Example sentences of "upon time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We urge that what is devised should not make excessive demands upon time or resources . |
| 2 | And remember that this is in addition to the calories you are burning away every day during aerobic walking , another 200–400 calories depending upon time and effort . |
| 3 | Continuous time means that observation is unceasing , such as a continuous record of river discharge ; quantized time is when imaginary sections are used to subdivide time , as when precipitation amounts are measured daily or weekly ; discrete time is when interest focuses upon time duration and frequency of events per unit of time ; and sampled time is when observations can only be made at particular periods , such as weekly measurements of plant growth . |
| 4 | Until the advent of man in physical geography it could be argued that physical geographers had escaped from the effects of human activity by concentrating their endeavours upon rural and unmodified spatial areas and upon time scales prior to the time when human activity began to exercise a significant influence . |
| 5 | Once upon time , a Royal Banker of elevated rank noticed as he drove to the City on the morning of the Queen Mum 's birthday that the flags were not flying on the most relevant of our buildings . |
| 6 | Polymeric materials are noticeably different from other materials ( metals , ceramics ) in the very large dependence upon time and temperature of virtually all their physical properties . |