Example sentences of "[adj] time " in BNC.

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1 The visitors had two players sent off by referee Ian Ollerton for midfield incidents but were already losing 38–10 at three-quarter time when forwards Steve McCurrie and Harvey Howard were dismissed .
2 One of them had also set a maximum on the number of hours that would be offered , so that whilst its regular labour force was largely full-time , its temporary labour force worked no more than three-quarter time .
3 It should quickly pay for itself by saving computational time , increasing accuracy and reducing parts costs by minimising expenditure on E48 or E96 parts where cheaper E24 values will do .
4 Rattler rapidly evaluates a set of high quality partial charges from semiempirical quantum mechanical calculations with a substantial reduction in computational time compared with other MEP methods .
5 In the short period of Post-glacial time the ice sheets have not completely melted with the result that present sea level is probably lower than it was in some of the interglacial periods .
6 The night-time , the time after she had been tucked up in bed , that was the proper time for Fenna , for flying and dreams .
7 Social activities Provided that they do not stop you going to bed at the proper time , social activities are a very good way of adjusting to the new time zone , particularly if they enable you to spend time out-of-doors in natural daylight at the times recommended in Table 11.2 .
8 To answer this difficulty , Dr Tipler distinguishes between ‘ proper time ’ , as measured by clocks , and subjective time .
9 The finite age of the universe is measured in proper time .
10 But , between any moment of proper time and the c-boundary , an infinite amount of information-processing is possible .
11 Miller 's Vinca rosea ( now Catharanthus roseus ) had been brought forward : ‘ as this plant is a great novelty in Europe … the Figure of the Plant has not yet been seen by any living person ’ and of Gardenia capense , called by him Jasminium , he wrote , ‘ Could we have procured a good drawing in proper time it would have been in its proper place , but as this is so curious and being an undescribed plant , we hope our purchasers will not be displeased with insertion here . ’
12 He said that he would devote his ‘ best exertions and abilities ’ to the work , and concluded by asking for ‘ proper time for a work of such importance ’ .
13 It follows from this that stronger approaching gravitational waves would produce a shorter proper time between the collision and the subsequent horizon .
14 In particular , it has been shown that the proper time between the collision and the subsequent singularity is inversely proportional to the square root of the amplitudes of the impulsive components of the approaching waves .
15 In the construction of an event tree , key events are ordered in the proper time sequence , and include all the features available to control or mitigate the consequences .
16 He knew what the boys were fighting for , and was sure that the public would give a right judgement when the proper time came .
17 It has been shown that 10 per cent of the 400 people interviewed in Birmingham had given a lower age to gain admission to Britain , and now can not gain a pension at the proper time ( Bhalla and Blakemore , 1981 ) .
18 I am not saying anything about the short or long-ball game , only what is right at the proper time .
19 By studying the gospel references to the apocalyptic Jewish figure of the ‘ Son of Man ’ — whom Jesus sometimes appears to identify with himself , but sometimes not — Wrede had come to the conclusions that Jesus had not in fact applied the title to himself ; that after his resurrection the church had come to anticipate his return ; that it had then identified Jesus himself as the coming Son of Man ; and that the impression given in the gospels of a ‘ messianic secret ’ that Jesus in his lifetime conveyed only to his closest disciples , and charged them not to reveal to others until the proper time came , was a mere literary device to support that identification .
20 The Department of Social Security ( DSS ) should send you a claim form ( BR 1 ) at the proper time but if this does not arrive , then it is your responsibility to contact them .
21 Perhaps the time of molecular revelation of rare diseases would be the proper time to introduce general health insurance to the United States ?
22 It is an important aspect of proper time management .
23 It will thus be seen that the Party is in favour of Electoral Reform being dealt with on a sound basis , but at the proper time .
24 Erm he is obviously aware that er by not having the vehicle taxed it 's going to cost him considerably more than if he had er taxed the vehicle at the right , correct and proper time .
25 Erm he is obviously aware that er by not having the vehicle taxed , it 's going to cost him considerably more than if he had er taxed the vehicle at the right , correct and proper time .
26 One wonders how many of one 's own mental defects result from lack of the appropriate experience at the proper time !
27 On 4 August 1989 solicitors acting on behalf of the relatives wrote to the coroner repeating the facts as I have summarised them and requesting that an inquest be held to inquire whether or not the death had been caused or aggravated by failures of the emergency services to respond to the calls and to attend in proper time .
28 They never took proper time over it . ’
29 They waited tea for another twenty minutes , before Beth addressed the two impatient children with the solemn words , ‘ If the others do n't have the good manners to come to the table at the proper time , then we 'll start without them . ’
30 The second exception was established in Tuberville v. Stamp where it was held that liability extended to a fire originating in a field as much as to one beginning in a house , but if the defendant kindles it at a proper time and place and the violence of the wind carry it to his neighbour 's land , that is fit to be given in evidence .
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