Example sentences of "[noun] more time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We remain ignorant as to the basis of this consistent and apparently universal outcome ( that wives and mothers spend a great deal more time tending than their husbands ) . |
| 2 | Typically they now run multinational operations , or parts of them , and spend a great deal more time in the air or in foreign hotels than their predecessors would ever have thought a necessary part of the publishing process . |
| 3 | Erm which meant that traditionally Selby gave a great deal more time to the college . |
| 4 | A key UDF demand was for the general election , currently scheduled for no later than June , to be postponed until November , in order to give opposition parties more time to organize . |
| 5 | In theory all arrested persons were supposed to be brought before a judicial official within twenty-four hours , but in practice more time often elapsed . |
| 6 | This gives your body more time to burn up the calories . |
| 7 | This allowed the wife space to say she urgently needed help , and gave the husband more time to think it over , knowing how she felt . |
| 8 | The NCVO is pressing for a simpler SORP and for the timetable for compliance to be extended to mid 1994 to allow charities more time to prepare . |
| 9 | Hassan claimed that the extension was needed to give the UN more time to organize a referendum on the future of the disputed Western Sahara . |
| 10 | This postponement does , however , give organisations more time to make initial preparations , such as researching past projects and liaising with prospective partners . |
| 11 | This gives the cuckoo more time to find and watch a suitable nest . |
| 12 | Quality Management means that we could have as much as 30% more time and effort to devote to our real jobs — for that is the amount of time and effort expended in British businesses sorting out things that have gone wrong . |
| 13 | In many operations more time is spent on searching for , collecting and assembling cleaning materials than is devoted to the pure cleaning function . |
| 14 | In coming months , Max may be spending a bit more time in the country , as Sinitta is on the brink of signing a world-wide recording contract and a movie deal . |
| 15 | Working part of lunchtime had a slight advantage for me because it meant I now had a bit more time to load the container rail set . |
| 16 | ‘ You would n't make a bad pioneer if you had a bit more time for practice . |
| 17 | Give the players a bit more time . |
| 18 | ‘ But I want a bit more time to think things over . |
| 19 | One of the lessons I have learnt in life is that a bit more time thinking and planning will immeasurably increase the effectiveness of one 's input : if these comments help any of my friends and colleagues in this way it will be , for me , as great a reward as ICI 's success today is a satisfaction and recognition of our predecessors . |
| 20 | Or should you spend a bit more time really finding out the extent of the pollution ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm only saying , why not take a bit more time before you make up your mind ? |
| 22 | Now I spend a bit more time with her because I do n't go out to work until later , before I was starting at seven . |
| 23 | You 'd like to spend a bit more time doing things and not do so much in one go ? |
| 24 | Now I want to allow a bit more time for questions so I 'll just end if I may with a funny story which , did n't happen to me , it happened to a colleague of mine , erm a young lady , who went to give er a talk like this to group of adults like yourselves and at the end of the meeting the treasurer went up to her and said do we owe you any fee or expenses ? |
| 25 | thinking , Oh if only I spent a bit more time |
| 26 | gives you a bit more time to decide exactly what you want to talk about cos if if it has go to be in week three or week four , then we really sort of like decide now what you 're going to write about so that n Cos next week is gon na be our last meeting on this topic , so you really want to sort of give a bit of a presentation on what you 're going to say . |
| 27 | But it will give you a bit more time with the kid . ’ |
| 28 | We allow ourselves a little bit more time to get the design right cos the reason we got it wrong in the first place was because it was a quick spend project and nobody er had time to do it properly . |
| 29 | In which case er given a little bit more time to fill the thing in , |
| 30 | ‘ She did n't do that , but I 'm sure that with a bit more time she would have . |