Example sentences of "[prep] time for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following year , after time for reflection , the issue was put to the vote . |
| 2 | ‘ It was past time for me to win a big one like this and play an aggressive final round . ’ |
| 3 | Tutilo started and shook himself , and took an unexpectedly long moment to think before he answered : ‘ It was late , past time for Compline when I started . ’ |
| 4 | Finally , duration is correlated with the period of time for which the relevant neurones are active . |
| 5 | The length of time for these processes to occur is very short ( up to 6 seconds ) . |
| 6 | The second cause for concern is the sheer length of time for which the parties seem to continue . |
| 7 | But Fisher raised the question of time for study and writing . |
| 8 | The most common period of time for this sort of agreement is three or four years , and the advances payable should reflect this . |
| 9 | Ironically , fate intervened and he never did make that his career , which is probably just as well , since when he was given the task many years later of steering British Aerospace into the private sector he crossed swords with more than a few civil servants and did n't have a lot of time for them . |
| 10 | It left plenty of time for shopping and meeting friends , two of her passions . |
| 11 | DECADES make convenient units of time for historians , sociologists and pundits of every stripe , but the people who live and work through them do n't share the same enthusiasm for tying everything into bundles or stopping precisely at midnight on December 31 . |
| 12 | Accountants Touche Ross asked for an extension of time for the filing of a ‘ monitoring return ’ giving details of Barlow Clowes ' finances which was due by the end of that month . |
| 13 | It was not as I had expected at all because living in the kind of commune that Mary Finnigan 's house was , there was n't a lot of time for romance . |
| 14 | He thinks it is a waste of time for foreigners to try to help change things in Central America . |
| 15 | I 've got a lot of time for … personnel … track record … . ’ |
| 16 | It s going to take a bit of time for the factories to dole us out some more . |
| 17 | ‘ Plenty of time for practice . ’ |
| 18 | Last year she had a lovely crop from her plot , which measures about 2ft by 3ft ; this year she dug it over in plenty of time for May 4 , the day on which she sows on the basis of an old saying : ‘ the 4th of May is kidney bean day ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ I can hardly be expected to have a great deal of time for gardening , ’ she said , ‘ I am forced to pay out money for gardening help . ’ |
| 20 | The length of time for which the earth had been at a temperature suitable for life was estimated at not more than a million years . |
| 21 | Apart from whether or not these exercises are effective ( they are certainly found to be enjoyable and relaxing by many pupils ) , they have given the teacher a secure base from which to work , for the teacher can be very much in charge , dictating the choice of exercise , controlling the length of time for each , selecting the background music where felt to be appropriate or even dictating the moment-to-moment activity within the experience . |
| 22 | We will introduce a 110-day limit on the length of time for which a prisoner may be held before trial , repeal the broadcasting ban , and provide for the videotaping of police interviews with terrorist suspects . |
| 23 | But there was plenty of time for fear . |
| 24 | Allocations of time for individual subjects were omitted from the bill . |
| 25 | Her father had always had a great deal of time for the Sally Ann . |
| 26 | ‘ Plenty of time for that , ’ said Mrs Lennox from the range where she was putting the kettle on . |
| 27 | Thus , safe and composed , we arrived in the very heart of Derbyshire 's beautiful and historic Peak District , looking forward to our three day stay and in plenty of time for dinner . |
| 28 | His nature had been over-mature and he had been focused so much on his career that he had never had a great deal of time for his family . |
| 29 | There 'll be plenty of time for all night parties when you 're grown up . |
| 30 | She 's not got a lot of time for him now , I can pretty well reveal that . |