Example sentences of "the time lag " in BNC.

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1 There is a difficulty in measuring the time lag with sufficient accuracy .
2 A favourable decision would have almost certainly provoked parliamentary uproar given Sir Jeffrey 's position and the time lag between the formation of the joint service and the tunnel 's opening .
3 The time lag in the nocturnal response is quite marked — averages point nine plus of a second greater .
4 Negative attitudes to ageing may , in part , be the result of the time lag between social change and a change in people 's attitudes .
5 The man donating the sperm and the woman wanting the insemination , are supposed to have safer sex through the time lag .
6 The time lag is substantial and conventional wisdom is hard to dislodge …
7 For over three-quarters of the sample group ( 61 per cent of females and 81 per cent of males ) , the time lag between the first experimentation with heroin and second use was less than one month .
8 Looking at the time lag between the filing of a claim and final disposition is in any event a crude measure .
9 This lag is due to the time lag in the seasonal increase in total radiation , as also pointed out in reports of spring blooms in areas from Lofoten and southwards .
10 Harris , Sofianos and Shapiro ( 1990 ) estimated the time lag in June 1989 between the submission of a programme trade and the shares being purchased on the NYSE at two or three minutes .
11 You will also have to allow for the time lag between installation and productive use which will probably be months rather than weeks or days .
12 In addition to the time lag while the act was being understood , it can take up to four years for an insolvency practitioner to lodge a report and then for a disqualification order to be made .
13 It is difficult to make a case that the time lag in getting innovations to the market-place has decreased in recent years .
14 The time lag 's terrific is n't it .
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