Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] and time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tate was a fierce critic of the ‘ cloistered historical scholarship of the graduate school ’ , with its positivistic assumption that the literary text ‘ expresses its place and time , or the author 's personality ’ and nothing more ( Tate 1959 : 7 & 54 ) . |
| 2 | However , radar has the advantage over the passive receipt of radio waves that the pulses sent can be controlled and their nature and time of sending are known . |
| 3 | These are more difficult to qualify and quantify , in terms of their nature and time and other resources used . |
| 4 | But most of us would probably eschew the ostentatious and eccentric , and settle for an honest and straightforward run of bindings that have a plain tale to tell of their place and time . |
| 5 | The classic Hollywood narrative , he proposes , in a manner quite similar to Bakhtin 's , is defined by the centrality of a logic of causation to which character is central , and to which space and time are always subordinate : ‘ In the Hollywood style the systems do not play equal roles : space and time are almost invariably made vehicles for narrative causality ’ . |
| 6 | Individuals have different needs , and these will differ according to their situation and time of life : a young graduate may have a strong need to sense that she or he fits into an organisation , while a middle-aged employee facing redundancy may have future security as a main priority . |
| 7 | Ministers when they come to Committees should assume that other Ministers have read their papers and time should not be spent on an oral regurgitation of what already appears in writing in the paper . |
| 8 | The project is broken down into a series of well-defined jobs of short duration whose cost and time can be estimated . |
| 9 | The project is broken down into a series of well-defined jobs of short duration whose cost and time can be estimated . |
| 10 | As an ex-hurler , he preferred football , but Uncle Mick had dragged him time and time again to see his own beloved New York Giants . |
| 11 | Especially , Geoff Kingswell , for his generous donations of sweets for the children , and Terry Wood for his thoughtfulness and time . |
| 12 | He was by no means unusual for his place and time : there were not a few London families in the mid-19th century who were busy accumulating all the paraphernalia that seemed to give them a gilt-edged claim to middle-class respectability — the portraits , the studio photographs , a family bible , ornate gravestones , even the odd crest and Latin motto . |
| 13 | Herman 's heavily-layered paintings and his quick , succinct drawings are unmistakably of his place and time , so alert in the detail of both gesture and description . |
| 14 | He thanked them all but told them that ‘ his determination was to spend his life and time and talent in his own family , for whose benefit he had now parted with all his worldly estate among them ’ . |
| 15 | ROBERT SAM ANSON 's ‘ The Man Who Shot JFK ’ ( February ) was the first of many articles I read on the same subject — but I kept returning to his time and time again . |
| 16 | The summit is 2373 feet above the sea , not a great altitude , but to the many pilgrims who climb to it time and time again , it is a stepping stone to heaven . |
| 17 | We wrote it down and repeated it time and time again to Sergeant Moustaine , until he was satisfied that even the most stupid of us had understood it . |
| 18 | We 're gon na hear it time and time again in the run up to the Election . |
| 19 | The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in . |
| 20 | An outing to the local pub for Kevin Maxwell and his family and time to reflect on being made Britain 's biggest bankrupt . |
| 21 | At least JTR did not then rename the spot as so many others of his class and time did . |
| 22 | His educational achievements , lack of a major trade-union base , and personal idiosyncrasies inhibited his effectiveness as a labour leader , but did not prevent him from making significant contributions to his class and time . |
| 23 | Writing is n't usually a social activity , except when you 're working on exercises together in a writers ' group — and even then you 'll find that you do most of your writing alone , in whatever space and time you can carve out for yourself . |
| 24 | I can never really be sure as to whether Binnian or Slievelamagan is my favourite top , but take endless delight in going back to them time and time again in the hope of solving this important question . |
| 25 | I have told them time and time again and the people have endorsed them and endorsed in voting pattern by giving me eighty nine percent of the vote . |
| 26 | Oh that , that 's erm that gives me date and time . |