Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [verb] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both the Royal College and childbirth groups agree that consultant obstetricians should spend more time in the labour ward helping junior staff . |
| 2 | It is thought that 16 months should provide sufficient time for new pension arrangements to be set up , but if difficulties arose the powers in clause 12 would be available to the Secretary of State . |
| 3 | First , all overlap periods must allow adequate time for exchange of information between the staff coming to duty and those leaving . |
| 4 | In addition , museum assistants or other personnel whose task it is to prepare the objects for visitors and to supervise their access to the collections may have more time for other tasks . |
| 5 | Clearly agencies dealing with executive appointments will have more time for discussion and advice about career moves and development than agencies dealing with general office staff . |
| 6 | Small , smooth attitude changes will keep this time to the minimum . |
| 7 | In modern viticultural establishments the grafts will spend some time in hot-room callusing boxes to develop a protective skin or callus over the grafting wound before they are planted into the nursery beds , and finally into the vineyard the following season . |
| 8 | Estimates suggest that between a fifth and a quarter of children may spend some time in a one-parent family . |
| 9 | Appeals Procedure : Appellants ought to have adequate time in which to prepare their appeals , and an effective opportunity to present a counter-argument to the reasons for refusal . |