Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mother postponed her second marriage for six months to give time to sort out the new relationships . |
| 2 | On arrival at Hillsborough she was given a boisterous welcome by 150 children given time off school to greet her . |
| 3 | It offers a vision of a future in which the importance of both parents spending time with their children is recognised , as is the right of both sexes to use their skills in the workplace to the extent of their abilities , for the benefit of us all . |
| 4 | We also noted a tendency for some teachers to create time to monitor children 's learning in prioritized areas like mathematics and language by treating other areas as time fillers . |
| 5 | The Sputnik demonstration of Soviet technological capabilities had made Foster Dulles ’ philosophy of massive nuclear retaliation untenable , and in its place had come the theory of imposing a pause with conventional forces to allow time for last-minute negotiations to reduce the chances of mutual nuclear suicide . |
| 6 | New skills and basic trust in new processes take time to acquire . |
| 7 | Cue up the phrase you wish to learn , press record and then you have a maximum of fifteen seconds sampling time at your disposal . |