Example sentences of "[verb] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ‘ one nation/two alliances ’ model , it is argued , would buy time for the world to become adjusted to a re-unified Germany , and to decide whether Nato and the Warsaw Pact still served any useful purposes . |
| 2 | But Eisenhower and Dulles continued to work on the assumption that they could buy time with diplomacy , and with this object in view — especially in face to face meetings with the British — they were reluctant to lean too heavily on their ally . |
| 3 | Even if later generations of beam weapons could provide better shields against nuclear attack , they would probably only buy time in the arms race . |
| 4 | I want time with you . |
| 5 | A group needs time for the processes to develop to turn a number of individuals into a group , no matter how well they know each other . |
| 6 | The SIET hands out around £50,000 a year to young Scots who need help to get on and , often in the nature of things , to get out of Scotland for a while : some physics graduate from St Andrews who needs time at MIT , a violinist who needs to be at a foreign conservatoire . |
| 7 | Similarly the seller under a contract of sale might undertake to use best endeavours to deliver the goods on time : The Sellers will use their best endeavours to secure delivery of the goods on the estimated delivery dates from time to time furnished , but they do not guarantee time of delivery . |
| 8 | Since 1953 the United States has been subjected to rapidly reduced lead time on computer innovation , from several years ' lead time in the 1950s and 1960s to zero and lag time in the 1980s . |
| 9 | You 're going to be happiest closer to home now , Cancer and you 'll need time to yourself at the beginning of June . |
| 10 | What does he need time for ? |
| 11 | Even if Mr Takeshita drives the budget through in the opposition 's absence , he will still need time for some further bills . |
| 12 | A minority are unable to make any attachments at all and may need time in a therapeutic community ’ , Elliffe said . |
| 13 | Nobody barred as Evelyn Glennie beats time at Craiginches |
| 14 | There will be no conclusions today because , says chairman Brian Walsh , ‘ the committee felt it necessary to find time for a full discussion on cricket outside of the agenda planned for the next scheduled meeting on 26 October . ’ |
| 15 | He was able to find time for study and he preached regularly to the soldiers and the local people . |
| 16 | But it works , and it will be a shame if Martin does not continue to find time for pictures like this . |
| 17 | This is widely recognized as one of the biggest stumbling blocks to the successful implementation of any innovation , and particularly one such as profiling which requires teachers to find time for a new kind of activity , namely one-to-one discussion with pupils , as well as completing detailed records . |
| 18 | How is a consultant physician or surgeon in a busy hospital supposed to find time for the formal educational supervision suggested , much less the pastoral aspects ? |
| 19 | It is important to find time for relaxation and generally winding down but also it may be helpful to ‘ rebreathe ’ four or five times a day to counteract any blowing off of carbon dioxide which may have occurred . |
| 20 | Unfortunately many researchers report that they do n't seem to be able to find time for such ‘ extra ’ activities because of overload from other more pressing work . |
| 21 | By the time I 'm finished , you might be so organised you 'll even be able to find time for your wife . ’ |
| 22 | I promise him that I am endeavouring to find time for a debate . |
| 23 | Inevitably I spent long periods sitting in the staff room waiting for staff to find time for an interview . |
| 24 | ‘ Try to find time for your sandwich , too . ’ |
| 25 | Heavy demands are placed on schools to find time in the curriculum for a wide range of individually worthwhile activities and difficult decisions have to be made about priorities . |
| 26 | Opening time for anglers |
| 27 | Beer mats will give way to hymnals , and glasses to enlightenment as Britain 's first ‘ pub church ’ holds its Easter Day service , two hours before opening time at the Old Farmhouse public house in Nailsea , near Bristol . |
| 28 | Long queues were waiting for opening time at the Regent Street store in London , with the company 's Brighton , Exeter and Cheltenham stores also doing a roaring trade . |
| 29 | There is also the interesting combination of a lithographed People on a Pavement ( 1967 ) by L.S. Lowry and the gouache and crayon drawing of a group of five hunched miners Waiting for Opening Time by Tom McGuinness . |
| 30 | We join all the other dancers jumping up and down , round and round the dance floor , stopping momentarily as I place my rifle in a corner near the band , then on again keeping time to the music . |