Example sentences of "[prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a case of Gentlemen versus Players in the golden age when such distinctions still applied and when it was obvious to anyone with an eighth of an intelligence that no paid journeyman could ever begin to compare with the rapier-like ‘ amateurs ’ who flitted with effortless superiority , solving one crime after another with a brilliant insouciance which was the dismay of the criminal fraternity , the envy of the constabulary , and a source of immense satisfaction to most of the upper middle class , especially those with an aptitude for the Times crossword . |
| 2 | Balanchine created a ballet The Seven Deadly Sins with music by Kurt Weill and words by Berthold Brecht which later inspired MacMillan to stage his version of this parable for the times . |
| 3 | The Gofer concept provides good mobile flexible staff help , just for the times it is needed . |
| 4 | Hakim was used to transactions where ‘ all parameters are not known , you leave it for the times that things are known ’ , but this business proceeded on a plane that was ‘ intangible ’ . |
| 5 | Finally he asked us to pray to be forgiven for the times when we had misused our authority . |
| 6 | Above right : The international time zones , reviewed in June 1962 for the Times Atlas of the World , uses a Mercator projection . |
| 7 | Mori for the Times put Labour one point ahead on 39 per cent , with 38 for the Tories and 20 for the Liberal Democrats . |
| 8 | An Australian schoolteacher in Hawaii wanting to write a story on the States invading Panama for The Times in London . |
| 9 | I covered the lecture for the Times Herald , and it was ‘ an unusual performance ’ . |
| 10 | After years of expensive legal fees , the court revealed that Gallacher had debts of £787 , a massive sum for the times , and he was declared bankrupt . |
| 11 | It took that length of time for The Times to reach Carewscourt from London , where it was posted every morning . |
| 12 | Coming after five years of war , when for the first time there did seem to be a tiny light at the end of the tunnel , these new rockets were almost too much for our overstretched nerves , although the situation would no doubt have been very much worse if it had not been for the times when both the RAF and the American Air Force had been out bombing Peenemunde and the other rocket sites . |
| 13 | MITCHELL PLATTS is golf correspondent for The Times . |
| 14 | Hastily scribbling out his copy for The Times on the bonnet of his car , J.N.P. Watson wrote : |
| 15 | That might help undo memories of living in or around Lucca in a displaced persons ' camp when they left Trieste ; a little cosseted security makes up for the times when there were seventeen families in one room . |
| 16 | During the Oxford Movement a translation of the Greek passages by J. H. Newman appeared as one of the Tracts for the Times , and a translation of those from the Latin by J. M. Neale was also published . |
| 17 | Newman in one of the Tracts for the Times drew up a form of service , to be used on the anniversary of Ken 's funeral , whose central message was ‘ He gave to Caesar the things that be Caesar 's and to God the things that be God 's . ’ |
| 18 | When I visited Roehampton to prepare an article for the Times Educational Supplement , Dr Shipman expressed his hopes that the scheme would ‘ lead to an initial preparation for teaching that blends theory and practice in courses that are coherent and intellectually stretching ’ . |
| 19 | A similar analysis for The Times belies the nature of the changes implied by Curran et al . |
| 20 | ( For The Times , the increase was a mere 19% . ) |
| 21 | Frank Giles , then Rome correspondent for The Times , says that though technically below Monsignor Domenico Tardini in rank , Giles was advised to take sandwiches . |
| 22 | Lysates were precleared with normal rabbit serum and equal amounts incubated at 37°C for the times indicated . |
| 23 | Much above the average in wealth for a Buckinghamshire incumbent , his estate totalling nearly £19 included £7. 1s. 4d. in ready money , a substantial amount for the times by any reckoning . |
| 24 | For The Times , Alan Lee is workmanlike and reliable , and is usually supplemented by a featured column from his predecessor , John Woodcock . |
| 25 | ‘ If you worked for the Times you 'd have known John . |
| 26 | Julian Barnes ( pictured left ) was then on the staff of the Oxford English Dictionary Supplement , and Martin Amis worked for the Times Literary Supplement . |
| 27 | JANE MACQUITTY has been writing about wine since 1975 and is wine correspondent for The Times . |
| 28 | Although it hardly seemed to notice the Hooligan affair , and its only immediate response was a front-page poem ‘ Hot Weather and Crime ’ which can only have been intended as a slap in the face for The Times leader on ‘ The Weather and the Streets ’ : The message was clear enough : if it took crime and violence to attract the attention of the mighty to the lives of the poor , then so be it . |
| 29 | The rise of the ‘ casual ’ — the smartly-dressed stand supporter with a penchant for calling cards , scrap books and well-organised mega-violence spiced with more than a hint of racist overtones — seems a perfect symbol for the times . |
| 30 | He was already owed money by Hope for the times he had taken him fishing . |