Example sentences of "[prep] time has " in BNC.
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| 1 | She will be expanding her world travel experience and in between times has many interests in and around Glasgow . |
| 2 | I think he is security cos he 's been in a couple of times has n't he ? |
| 3 | - You notice that the section of your local supermarket which has stocked picnic and barbecue material since the birth of time has suddenly disappeared and been replaced by a new section stocking wrapping paper , crackers and tinsel decorations . |
| 4 | This law states that the number of atoms of a radioactive element is halved after a given amount of time has elapsed . |
| 5 | Lack of time has been cited as a possible reason why a new set of criteria put before the world governing body 's council in Tokyo last year failed to come up for discussion . |
| 6 | If after a reasonable period of time has elapsed , the Insurer having examined all evidence available , has no reason to suppose other than an accident has occurred , the disappearance of an Insured Person shall be considered as constituting a claim under this policy . |
| 7 | … the dimension of time has been shattered , we can not love or think except in fragments of time each of which goes off along its own trajectory and immediately disappears . |
| 8 | As early as 1752 , David Hume noted that ‘ the plan of liberty is settled , its happy effects are proved by experience , [ and ] a long tract of time has given it stability ’ ( Hume , 1906 : 203 ) . |
| 9 | The passage of time has played tricks on Willie Johnson . |
| 10 | Finally , hypnosis is usually carried out some time after the police have done their normal questioning , but memory of an event can often improve spontaneously after an interval of time has passed ; this phenomenon is known as the ‘ reminiscence effect . ’ |
| 11 | Our limited perception of time has difficulty in imagining events and cycles dating back just a hundred years , yet archaeologists have germinated and grown wheat from grains four thousand years old , discovered in the tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs . |
| 12 | Robert Jordan 's fantasy series The Wheel Of Time has a growing band of fans , who will enjoy his latest , THE DRAGON REBORN ( Orbit £5.99 ) . |
| 13 | This period of time has been described as a period of consensus . |
| 14 | In the East Grampian project , a considerable amount of time has been devoted to map compilation , incorporating university work with the results of the field surveys . |
| 15 | The areas which do not receive intervention can then serve as a basis for comparison with the targeted areas after a suitable period of time has elapsed ( see Table 6.1 ) . |
| 16 | Intel Corp has been less than enthusiastic about the future of its i860 — getting the 80586 into battle readiness in such a short space of time has taken up much of the company 's research and development resources in any case . |
| 17 | Indeed , he actually ascribes to Constantine a status and a virtue which should , in theory , be reserved for Jesus alone : ‘ … most God-fearing sovereign , to whom alone of those who have yet been here since the start of time has the Universal All-ruling God Himself given power to purify human life ’ . |
| 18 | The notice of appeal , or application for leave to appeal , must be filed within four weeks of the date the judgment was entered , unless an extension of time has been allowed either by the county court or the Court of Appeal . |
| 19 | When she comes to Henry VIII in her History of England , she observes that ‘ nothing can be said in his vindication , but that his abolishing Religious Houses & leaving them to the ruinous depredations of time has been of infinite use to the landscape of England in general ’ . |
| 20 | She has a superb track record , exceptional experience , and in a short space of time has made an enormous contribution to both reestablishing Century 's image and restoring its profitability in conjunction with Arrow . ’ |
| 21 | The court has no jurisdiction to order that a charge registered out of time has priority to a charge which has already been registered . |
| 22 | The problem of lack of time has been eased to some degree by the setting up of communal kitchens like those in Lima , Peru . |
| 23 | A bigger waste of time has never been seen , for that legislation will be overturned by this Bill . |
| 24 | A lot of time has elapsed , there has been a lot of inflation , many cost recalculations , and many changes in the route to get to King 's Cross , and many other considerations , such as the creation of Stratford as a major interchange , have intervened in the meantime . |
| 25 | The second possibility is that the Government have moved the guillotine motion on the ground that an inordinate amount of time has already been spent debating the Bill . |
| 26 | The absence of a member of staff for such a long period of time has , expectedly , resulted in some ‘ slippage ’ in the area of curriculum development . |
| 27 | The Act applies only to convictions which have resulted in a sentence of no more than thirty months ' imprisonment , and which have been " spent " — ie a certain period of time has elapsed since the passing of sentence . |
| 28 | The Serpent throughout time has existed as a symbol of the energizing creative force of the one supreme universal Spirit . |
| 29 | This is probably the reason for its universal acceptance as something to be cherished , and for its survival despite all religious disapproval which from time to time has endeavoured to denigrate it , as did for example , some of the teachings of Puritanism . |
| 30 | The complementary expression for the effect of the mass distribution on time has been given in eqn ( 2.2 ) . |