Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , and in virtually any agricultural supply response model , we 'll need to include time . |
| 2 | However , he is aware that he can seek to find time to raise it in the House . |
| 3 | Nor did I need to buy time for anybody . |
| 4 | As a result , users are free to focus on high-level analysis , and do n't need to waste time on details , such as row or column management , usually necessary when manipulating a spreadsheet . |
| 5 | I hope that my right hon. Friends will consider finding time for such legislation when they penetrate the meaning of that wonderful phrase , ’ Further measures will be laid before you . ’ |
| 6 | When a business finds itself seriously short of cash it can often buy breathing time by approaching its creditors and asking for a moratorium on payments . |
| 7 | Social workers may need to take time to clarify the nature of the social and family network , and the reciprocal exchanges within it . |
| 8 | We do , however , need to spend time looking at some of the shortcomings of the ‘ props ’ . |
| 9 | After this , however , the child will need to spend time in consultation with the teacher and classmates , defining precise areas for subsequent investigation . |
| 10 | Neither of you should give up your friends , but you do need to make time for each other . |
| 11 | Friends will be in touch this afternoon and you 'll need to make time to accommodate them this evening . |
| 12 | Current test methods for accessing Average Seek Times are based on several myths ; Myth-1 : All disk drive requests are random access ; Myth-2 : Only the seek portion of a random access ( the time taken to move the disk drive read/write head from one area of the disk to another ) — is relevant ; Myth-3 : New disk drive technology that does n't improve seek time can be dismissed as ineffective . |
| 13 | There is very little else we can do to mark time , apart from invent an idiosyncratic hesitation noise — which is not uncommon , incidentally . |
| 14 | It is helpful to talk to other users about their system 's performance and support and you must expect to devote time and money to training and to spend time and money planning for change . |
| 15 | As she told me : ‘ I had no question about saying straight away after our first picture together that Kenneth Williams was the one I would choose to spend time with on a desert island . ’ |
| 16 | Would he 've had time to take it home in between stealing it and me finding him ? |
| 17 | ‘ Between you and me and the gatepost , I 've managed to get quite a few interesting little irons in the fire — projects I 'd like to have time to work on . ’ |
| 18 | If having read this you feel you would like to offer time etc but none of these are what you are looking for then please ring either The Chairperson or Secretary who I am sure will be only too willing to discuss with you any further possibilities . |
| 19 | and she said I do n't like to tell time , she kept going , looking at me with a ca n't believe how stupid you are |
| 20 | Bonanza did n't want to waste time arguing about payment in an emergency . ’ |
| 21 | He had considered destroying the Chelonians completely , but the ship was now ready to take off and he did n't want to waste time . |
| 22 | Also the Opposition did not want to waste time on such minutiae , preferring to tackle the government on wider issues arising from the conduct of foreign or domestic policy . |
| 23 | There was nothing to indicate that he was anywhere in the village , and she did n't want to waste time on being any more thorough than this . |
| 24 | She had quite expected him to stop the car on the way home and make a grab at her and she was all prepared to cope with it , had her little speech ready about what a wonderful evening she 'd had but at the moment she was concentrating on her career and did n't really want to waste time on that kind of thing . |
| 25 | The application 's been made I did n't want to waste time before making the application and it had been |
| 26 | The aim of this project was to provide foreign learners of French with an indispensable minimum vocabulary ; by eliminating all words outside this minimum the learner would avoid wasting time on unnecessary items . |
| 27 | If the UK Government is serious about stopping the greenhouse effect it should stop wasting time on long-term impracticalities such as nuclear power and look at what can be achieved now . |
| 28 | A journalist who requested the check to see if Mr Clinton had applied for citizenship to avoid the draft was told to ‘ stop wasting time chasing silly American stories ’ , said Mr Clarke . |
| 29 | Those responsible for initial teacher training can not hope to find time or personnel for the additional input which would be required . |
| 30 | In contrast , we do have to invest time and money in understanding groundwater and its place in the water cycle . |