Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] time the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the tenancy ended by effluxion of time the defendant remained in occupation as a statutory tenant pursuant to section 2(1) ( a ) of the Rent Act 1977 . |
| 2 | It 's it 's a long stretch of time the troops need pinning down with it that 's all I 'm saying . |
| 3 | The idea of settling Jews in Palestine , the British Foreign Office cabled two of its ambassadors in 1916 , ‘ might be made far more attractive to the majority of Jews if it held out to them the prospect that when in course of time the Jewish colonists in Palestine grew strong enough to cope with the Arab population they may be allowed to take the management of the internal affairs of Palestine … into their own hands … |
| 4 | ‘ In the course of time the present [ 1954 ] conflict between Communism and Democracy , between East and West , is likely to pass just as the religious wars of the 16th and 17th century have passed . |
| 5 | It is to be hoped that in the course of time the word ‘ fear ’ used in the context of the foregoing will be abandoned in favour of the word ‘ foreboding ’ , for the conscience , once properly developed should give warning rather than frighten , and therefore enable the individual to avoid that which could give rise to real fear . |
| 6 | In the course of time the pirates turned merchants became a great hereditary patriciate , and Venice came to rule a mercantile empire much akin to that of ancient Athens , even in the end to acquire a large contado along and behind the Italian coast — but only after it had depended for centuries on piracy and trade for its food and livelihood . |
| 7 | And in course of time the whole world reaps the benefits . |
| 8 | Suppose that in the course of time the vowel /a : / in a particular language becomes open /α:/ , as it did in Southern Middle English in words of the type home , stone ( OE há0m , stá0n ) . |
| 9 | In course of time the poor seem to have accepted the image of their domestic life created by their betters . |
| 10 | In the course of time the Mercian kingdom also came to embrace much of the territory , for example , of the Wocensaete or Wreocensaete , who took their name from the Wrekin and dominated the north Shropshire plain , and it would probably be the case , if charter-material had survived for this area of north-west Mercia analogous to that which has survived for the Hwicce , that kings of the Wreocensaete emerged in varying degrees of dependence on or subjection to the Mercian ruler . |
| 11 | The equilibrium state describes the proportion of time the system spends in each state in the long term . |
| 12 | With the passage of time the contribution that these families made to the total genetic diversity of the population became subordinate to the seedling recruits : although the number of seedlings appears to be very small , their contribution to the total number of genetic individuals in the population is clearly significant in determining the number of clones or genets that are present . |
| 13 | Because those rules were not written , memory was crucial — and with the passage of time the rules were likely to be further modified , reflecting imperfect recollections of what had been done before . |
| 14 | At this point it is sufficient to mention that it is accepted that there were differences between the real and reported rates , but that for some crimes over certain periods of time the difference was fairly constant . |
| 15 | Table V shows the percentage of time the oesophageal and gastric tracings indicated identical pressure recordings . |
| 16 | Other side-effects are associated with physical dependence and withdrawal , and vary considerably depending on the dosage given and the duration of time the drug has been administered . |
| 17 | For an aeon of time the words meant nothing . |
| 18 | The longer the lapse of time the less your chance of success , but ferrets can live for a considerable period within a burrow system — as much as three weeks . |
| 19 | In a very short period of time the education officer has probably found him/herself in school discussing these very issues with headteachers at the same time as presenting an interpretation of the detailed policy position of the elected members . |
| 20 | Where information , particularly of a detailed nature , is to be collected over a period of time the panel has clear attractions . |
| 21 | Over a period of time the effects of changes in personal circumstances and company policy mean that a viable partnership will need to recruit new partners and plan for effective induction . |
| 22 | This does not add much to the cost of the order , and over a period of time the extra components build up into a useful stock of parts . |
| 23 | The masculine energy is made available , and over a period of time the woman can crystallize that energy into a bond that will hold fast . |
| 24 | 14.2 Should the Proprietor be unable or unwilling to produce a sequel work within a reasonable period of time the Publisher shall be at liberty to commission a sequel from a third party . |
| 25 | ‘ Stand ’ is proved by the observations of the officer concerned and although it is not necessary to prove the vehicle had been in the offending position for a particular period of time the court may find it helpful if the officer could give evidence , ‘ The vehicle was parked on Bradford Road from 20.00 hours to 21.00 hours etc . ’ |
| 26 | The first stage being the establishment , the next stage being penetration , the third stage being damage , what actually produces the damage in the disease , and the fourth stage is , if the disease is going to last for any period of time the ability of the organism to persist . |
| 27 | Over the same period of time the number of defendants committed for trial at the Crown Court who were remanded in custody also increased from around 13,000 to 21,000 ( having been as high as 24,000 in 1997 ) . |
| 28 | Price changes ( or returns ) can be viewed as caused by the arrival of information Over some period of time the price change ( or return ) is the sum of a large number of random effects . |
| 29 | Over a period of time the system can deteriorate , suffer interference , misalignments , and indifferent maintenance . |
| 30 | But within a very short period of time the ideological balance of power in the town shifts dramatically . |