Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] [verb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | However quickly he may have acted , the actual taking of the handbag must have taken more time than seems to have been available — since Eddie Stratton and Shirley Brown were seen walking out of The Randolph almost immediately , if the evidence of at least two of you here is to be believed , the evidence of Mr Brown and Mrs Roscoe . |
| 2 | These can be an effective way of getting through the work because a small group can afford to take more time to consider different aspects of a topic and can call in others to help — members of staff , parents and people from the local community with special expertise . |
| 3 | Although responders may be biased towards independent , articulate individuals in employment , unemployed people may have had more time to reply , and this is supported by a higher response rate among women , who had a lower employment rate . |
| 4 | Pigs may have spent some time with the swineherd in the distant woodland , but part of the wood would have been cropped for fuel , poles , wood for repairs to buildings , fences , implements and so on , while a few trees may have been cut down for constructional work on the bridge over the Yeo or to build a new house . |
| 5 | Instead of taking a Gadarene rush at this important matter of the reform of local government finance , the Government should have taken more time . |
| 6 | Barraga ( 1976 ) claims that ‘ In order to stimulate interest in visual development , and in learning to see more things , many children may need to spend some time visually investigating objects in the classroom or in the natural environment to broaden their visual experiences . ’ |
| 7 | Each goal is planned for a week but some may possibly require longer ; our dieter will have to take extra time if it is taking her body longer to adjust than she anticipates at the start . |
| 8 | Either arbitration or litigation would have taken more time and cost more money than a successful reference to an expert . |
| 9 | The extra cost of a harder and more lasting cutting edge was a wise investment — warriors would have had little time to re-sharpen their blades in the heat of battle ! |
| 10 | Many applicants will have a firm idea of what they want to study at university , but others will want to take some time to consider various possibilities before they apply . |
| 11 | The Executive Committee discussed the case at several further meetings and decided to re-examine it when Black 's solicitor should have had more time to ascertain the prospects of money compensation from the government for the injuries . |
| 12 | Jean-Claude had warned me that Otto would want to spend some time at the gastronomic festival being held in Romorantin . |
| 13 | And the same amount of things per head of the population will have been produced in the same ways by the same classes of people for many generations together ; and therefore this supply of the appliances for production will have had full time to be adjusted to the steady demand . |
| 14 | ‘ But it is so naive that it seems unlikely the politicians will want to spend much time on it , ’ says Jean Rankine , the museum 's deputy director . |
| 15 | I know Howard Wilkinson was disappointed at the delivery in the first leg and , if I know him , Leeds will have spent some time since working to make sure those balls count next time . |