Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The market opportunities for a flexible hybrid car like the LA301 are likely to be much greater than a battery only vehicle , but in practice such a hybrid car will be driven in zero emission mode for the majority of the time . |
| 2 | Your body fuel makes your engine tick over , and it 's good to know that the majority of the time it is being well and truly fed in the best possible way ! |
| 3 | Musical chat shows : This type of programme fills the majority of the time on local radio . |
| 4 | By far the majority of the time . |
| 5 | I should think they use it you know , well Lesley does the majority of the time . |
| 6 | These differences amongst institutions , and amongst their environments and perceptions of direction and identity , were to account in part for the differences of speed and conviction with which they raised the question of independence or autonomy — or , in the terminology of the time , academic freedom . |
| 7 | Thomas believes that he sipped his favourite drink at the time , Campari and soda , because he believed — in the terminology of the time — that was the ‘ with-it ’ thing to do . |
| 8 | It very rarely happens that you take several fish in one period and then nothing for the remainder of the time you spend on the water . |
| 9 | Related to this is the issue of the double workload women have to cope with if they work outside the home — paid work by day and unpaid work for the remainder of the time . |
| 10 | For example , metal contamination is sometimes found in bore-hole water only at certain times in the year , possibly because of changes in the ground-water level , and normal sampling may show negative results for most of the remainder of the time . |
| 11 | However , school children pay only about two-thirds of the adult fare and for only 200 days of the year , and for the remainder of the time adult passengers may not be numerous enough to cover operating costs . |
| 12 | They can be grown outdoors in cool temperate climates from June-September , but will need protection the remainder of the time . |
| 13 | Talk of Sebastian , but not the financial problem he had left Leith with , occupied the remainder of the time until they had finished their meal . |
| 14 | It even had a shot at controlling motorway service areas , provoking a debate which encapsulated many of the attitudes of the time . |
| 15 | An alternative , favoured by those of a religious persuasion , was that A'Tuin was crawling from the Birthplace to the Time of Mating , as were all the stars in the sky which were , obviously , also carried by giant turtles . |
| 16 | He may have left the Daltons at the time of their troubles . |
| 17 | From the castle he ruled the lake , more as pirate than governor , choosing just the right moment to sell the fortress to the Milanese during the time of the Spanish-French war . |
| 18 | He stated that he had later spoken to two observers who had been close to the ridge at the time of the accident , and they had apparently noticed that the wind had , momentarily , markedly increased in strength and had appeared to swirl up the hill towards the ridge , coincidental with the time that they saw the aircraft 's wing drop and the aircraft begin to descend . |
| 19 | The survey also contains information on the action employers take on the expiry of the time limit . |
| 20 | ( 6 ) Where a licensing board decides to order the suspension of a licence , the suspension shall not take effect until the expiry of the time within which the holder of the licence may appeal to the sheriff , or , if the holder appeals to the sheriff or thereafter to the Court of Session , until the appeal has been determined in favour of the suspension or has been abandoned . |
| 21 | ( 6 ) Where a licensing board decides to make a closure order under this section , the order shall not take effect until the expiry of the time within which the holder of the licence may appeal to the sheriff , or , if the holder appeals to the sheriff or thereafter to the Court of Session , until the appeal has been determined in favour of the closure order or has been abandoned . |
| 22 | If the holder of a licence makes default in complying with an order made under this section , he shall be guilty of an offence , and he shall be guilty of a further offence for every day on which the default continues after the expiry of the time fixed by the order . |
| 23 | ( 7 ) Where a licensing board decides to order the suspension of a licence the suspension shall not take effect until the expiry of the time within which the holder of the licence may appeal to the sheriff , or , if the holder appeals to the sheriff or thereafter to the Court of Session , until the appeal has been determined in favour of the suspension or has been abandoned . |
| 24 | Ordered , That , at the sitting on Tuesday 4th February , notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 14 ( Exempted business ) , Mr. Speaker shall put the questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on the Motions in the name of Mr. Secretary Heseltine relating to Local Government Finance not later than Ten o'clock ; and those Questions may be decided after the expiry of the time for opposed business . |
| 25 | Ordered , That , at the sitting on Wednesday 5th February , notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 14 ( Exempted business ) , the Motions in the name of Mr. Secretary Hunt relating to Local Government Finance ( Wales ) may be proceeded with , though opposed , until half-past Eleven o'clock or the end of a period of one and a half hours after the first of them has been entered upon , whichever is the later , at which time Mr. Speaker shall put the Question necessary to dispose of them ; and those Questions may be decided after the expiry of the time for opposed business . |
| 26 | The system of accounting which recognizes the transaction in the accounts at the time an order is issued is called ‘ commitment accounting ’ . |
| 27 | In determining what constitutes a reasonable prospect it is to be assumed that the prospect given by the facts and other matters known to the creditor at the time he entered into the transaction resulting in the debt was a reasonable prospect ( s 271(4) ) . |
| 28 | He had expected the sack at the time , but strangely enough he had had more than his share of work from that day on . |
| 29 | The importance of living up to what was required by one 's status and what one had been used to came out over and over again in the discussions of the time , and ‘ prudence ’ became a moral imperative in the process of becoming axiomatic in the 1830s and 1840s . |
| 30 | For example then all of you do the inimitable NMTs and would 've lost a mark , the real thing is when you 've got a time clause stop , think and really focus on this meaning of the verb in the time clause , right ? |