Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | His overcrowded programme allowed no time for more than the barest formalities between himself and Merrill , and his manner was coolly polite — a situation for which , she told herself , she was profoundly grateful . |
| 32 | Unfortunately , the invitation came only a few days before the weekend fixed for the competition , giving the Ayrshire team no time at all to train . |
| 33 | Conran cites the time when Habitat and other leading British-Based retail groups were first entering overseas markets and had a struggle to make profits as another example of the fickle behaviour of City investors . |
| 34 | More than once Lina arranged the time and place of an interview , booked the plane , agreed the meals , models , set stylists and hairdressers only to find the whole thing suddenly cancelled . |
| 35 | Additionally , less electricity is used and the chef wastes no time waiting for the correct temperature to be reached . |
| 36 | Walker recorded a time of 8 mins 26.50 secs in Auckland two years ago , and after a highly successful , injury-free winter , had hoped for a better opening to his steeplechase season . |
| 37 | Given this scenario one would have thought that it was clear for all to see that what is required are urgent steps to reduce the time , and opportunity for offending , between being apprehended for an offence and having that offence dealt with by the courts . |
| 38 | Spanish Christendom thus enjoyed a respite and Alfonso lost no time in consolidating his battered forces . |
| 39 | Cleo thought at first that the net would only drift right through the spirit , but it swiftly formed a sparkling ball round its prey , and Apanage lost no time in drawing the opening of the silk tightly together . |
| 40 | But when Edinburgh University 's Professor David Wood-Gush and colleagues released factory-raised pigs into a semi-wild environment on the Pentland Hills , the animals lost no time in gathering twigs , grass and branches to build communal nests in which to sleep . |
| 41 | The administration lost no time in trying to regain the initiative for the United States . |
| 42 | Determined not to be viewed as another Wang , Groupe Bull SA took the time to clarify to journalists its position regarding IBM and the RS/6000 last week at its Les Clayes-sous-Bois research and development centre in Paris . |
| 43 | Did the authors record the time of uterine contraction after delivery and , if so , was there any relation to neonatal outcome ? |
| 44 | The other Rex tossed the Time Sprout back into the lead bucket and screwed down the lid . |
| 45 | This partly explains why the review took the time it did , since the computer can spend nearly four days running a full set of figures . |
| 46 | I had it in my mind to seek a time and place where I should meet with a man called mad by his fellows , for if such a man spoke strange things of me , none would heed him . |
| 47 | The ratcheted , rotating bezel sets the time limits for underwater and other action sports . |
| 48 | The speed and urgency of cartoon action leave no time for reflection . |
| 49 | You may open your eyes to check the time , but do not use an alarm . |
| 50 | Being an ‘ illiterate mechanic ’ , Stephenson had no time for the niceties of laboratory research . |
| 51 | It was n't just that Bernice had no time for women who made themselves look like that ; the other woman demanded attention . |
| 52 | Marie had no time to think about Bella 's story : the little queue surged forward and they found themselves inside the double doors in a short corridor leading through to the main ward . |
| 53 | Everything was apparently under control until the last few seconds of flight and he was so busy trying to sort it out that fear had no time to grow . |
| 54 | Ramsey had a time announced for hearing confessions and some people came . |
| 55 | The conventional palaeontological view was , until recently , of an age of 10 to 15 million years , whereas molecular data suggested a time of divergence of not more than 5 million years ago . |
| 56 | The planning department found that business units considered the time horizon of the issues to be too long to be of relevance and these issues were therefore considered to be ‘ back of the mind ’ flagging signals and were therefore not acted on . |
| 57 | As we have seen , the Marxist perspective on stratification and inequality envisages a time when class inequality can and will eventually disappear , after the destruction of capitalism and its replacement by a new socioeconomic order . |
| 58 | It is always hoped that the point-to-pointers of today will become the National Hunt stars of tomorrow , but young horses will learn nothing if they are subjected to a bumping match every time they run . |
| 59 | But I think we must be given freedom to choose the time and not commit ourselves to any timetable . |
| 60 | Though expensive and time-consuming , the change cut the time needed for the project from three or four years to two . |