Example sentences of "time [verb] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The drama course for professional performers which does not at the present time qualify for a mandatory award , is fully accredited by the National Council of Drama Training as is the Acting Option of the Graduate Diploma course .
2 Mrs Freda Bastianelli , the mother of four-month-old twin boys , who has a house on the shoreline , complained that another year was a long time to wait for a possible cure .
3 That gave her time to go for a quick wash .
4 He spent his time looking for a Jewish homeland that was not Palestine .
5 Bayern Munich , Tottenham , Aston Villa , Chelsea and Everton were all linked with Hughes — as Fergie spent his time searching for a new goal star .
6 Yet she sensed that now was not the time to press for a formal interview .
7 A significant deterioration in cognitive function was defined as two or more consecutive increments of 5% or more in the mean time taken for a correct response and of 2% or more in the error rate with the last of the five euglycaemic test scores used as baseline .
8 The rates of diffusion of two gases may be compared by measuring the time taken for a given volume of each gas to diffuse through a porous surface under identical conditions .
9 If there is to be a time taken for a further hearing before me in relation to the question of interest and or a structured settlement , I regret that the parties will have to follow me , not purely from Chelmsford to London but thereafter to Maidstone .
10 The challenge involves a variety of modes of transport and the time taken for a particular journey , typically a journey to work during the rush hour .
11 The distance between any two points would then he proportional to the number of neurones a message must traverse to get from one to the other ; it would also be roughly proportional to the time taken for a neural message to travel between them .
12 They are often allowed ( and expected ) to spend part of their time studying for a higher degree .
13 That there had been no time to prepare for a gradual hand-over of power , to make plans for social , political , economic and military integration , only made things worse .
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