Example sentences of "they [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | The Watch had ensured this by giving them ample time to escape via the back door , a neat compromise between caution and justice that benefited all parties . |
2 | For them free time is likely to be more important than work itself . |
3 | The completion of this work would increase the convenience of searching the General Catalogue for researchers and save them valuable time , and it would also create savings in time for Library staff . |
4 | Prominent amongst these were a rapid turnover of police and strikers , leaving them little time for situational adjustment , and a corresponding lack of discipline , organisation and effective command structure on both sides . |
5 | This gave them little time to develop influence where it mattered , but also meant that the Supreme Soviet had a body of deputies holding important jobs who were in a position to be influential ( Lane , 1985 , pp. 177–81 ) . |
6 | Opposition Sajudis members objected , without effect , to the timing of the election on the grounds that it gave them inadequate time for preparation . |
7 | It does n't take in the fact that you 're actually paying them double time for overtime . |
8 | And mostly those were er married men who had a small place of their own which was n't quite big enough to keep them full time . |
9 | Three-quarters of the store 's 164 staff , half of them full time , will lose their jobs . |
10 | Well they think they loose time if it 's only a woman you see ? |
11 | Compact employers should encourage their employees who belong to unions to work in schools , and should allow them paid time to do so . |
12 | If customer complaints pass your desk , ensure that you give them maximum time and personal attention . |