Example sentences of "[det] time [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , now you 've chosen this time to eliminate the other boat , we know there 's another boat around about here somewhere , and we know there 's another post here , so erm but if this was shown in isolation we would n't have known that . |
| 2 | In the last two chapters we took some time to reach the chosen texts . |
| 3 | It took her some time to unfasten the stiff buttons . |
| 4 | It took me some time to put the fantastic story of the Gauguin inheritance behind me — not out of my mind , but to the back of it , not only because I wondered if they might deteriorate , but also at the bizarre irony of a family sitting on a fortune which they refused to touch . |
| 5 | This group has long been noted for its breadth of vision but nevertheless it took them some time to realise the unique advantages of the photosynthetic ‘ mechanisms ’ in plants and thereby to derive what may be an original approach to the problem . |
| 6 | It then took some time to raise the heavy engine and cut the rope from the propeller , but I finally managed it before drifting ashore . |
| 7 | He did this to demonstrate for all time to come the extraordinary greatness of his grace in the love he showed us in Christ Jesus . |
| 8 | Everyone benefits from increased job satisfaction , more time to do the real task , less friction , and a happier environment in which to work . |
| 9 | The assembled heads of government , under CARICOM 's new chair , Patrick Manning , the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago , agreed to reconvene on Oct. 28-30 to give themselves more time to study the wide-ranging recommendations of the West Indian Commission , created in November 1989 , which on June 18 had released a major 600-page report on the region 's future . |
| 10 | It 's very much the last attempt — not er , not for , from the point of view of negotiating or er , but , but simply a matter of fact , er we need erm we need to move , we need to have additional sources of , sources of income , that er the type of facility that we 're looking to build will give the club to put it on a firm financial footing , and at the same time to give the local people of the City and er the , the surrounding County er tremendous new facilities . |
| 11 | Manweb wants to erect low voltage lines on wooden posts at Nantmor , near Beddgelert , agreeing at the same time to dismantle the existing line . |
| 12 | The other group ( the " Explanation " group ) took the same time to cover the same materials . |
| 13 | A testing ground with other women in which the moments of assertion were not always secure , in which women attacked and were attacked , in which in an inverted way we both used the consciousness-raising groups to assert a new independence , a new self-determination , and at the same time to express the unarticulated tensions we felt in the other areas of our lives . |
| 14 | There may be cases where all the fault lies on the side of the head , and indeed in the earliest days of financial delegation many governors were said to have resigned because they could not find enough time to master the intricate responsibilities of new government and because a path through those intricacies had not been mapped by the head . |
| 15 | ‘ If the process is allowed to achieve a more relaxed rhythm of its own and we are given enough time to handle the international consequences , the Soviet leadership probably could live with the kind of confederal links between the two Germanys which are under discussion now . ’ |
| 16 | He must have a full knowledge of the local Bye-laws , local Acts of Parliament and Standing Orders of the council , so that he may be in a position at any time to advise the local authority on their functions and powers . |
| 17 | Working in a busy office , people have little time to learn the best way and may just ‘ get by ’ , using the first cursor movements they learned . |
| 18 | However , once Governments of either party know that they will complete a Bill on a certain day , they hand much of the power over to the Opposition to decide how they want to use that time to debate the proper timing and clauses . |