Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A minority are unable to make any attachments at all and may need time in a therapeutic community ’ , Elliffe said . |
| 2 | Whatever path you follow to reach your goal of competence , you should make time for reading . |
| 3 | You should make time for dreams . ’ |
| 4 | It was decided that before going up to Oxford , which in fact he never did , he should spend time with a German family in Mecklenburg and three months studying at the university in Jena , where he attended lectures on philosophy and political economy and made many close friends among German Jews . |
| 5 | This has major pedagogic implications , since students can no longer hope to make sense of poems or plays just by reading them carefully , but must spend time in libraries getting up on the historical context . |
| 6 | The fact that we must spend time in activities or surroundings which we find distasteful in support of a relationship is the cost of that relationship . |
| 7 | This does n't mean that you should take time off work ; quite the opposite , as it is preferable that you remain occupied while on the diet . |
| 8 | At any rate , another hour or so should allow time for Adam to realise you 're not going to meet him . |
| 9 | Given the complex interpersonal relationships and the cultural differences between education and business , partnerships must allow time for people to change and for things to happen . |
| 10 | Consequently , as Needham has pointed out , in so far as Chinese natural philosophy ‘ was committed to thinking of time in separate compartments or boxes , perhaps it was more difficult for a Galileo to arise who should uniformise time into an abstract geometrical co-ordinate , a continuous dimension amenable to mathematical handling ’ . |
| 11 | Top management must devote time to communications and also show that it has a real commitment to improving communications |
| 12 | Apart from Manuela — we really must find time for a word or two about Manuela soon — I 've never got any mileage out of hurting women . |
| 13 | Hassan meanwhile ( between endless rushes to airports , trying to convince faceless , emotionless authorities that they 're dealing with genuine political refugees ) realises his life must find time for love as well as small ‘ p ’ politics . |
| 14 | Where an instrument is laid subject to affirmative resolution procedure , the Government sponsoring it must find time in the Houses for a vote on it and it must secure an affirmative vote . |
| 15 | You 're going to be happiest closer to home now , Cancer and you 'll need time to yourself at the beginning of June . |
| 16 | Residencies and placements can take several forms : in schools , hospitals and factories and other institutions the artist might divide time between personal work and teaching , demonstrating or consultation ; the concept of transplanting the studio can also be adapted to other venues , for example an arts centre or library ; working on a public commission or community project the artist would aim to involve others in the planning and execution of the idea . |
| 17 | But I have to , because there 's no way he 'll have time for me after what I said to him . ’ |
| 18 | And , going on in the same vein before Fabia could gently state that she would n't dream of going to Czechoslovakia without her , ‘ It 's about a four-hour crossing so you 'll have time for some shut-eye and a rest before … ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't think I 'll have time to yet , not till we get Dolly fixed up with a job and lodgings of her own . ’ |
| 20 | I mean , when I 've got over that then I 'll have time to be decently frightened of you . ’ |
| 21 | I thought you might have time during the week to pop into Hull that was all . |
| 22 | I 'd give him a ring tonight Lee and get , then he might have time to ge chance to get some players . |
| 23 | Her tone made it clear that if he wished , coffee was only the beginning of what they might have time for . |
| 24 | I was making up next month 's order for the Brewery ; it 'll save time in the morning . ’ |
| 25 | He 'll devote time to them , teaching them , encouraging them , supporting them , providing them with opportunities to develop their unique talents . |
| 26 | Not that he will ignore the larger majority of his people who form the reliable , hard-working backbone of his organization ; he 'll devote time to them too , perhaps explaining his policy and practice for developing flair in his team . |
| 27 | And Ros was just saying I mean sh on that , on that Friday she 's due to be in work on that Friday night and it comes on a day she 'll paid time off aspect . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could spare time for a fitting , and I did think it would be a good idea if I could hold a rehearsal of everyone concerned in my part of the show before the official one . |
| 29 | Erm I would , I think it would be very useful if you could make time in the next day or so , you do n't have to spend long on this you know , if you just spent sort of |
| 30 | But Eisenhower and Dulles continued to work on the assumption that they could buy time with diplomacy , and with this object in view — especially in face to face meetings with the British — they were reluctant to lean too heavily on their ally . |