Example sentences of "[noun] ['s] time [conj] [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was learning at a place where we hired the computer 's time and it was cheaper to get a night run . |
| 2 | The Government controls Parliament 's time and it is therefore able to limit debate where its proposals are proving controversial or where a rational examination of them is turning out to be embarrassing . |
| 3 | But if you start putting down investment in new plant and equipment when interest is at 8% , and you find in a year 's time that you 're paying 15% — and so are your customers , and they 're not buying — it screws the numbers up . |
| 4 | The problem of how to produce a red wine was as acute in Dom Pérignon 's time as it is today , but according to Frère Pierre he found a solution to the problem by using old vines and selecting only the ripest grapes ; he was thus able to achieve three or four successful vintages of decently coloured wines for about every ten , when the vines might enjoy exceptional warmth during the summer . |
| 5 | It is her garden that now absorbs much of C.Z. 's time and it was a logical step for Bowles and photographer Pamela Hanson to use it as a setting for their fashion story ( p 162 ) , highlighting some of the key ideas for the season . |