Example sentences of "more time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of those with their own businesses commented that the more their wives undertook on the farm the more time they themselves had to earn off-farm income . |
| 2 | More time they were certainly given . |
| 3 | ( 8 ) The more female ducks the males have to look at the more time they spend looking at them . |
| 4 | Second , most workers believe that the more time they spend searching for a job , the more likely it is that they will obtain one which meets their requirements , particularly in so far as the wage rate and working conditions are concerned . |
| 5 | The more a person is integrated into a close-knit social network , the more time they spend speaking to the same group of people and the less they spend in contact with others who might change their speech . |
| 6 | The sad fact is that many of these ‘ irruptive ’ birds spend their last days in the islands , because if they do not move on immediately while they still have the strength , the more time they spend searching for what is n't there , the less chance there is of their being able to make another long sea crossing . |
| 7 | The dilemma can be expressed as follows : the more accessible teachers seek to make themselves to all their pupils as individuals , the less time they have for direct , extended and challenging interaction with any of them ; but the more time they devote to such extended interaction with some children , the less demanding on them as teachers must be the activities they give to the rest ; and the less demanding an activity is of their time and attention as teachers , the more the likelihood that the activity in question will demand little of the child . |
| 8 | The more time they took , the more time there was for a crowd to gather . |
| 9 | The more time we have had to consider the GCSE , the less revolutionary in any true sense it seems to be . |
| 10 | Yeah , well if we had , if we had of had more time we could 've , like , written each individual room but really I just put the numbers down quickly just to , to demonstrate |
| 11 | To give himself more time he asked the Bookman if he would help him with his homework . |
| 12 | He began to wonder how much more time he would need to waste before phoning Blanche with the bad news that he had found nothing . |
| 13 | The more time he spent with Jeopardy , the more he realised Jeopardy only ever saw people as extensions of his work . |
| 14 | Blimey , he said , if that bloke asks where the action is one more time I really do n't know what I 'll do . |
| 15 | ‘ If I hear that one more time I shall begin to believe it myself ! ’ |
| 16 | The more time I spent with him , the stranger he seemed to be . |
| 17 | ‘ If we had more time I 'd take you up on that challenge you 're issuing , my lady , ’ he growled , in a voice that had gone dark and soft . |
| 18 | if she says it to me one more time I |
| 19 | We 'll come back to you if we ca n't find somebody who 's got more time I guess . |
| 20 | When I 've got some more time I 'm going to offer my services again . |
| 21 | The more time you have to concentrate on training , the quicker the results will be . |
| 22 | The more unnecessary journeys you can cut out , the more time you can save . |
| 23 | The more time you spend with horses observing their behaviour , the more effectively you will be able to judge their moods . |
| 24 | The more time you have spent making notes from lectures or from books and rewriting and ordering those notes , the greater the importance that material will be to you . |
| 25 | Now you can come in every day , and sit and sort out your bumf , but I always believe that the great British public are out there , so the more time you spend out there , the more profit you 're gon na make , there 's less profit being in the branch . |
| 26 | so the more time you 've got to do that , the easier it 'll be for you wo n't it ? |
| 27 | The opportunist housebreaker will not shirk from breaking a window , of course , but the more levels of protection you create , the more time it will take him — which is a risk he may not wish to take . |
| 28 | Thus the more time it took to program a job , the more likely that programming and operating were differentiated . |
| 29 | The more that is desired , the more time it is likely to take to produce the annual report . |
| 30 | Erm , it 's because you need land , and er , the bigger the area of land you 've got , the more time it takes to get your combine harvester from one side to the other er , and so on and so forth . |