Example sentences of "[verb] more time " in BNC.

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1 Shops need more business and the working public needs more time to go shopping .
2 He added that the defence also needs more time to examine and obtain documents relating to the case after new evidence came to light last week .
3 The necessity for longer periods with individual readers has begun to affect the organisation of reading in the classroom ; the teacher finds that he or she needs more time .
4 Now he has been promoted and says he needs more time .
5 She says she needs more time , but we know she is lying .
6 I think it needs more time round here , that 's
7 ‘ Your English is more English than mine , ’ the doctor said , not really to make conversation but to find more time to see .
8 Now that the good weather has arrived I feel trapped in the shop , and I want more time to enjoy other interests such as cricket and walking .
9 Old horses want more time and le than two years olds do .
10 Consultations with various bodies have revealed that Welsh Water and the county highway authority do not object , but the National Rivers Authority want more time to consider the proposal , in view of proximity to the river .
11 And you I think , oh you want more time on fractions , Kelly might think , well she does n't she wants more time on doing the degrees .
12 Elections to the 450-seat National Assembly were postponed following the Assembly 's decision on July 5 to extend its five-year mandate by a further year , in order to provide more time for it to study improvements to the one-party state .
13 None of these is intended simply to mollify reluctant staff : each is intended to provide more time , to allow a fresh look to be taken or to try out different approaches when there are setbacks .
14 Hart has formally been nominated by the Auckland union , but he has informed Auckland and several other unions who support him that he wants more time to decide whether he really wants the toil and trouble of being the All Black coach .
15 The Bush administration wants more time to consider this , and a third meeting has been scheduled for September .
16 Who wants more time ?
17 And you I think , oh you want more time on fractions , Kelly might think , well she does n't she wants more time on doing the degrees .
18 Although the time spent teaching was said to be similar on most wards , the trained staff on a good ward devoted more time to supervision , practical demonstrations and participation in ward reporting sessions .
19 Mr. Gow : While recognising the undoubted right of all members of the General Synod to deeply held views for or against the policies of the present Government , would it be helpful if my right Hon. Friend were to point out to the General Synod that its reputation would be enhanced if its members , when in Synod , devoted more time to matters spiritual than to matter political ?
20 A more gentle upbringing means that the animal has more time to build up the reserves of fat necessary to lubricate the meat .
21 And because a bored person has more time to think about himself and his problems , those physical results of stress may well progress more rapidly in him than in the person whose mind is always on other things .
22 and I do n't think anybody has more time in in four weeks time
23 It can be easily executed from either the leading foot or the back foot , but a roundhouse kick delivered from the rear leg is the more powerful , it has more time to gather speed .
24 I would like to thank them all for their gifts and their good wishes , ’ said Dorothy , who is looking forward to cultivating a few hobbies now that she has more time .
25 He does sometimes get into a ‘ delayed ’ mood where he thinks he has more time than he does … the reason for the square/back passes I reckon is noone moves into space for him or looks for it up front .
26 He did n't need more time in this chilled room .
27 Nancy appreciates that others might need more time than she takes , to absorb and follow her instructions .
28 Cut out some administration today and put more time into leading your people to an even more profitable contribution .
29 If the returns from farming dropped more time could be spent in the forest with consequent improvement in the level of management .
30 I would have thought that a decision to allocate more time to showing the event could have been taken , particularly in view of our previous successes .
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