Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] time " in BNC.

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1 For a more serious snack , aficionados make time to study the delicatessen counter before ordering .
2 These animals perceive time very differently during their resting and active phases .
3 Drinkers cheer time travel plan !
4 It has three parameters start time , duration and repeat time .
5 Those who have laboured long at programmed learning sequences , even if less wholeheartedly multi-media in scope , will agree that such units take time to prepare .
6 Do not direct a beam where people will walk through it : eyes take time to readjust to dark areas again , and this can be a potential hazard .
7 Radio stations and television channels donate time for ‘ public service announcements ’ and the Memphis Business Journal creates a special supplement for each show .
8 The Japanese recognise that the whales in the oceans are not a limitless resource , and that these animals need time to breed and mature .
9 New risks have time to emerge .
10 Elves reckon time differently from Men , and their history is divided into reigns , not centuries .
11 All patient areas need time set aside for staff to discuss general issues such as work organisation , approaches to care , new policies and other topics of general interest .
12 And since most visitors have time only for one visit to Milford , you again will probably have to be make this trip as a passenger , either in an aircraft or a coach .
13 Parents need time to understand how their problems affect their children and that it is possible to help them with management issues if they work together and support each other .
14 Puritanical movements have time and time again , in Europe and America , linked a rigorous sexual code of practice with pacifism and an ethic of non-violence .
15 Communal drains save time and money when several houses are being built together , but there can be a problem sorting out whose responsibility it is when something goes wrong .
16 Few complain about ‘ Just looking thanks ’ in a town where stock is displayed in authentic settings ; where you can walk the patch in a day ; where dealers make time to talk and where Bath 's famous light lends allure to even the diciest piece .
17 Secret organisations in competition with other secret organisations require time to grow and do not emerge with countrywide capabilities .
18 SOME BANDS take time to grow on the listener .
19 Nocturnal insects need time to gather enough light to form an image , and so their flicker fusion frequency is quite low , that of nocturnal crickets being about 45 per second .
20 Do Compact employers guarantee time off without loss of pay for trade unionists to work in schools ?
21 In addition , Compact firms make time and people available to schools — and this can be even better than money !
22 With the Criminal Justice Act bringing in major changes to the entire justice system , many of the agencies want time taallow it to work .
23 It is particularly important , whatever their preoccupations , that managers find time to discuss and help with such problems .
24 Many questions recur time and time again .
25 Personal injury cases take time to conclude because medical problems take time to resolve or to get to the stage where future prognosis is meaningful .
26 However , businesses take time to build up and , having built them up , and an accompanying status in the all-male Sikh society , they were reluctant to leave , and gradually more and more men started sending for their wives .
27 ‘ I have just got it confirmed , but these things take time , and there 's a long way to go yet . ’
28 A spokesman for Homerton Hospital , east London , said : ‘ These things take time . ’
29 ‘ These things take time to trickle down to the buyer but we are looking towards the Spring to see a recovery in our trade . ’
30 ‘ Some things take time .
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