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

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1 Having elaborated the paradoxical conditions of historicity , of any history or totalization , Derrida himself has been particularly concerned to analyse those such as Husserl , Heidegger or Levinas , who have been involved in investigations of time and temporality .
2 It 's the expression of a negative dynamic , in which the cycle of action and reaction between teacher and pupil seems only to confirm the pupil in the disruptive role and of escalating sanctions which consume energy , time and morale in large amounts .
3 Treated by theology as one of the deadly sins and recognised and discussed without inhibition by philosophers , poets , psychologists and other observers of the human scene until the present century , it has all but disappeared from view in our own time and reference to its existence , let alone study of its function , has been sedulously avoided .
4 If information arrived at a constant rate in calendar time , the approaches using calendar time and event time would be identical .
5 The abrupt cut can be softened by a lap dissolve , originally done by gradually closing down the iris on the lens ( a fade-out ) , winding back the film and then opening up the iris for the same length of time and film ( a fade-in ) .
6 The lengthy period which most party leaders have already spent in Parliament before gaining office certainly gives them time and opportunity to acquire suitable skills .
7 Henry Parris , tutor-organiser for Northamptonshire who had previously served in a similar capacity in Yorkshire North District , also acknowledged that most of his organising work could have been done by voluntary members , given the time and opportunity to travel around the county .
8 In 1988 , he received a death threat at his home with a skull and cross-bones reading , ‘ It 's just a question of time and opportunity , but we 'll get you . ’
9 There is evidence to suggest that young swains showed interest from time to time but were probably defeated by lack of time and opportunity on the one hand and by Hannah 's shy , reserved nature on the other .
10 Spain 's dominant classes were therefore permitted the time and opportunity for marshalling their powerful opposition to the very measures that were intended to weaken them .
11 Even if teachers were given the time and opportunity to develop their professional lives in the ways they felt most suitable , the questions and dilemmas that face them are so many and so deep that it is indeed a daunting task .
12 As we get older reality requires that the ideal and the self are reconciled ; ambitions are relaxed ; unrealistic goals are abandoned as time and opportunity compel us to change the idealized concept we have for ourselves .
13 She had relied on having time and opportunity to confide in him , and set his mind at rest about the unexpected summons .
14 The man checks my gun as if I 'd had the time and opportunity to fix the outcome , and then rather begrudgingly hands over a very full pair of red fake fur lips .
15 Bearing in mind the well-documented history on the question of having a fully-licensed establishment within our village the Chairman of the Council has asked me to request a postponement of any final decision in order to give time and opportunity for full consultation and for any resulting meaningful comments to be submitted .
16 the final item could include all the performers if there is time and opportunity to organise it — failing that play your trump card with a really stunning item to finish .
17 Symbol is part of the language of drama : " The way in which the teacher draws attention to the symbol ( gesture , word , object etc. ) generates a collective meaning and also gives time and opportunity for the participant to endow that symbol with his or her individual meaning . "
18 The kind of information relevant to users depends on the nature of their assignment or course , whether there is time and opportunity to use resources or whether the database is seen as the information source .
19 Pretreatment of human colon adenocarcinoma derived HT-29 cells with DMJ resulted in an expression of the 105 kD β 1 precursor chain and of smaller forms of the α 1 , α 3 , α 6 , and α v integrin subunits in a time and dose dependent manner .
20 He needs to have time and freedom to concentrate on proper spending ! )
21 The capacity rules are just part of a now long list of rules and regulations that surround university life , and make extra demands on the time and freedom of academics .
22 Some women work because , having reduced responsibilities and ties , they have more spare time and freedom .
23 Indeed , it is reassuring to note that although these studies involve different problems within the verb , they all seem to be converging in so far as the view of the relation between event time and universe time ( time containing the event ) is concerned .
24 Two quantities can only be equal if they contain the same powers of space , time and mass .
25 Bataille 's key notion was that of expenditure without return , an orgiastic squandering of time and self .
26 That we have three million full time employer ployees replaced by three million part time and self employed with the worst trained and education labour force of any attending the summit .
27 In reality , if your pet is left with a small , beautifully-sutured wound , then all credit must go the skill of your veterinary surgeon and it 's worth remembering that , for the time and skill required , spaying is a very cheap and justifiable operation .
28 I feel the time and skill required to engineer and reliable system would outweigh the benefits .
29 It will be especially meaningful for those who may be able to make a very limited financial offering , but who could make a considerable offering of time and skill .
30 There can be no doubt that much time and skill would have been required to produce such an ornate and complex piece of metalwork ; the investment required was no doubt matched by the importance of the person for whom it was made and with whom it was buried with coins dated AD 622–629 at Sutton Hoo ( Brown 1981b ) .
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