Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The time recorded on two different watches , for example , can be perfectly associated : the time on one of them can be correctly predicted from the time on the other , but not because the time on one of them causes the time on the other ; altering the time on one of them would have absolutely no impact on the other . |
| 2 | The choice of reference , whether it is to be to expert or arbitrator , is in any event usually made at the time of the original contract which precedes the time when the parties know whether they have an " issue to settle " or a " formulated dispute " , and they will be obliged to use whatever procedure was stipulated , unless they make some fresh agreement . |
| 3 | A group of early printed books includes the Works of Cicero printed in 1569 , while even earlier is the tome of 1553 which records the time when Newcastel upon Tine annexed Gateside . |
| 4 | Estimate the fixed switching angle which minimises the time taken to reach the target . |
| 5 | It is the opening verse of a chapter which recalls the time when God , through Moses , called the children of Israel out of Egypt . |
| 6 | There is a version of the roundhouse kick which reduces the time spent turned away from the opponent . |
| 7 | The shape of the legs was formed to make sure that each face that had a rail joint was at right angles to the rail which reduces the time and effort needed for angled joints . |
| 8 | They speed up the circulation of material goods through advertising , which reduces the time between production and consumption . |
| 9 | These would best be resolved by a form of cost-benefit which pays close attention to the social ‘ externalities ’ involved in investment projects , which compares the time profiles of return on projects competing for resources at non-usurious rates of discount , and which does not operate with the technocratic pretension that all factors in an investment decision can be rigorously quantified ( i.e. which does not disguise as purely technical questions matters which should properly be open to political debate ) . |
| 10 | It 's an astronomical device based on a twenty-four-hour pattern which tells the time of day , the position of the moon , the constellations of the zodiac . |
| 11 | These consultations were analysed by TIMER , a methodology which quantifies the time allocated to five physical , nine verbal , and four secondary task activities . |
| 12 | It is a liquid-crystal time display built into the top of a pill bottle , which indicates the time and date the bottle was last opened . |
| 13 | So far , man has described and named about 700,000 of them and there are certainly three or four times as many still unnamed , awaiting the attentions of anyone who has the time , patience and knowledge to sit down and make a systematic review of them . |
| 14 | Robin Chambers , the principal of Stoke-Newington school in South London , where the programme has been used for two months , says : ‘ We are ironing out a few difficulties , for instance getting the individual answer sheet completed in the correct way and working out who has the time to do it . |
| 15 | When she has the time she loves to spend hours in her kitchen , although quick cooking is the norm . |
| 16 | Melanie , a working mother , is contracted to work four hours a day , but , said Bob , ‘ even though she has the time consuming task of caring for her baby , when the situation has arisen , she has worked full days in order to ensure the smooth running of her team . ’ |
| 17 | Monica will be alright she know 's what she 's doing , it 's just whether she has the time to do it , she would liked it if we had done this before Christmas , so that while you were away John |
| 18 | But in particular she recalls the time she first saw Kylie . |
| 19 | Mist and fog , snow , spring rain , and summer heat are all attractive and beautiful to the walker who takes the time to look . |
| 20 | She remembers the time he was coming out of his flat in the midst of a rainstorm and was approached by a young man who asked him for the price of a meal . |
| 21 | ‘ Now she feels the time has come to hand over to someone else . |
| 22 | When she feels the time is right , and I feel the time is right , then I 'll stop . |
| 23 | It is always possible to raise questions concerning religion at a later stage , but , as a general rule , it is probably always safer ( assuming one has the time ) to ask the more general questions first , and see if specific answers come up . |
| 24 | The conjecture appears to gain substance when one considers the time , energy and determination invested by Green , as the WEA 's General Secretary , in the resolution of the District 's difficulties with the Cambridge Board 's rural areas scheme . |
| 25 | But just like the City institutions , there comes the time of the irresistible profit . |
| 26 | In Henry IV , Parts I and II he has the time of his life . |
| 27 | There is no reason why a professor of history , say , should not also manage a family business if he has the time and energy . |
| 28 | He knows that tomorrow he has to tell Potter that he needs the time off again . |
| 29 | Firstly , it causes the time period between the date of the accident and the appearance of the report in public to be extended , usually by at least six months . |
| 30 | It passes the time . |