Example sentences of "[noun sg] the time " in BNC.

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1 With VR2 providing minimum resistance the time period is less than one second but at maximum resistance , it is four minutes approximately .
2 In the case of a star of mass the time constant is of the order , which means that when the signals from the probe begin to fade they do so quickly .
3 The court may extend or abridge the time appointed by the rules for doing any act or taking any step in the proceedings either before or after the time has elapsed ( s 376 ) .
4 In these circumstances , the court has the power to abridge the time for service .
5 The gradient of a scalar potential is still there but we have in addition the time derivative of the vector potential .
6 In addition the time taken for the phase current to decay becomes important at high speeds , because the phase current continues flowing ( through the freewheeling diode ) beyond the excitation interval dictated by the drive transistor switch .
7 Prologue The time trial before the first real stage of the race .
8 Snugly fitted into it they were flicked out , bulky and milk-white as the pearls from Madeleine 's necklace the time it broke and spilt into her plate at lunch .
9 Girls ' educational ‘ problems ’ would derive from female devaluation within the school ; a girl-friendly school would restore to them through both organization and curriculum the time , space , attention and ( sexual ) dignity which has been usurped by the males .
10 The cost of all significant community services provided for each of the clients ( including day hospitals and day centres ) has been included , plus of course the time of support workers and a proportion of the time of the development officers ( see Appendix IV ) .
11 It was the very same story the time oor Isa sent for the stilettos very much against my advice as it happens but they were supposed to be real made-in-England leather uppers available in three colourways , aubergine , aqua or avocado well , as she said herself she was expecting green but nothing quite as Irish as they turned out in fact to be .
12 She was scared out of her skin the time I was walking along the wall of the prom .
13 This means that it can be certified like any other homebuilt , and a pilot with a single engine rating can fly it ( although through an anomaly the time counts as twin time in his or her logbook ) .
14 ‘ I would n't ask the fuzz the time if it would save me old granny 's life . ’
15 However if this undefined elephant arises , bearing in mind the time the development planning process takes , is it reasonable to think that the elephant would wait around long enough for that to happen ?
16 On completion the time is noted and the duration recorded .
17 Time of Submission The time of submission of the application within the date set by the UCAS is not important ; all candidates are given equal consideration .
18 Time of Submission The time of submission of the application within the dates set by UCAS is not important ; all candidates are given equal consideration .
19 She just waited until the storm was over , when she pulled a clean handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to Annunziata , remembering with a tiny moment of irrepressible pleasure the time when David had done the same for her .
20 The beams of light from this lighthouse turn round completely once every few second The time taken for the beam to turn a full circle is different for every lighthouse .
21 So to maintain a correct course , the bee has to use its body clock to gauge the time and then adjust the angle to compensate for the sun 's movement .
22 I want five storm-troopers to give that girl the time of her life .
23 Her mum loves it , her friends think the attention is great , but bosses at a firm of Belfast architects could n't spare the city girl the time off she needed for her modelling .
24 If the cells have a ‘ clock ’ that stops when they leave the zone the time on the clock will give them their position along the axis .
25 To be honest , he had hardly given rugby the time of day as he spent his Saturday afternoons on the soccer pitch , writes Graham Tait .
26 As soon as you start applying a tourniquet then write on your arm or leg with a pen the time that applications started .
27 So I put the microchi chip in place the time machine was ready the next day I put one of them down so I typed in ancient Egypt and then I put oh and by the way I wa I 'm called Professor Plop because when I landed in ancient Egypt there was a big plop !
28 O. Charlton applied for the England job the time Bobby Robson got it and did n't even receive a reply from Lancaster Gate .
29 The weaknesses are lack of security the time difference that it can bring if there 's lots of replies going backwards and forwards erm it might get mislaid , it might never get read , you do n't know you ca n't be sure that people are actually reading the memo er you do n't know what the reaction of the people is you ca n't go back on what you 've said because it 's on paper er and it lacks that personal touch can be expensive on time , times to you but sorry erm but can be expensive not on time but on materials .
30 Did you give the process the time and effort it really needed ?
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