Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [to-vb] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | From long experience he knew that one of the roads to problem solving was to allow time for the sub-conscious mind to operate . |
| 2 | It is admitted that the object of the preliminary issue was to save time and money ; the compromise issue and the cancellation required to be decided in any event and if first decided and in favour of the respondents would render unnecessary any further expenditure of time and money . |
| 3 | The extension was to allow time for fresh nominations . |
| 4 | A lesson Jess was to learn time and again in the coming weeks . |
| 5 | My idea was to spend time fossicking in the gold-fields , before joining the eastbound service of the Indian-Pacific on its appointed day . |
| 6 | The purpose of the change was to save time and money , but the change is not wholly welcome , because in practice it will draw an even sharper distinction between represented and unrepresented parties . |
| 7 | Its only value was to allow time for English Nature and the other national successor bodies to the NCC to apply " moral pressure " . |