Example sentences of "time be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have in my own way tried to point out that , of the world 's leading rugby nations , the game in south Africa has suffered badly not only as a result of its years of isolation — as many of those who have just visited the country during the New Zealand and Australian tours believe — but precisely because our officials have for a very long time been at the forefront of the trend towards professionalism . |
| 2 | The issue of conscription was a particularly tender one for the union , for it had for some time been under pressure from the Admiralty over breaches of the obligation of seamen , nominally enforced by the Board of Trade , that sailors should be on board their ships on time and hence not delay sailings . |
| 3 | Steelworkers in the public sector had for some time been in dispute with their employers , the British Steel Corporation , and had come out on strike . |
| 4 | A further survey of men in the Camberwell Reception Centre one night in 1965 found that a quarter of them had at one time been in mental hospitals and a further quarter were heavily dependent on alcohol . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman has for some time been against the original fast rail link through Kent and south London , and we have learnt tonight that he is against the current project , apparently because he believes that all British Rail 's money should be spent on saving his neck by improving the lousy commuter service that his constituents have had to tolerate for 13 years of Tory misrule — to use a well-known phrase from a couple of decades back . |
| 6 | Experiments lasting longer than 1 day ( 100 000 seconds ) are not frequently performed , and since in relaxation studies most quantities behave logarithmically , periods of 10 days , 100 days and 1000 days ( 3 years ) are needed if ranges of time are to be significantly increased . |
| 7 | Alternatively , a separate provision can be included in the terms indicating how periods of time are to be calculated . |
| 8 | The Stones and their time were all about leaving home ; The Smiths and our time are about pining for a home . |
| 9 | However , the value of a field and its rate of change with time are like the position and velocity of a particle : the uncertainty principle implies that the more accurately one knows one of these quantities , the less accurately one can know the other . |
| 10 | The main conclusion drawn is not only that modern scientific notions of time are in many ways puzzling and paradoxical ; even more important for Shallis is that the essential quality of our actual experience of time is left out of such treatments altogether . |
| 11 | Contrasting the ‘ altruistic solidarity ’ of Asian culture with the Western ‘ middle-class ’ culture of ‘ individualism ’ and ‘ competition ’ , Rex concludes : ‘ Thus , being a good Indian and being a successful middle-class student at the same time are by no means easy goals to attain . |
| 12 | It is , however , worth noting that the number of public companies , and their proportion of the total number of companies , is significantly higher in other member states , so that this may in time be of concern to a UK company with a subsidiary in another member state . |
| 13 | if the other party shall at any time be in default under this Agreement and shall fail to remedy such default within 30 ( thirty ) days from receipt of notice in writing from the first party specifying such default |
| 14 | If , on the other hand , the golem is already working , then Haberup ( who may not this time be in a position to claim the patent rights ) has presumably done something to annoy it , and in this case ( 10 ) may be used in the sense of an answer to the question : ( 11 ) what did Haberup do to his golem ? |
| 15 | If time were as a looped conveyor belt , endlessly revolving , with past , present and future all existing simultaneously , our constrained human view would be of just one thin sliver across this belt . |
| 16 | Even so , two meagre sessions of firing practice in all that time were of little help in strengthening his nerve or stoking up his fighting spirit . |
| 17 | On the other hand , as Lord Salmon observed in United Scientific Holdings Ltd v Burnley BC [ 1978 ] AC 904 : I would add that a well-advised landlord is hardly likely to agree to rent revision clause which laid down that its provisions as to time were of the essence of the contract . |
| 18 | Screens were placed along the length of the hall dividing it into four aisles , leaving spaces at either end and a way through to the Law Courts , which at that time were on the west side of the hall . |
| 19 | I was sixteen without a care in the world and my only thoughts at that time were on how soon I could get hold of my own barrow . |
| 20 | To allow Botham Wanderers , who at the time were without a win , to take a four-goal lead was asking for trouble . |
| 21 | But further heroics in extra time were beyond their weary limbs and so Stuart Pearce , the Forest captain required by England for next week 's World Cup tie in Poland , completed a victorious return from injury . |
| 22 | There was also a section where goods not redeemed within the allotted time were for sale . |
| 23 | During the hearing , Sir Montague said that people trying the drug for the first time were in particular danger . |
| 24 | The great metalworking centres of the time were in Mesopotamia , Iran and Egypt . |
| 25 | That was not to be and the financial problems facing USA rugby at this time were in a way mirrored on the field where the Eagles ' shortcomings , rather than any great brilliance on Canada 's part , determined the result with the 23 point margin between the teams the biggest in the 16-year history of the event . |
| 26 | The fastest growth rates during this time were in the three least urban regions of southern England : East Anglia , South-West , and East Midlands ( table 3.6 ) . |
| 27 | Most of the other dog-owners at that time were in a hurry , presumably with jobs to go to ; the joggers in brilliant track-suits with self-absorbed faces grew fewer as the frost rimed the tennis court . |
| 28 | Serum activities of asparate transcininase alanine transaminase , amylase , lipase , the concentrations for total bilirubin , glucose , potassium , sodium , creatinin , and the prothrombin time were in the normal range . |
| 29 | The police force at that time were in possession of what is known as an automatic door opener . |
| 30 | The aircraft at the time were within the regulations which is reinforced by the fact that they crashed well away from the public area . |