Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has also been a tenet of good security that prisoners should spend the maximum time outside their cells being kept busy working . |
| 2 | In some cases , however , the exigencies of timetabling for examinations and the demands made on students by applications for courses of further study can reduce the effective time available to the one-year foundation courses to as little as twenty or twenty-four weeks . |
| 3 | Er I and the council will recall the last time we had a motion on V A T when we asked . |
| 4 | Aerospace manufacturers and racing car constructors can afford the necessary time and trouble ; the car majors can not . |
| 5 | Software or equipment failures , or processing errors , which do occur in normal working hours will reduce the available time by no more than 17 hours in any continuous three month period . |
| 6 | Still , even session men can hit the big time . |
| 7 | Today , however , Country Member can reach the big time . |
| 8 | He prepares very thoroughly , polishing the presentation time and time again , ensuring that his speech will fit the allotted time ( there 's nothing worse than speakers who overrun ) . |