was likely .
10 This process of the effective addition of value to meet a specific executive information need at a specific time and place is most certainly not a trivial task .
11 Someone who has a lot of overt status has a great deal to do : their time and attention are very precious .
12 The increased demands both in time and energy are far outweighed by the long-term benefits as the job of teaching actually becomes easier and more enjoyable when everyone , including parents and children , share the same sense of purpose and direction .
13 Discipline was very very strict in those days but of course with the war coming on and lots of those men going to the forces , things changed drastically during that time and discipline was somewhat more lax after the war .
14 It seems it 's one of those things that came right first time and improvement is either impossible or unnecessary .
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