Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] 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 | The project is broken down into a series of well-defined jobs of short duration whose cost and time can be estimated . |
| 8 | The project is broken down into a series of well-defined jobs of short duration whose cost and time can be estimated . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Especially , Geoff Kingswell , for his generous donations of sweets for the children , and Terry Wood for his thoughtfulness and time . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | We 're gon na hear it time and time again in the run up to the Election . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | An outing to the local pub for Kevin Maxwell and his family and time to reflect on being made Britain 's biggest bankrupt . |
| 20 | At least JTR did not then rename the spot as so many others of his class and time did . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Oh that , that 's erm that gives me date and time . |