Example sentences of "of [v-ing] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | With transactions data the possibility exists of shortening the time period used ( to hours , say ) , and measuring maturity by the number of hours to delivery . |
| 2 | If it is said that it is the use to which such information may be put that can be objectionable , the libertarian might well reply that gossip is an age-old way of passing the time and one of the cements of society . |
| 3 | Running was also a popular way of passing the time int he camps set up around military installations in Iraq . |
| 4 | Running is a pretty boring way of passing the time , but is nevertheless a simple and effective way of staying fit . |
| 5 | It was a good way of passing the time , he thought . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll find a way of passing the time . ’ |
| 7 | Various systems of defining the time of mating and the age of the embryos are in use . |
| 8 | He considered the problem of measuring the time taken by a voice in making a single sound . |
| 9 | We started to do the old trick of counting the time between the lightning flash and the thunderclap to discover how far away the eye of the storm was . |
| 10 | Warples ' ( 1980 ) adaptation of the Lopatin ( 1971 ) method of calculating source rock maturity , though open to theoretical objections , gives results which in many cases accord well with observed hydrocarbon occurrences , and has provided the petroleum geologist with a ready rule-of-thumb means of taking the time factor into account . |
| 11 | And the whole business of managing the time , the resources and the , meeting the specifications is , is very much a matter which quality management addresses . |
| 12 | In terms of managing the time , did you feel it worked quite well ? |
| 13 | Often this is a matter of stopping the time out as soon as all the crying , whining , foot stamping has ceased and the child is quiet again : ‘ You can come back when you are quiet ’ is the rule of the day . |
| 14 | Now er one of the very , or the very serious suggestion that came out of that meeting , and it I think it met unanimous support that night , was consideration of altering the time of the morning service . |
| 15 | Just a matter of finding the time ! |
| 16 | Another method of discovering the time scales associated with turbulent motion is , obviously , Fourier analysis . |
| 17 | In a nearly cloudless country such as Egypt observation of the sun was a useful way of telling the time and it is therefore not surprising that the earliest known solar clock has been found there . |
| 18 | As Southern has remarked , this passage , only part of which I have quoted , illustrates the difficulties encountered in those days of telling the time and Walcher 's anxiety for precision in seeking to establish the exact correlation between the phases of the moon and the solar calendar . |
| 19 | Also known as ‘ mass clocks ’ they offered a means of telling the time for church services : an appropriately placed stick cast a shadow on the hour-scale . |
| 20 | Moreover , system technology is capable of reducing the time needed to respond to changes in demand or to serve orders . |
| 21 | It is not even a question of reducing the time spent on formal aspects of the language system and squeezing them up to make room for a newcomer . |