Example sentences of "[verb] time in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if later generations of beam weapons could provide better shields against nuclear attack , they would probably only buy time in the arms race . |
| 2 | Since 1953 the United States has been subjected to rapidly reduced lead time on computer innovation , from several years ' lead time in the 1950s and 1960s to zero and lag time in the 1980s . |
| 3 | A minority are unable to make any attachments at all and may need time in a therapeutic community ’ , Elliffe said . |
| 4 | Heavy demands are placed on schools to find time in the curriculum for a wide range of individually worthwhile activities and difficult decisions have to be made about priorities . |
| 5 | They lamb easily , producing wonderfully tasty meat lambs when crossed with a Ryeland sire , and give the softest of fleeces at shearing time in a variety of attractive shades , ideal for hand spinning and knitting . |
| 6 | Who says time in the nick ca n't be well spent . ’ |
| 7 | He spent three days in jail after smashing up an apartment , and has done time in a drug rehabilitation centre . |
| 8 | These would be needed to control small incidents , to meet Britain 's global commitments , and to buy time in an all-out conflict until the strategic nuclear forces of the West had crippled the USSR . |
| 9 | Marking time in a creative vacuum |
| 10 | Or is it more like feeding time in a wartime army canteen ? |
| 11 | Frantic Bradford took to diving in the box looking for penalties , but Quakers held on , and there was even the unaccustomed spectacle of possession football to waste time in the dying minutes with a chorus of ‘ staying up ’ from the travelling fans in the background . |
| 12 | Disorder increases with time because we measure time in the direction in which disorder increases . |
| 13 | John McCarthy , Terry Waite , Jackie Mann and spent time in a special unit where Dr Turnbull helped them come to terms with what had happened to them . |
| 14 | An electronics lecturer , for example , assisted the company with the development of a product , and a motor vehicle lecturer spent time in the repair shop . |
| 15 | We also spent time in the capital , Guatemala City , where we talked to senior government officials like the defence minister , General Jose Garcia Samayoa . |
| 16 | After working as a journalist on local press in her native USA , Dr Hess then spent time in the Philippines working as a missionary for the United Methodist Church ( UMC ) . |
| 17 | Going back to Alfred , it was solemnly agreed that every couple who spent time in the hut would carve their initials somewhere . |
| 18 | After the political disturbances of 1848 , Karl Marx , with other radicals , spent time in an internment camp on the island . |
| 19 | Fred , from Newcastle , still finds things hard , even after spending time in a ‘ halfway house ’ which let him get used to paying his own way . |
| 20 | Playing with other children , joining group activities , spending time in the park and playground — they 're all important parts of growing up for pre-school children . |
| 21 | Will the Minister take time in the next week , as a matter of urgency , to meet the Israeli ambassador and tell him about the feeling in the country generally that the Israeli Government are literally getting away with murder ? |
| 22 | I think that there 's a lot for your Lordship to read but I think it might be beneficial in the long run , it was certainly , our experience has been that it certainly would take time in the long run but to deal with it this way . |
| 23 | Du Pont says that its aerodynamic efficiency can cut about 10 minutes of biking time in a 180-kilometre run . |
| 24 | But those least likely to have spent time in a hospital or hospice or to die in one were those who had lived in a nursing home for a year or more . |
| 25 | Holly , you have to forget the past , that is what anyone who has spent time in the camps will say to you , you have to forget the past life . |
| 26 | Maybe he 'd spent time in the States . |
| 27 | She smelt of the exhalations of other people 's cigarettes and spilt wine , and she was expansive , with the air of someone who has spent time in the company of her like-minded fellows , not distracted and irritable as people are when they have tired themselves on the trail of trivial knowledge . |
| 28 | For example , the account of Cnut 's visit to Sherborne in Goscelin 's Life of St Wulfsige is very likely based on Sherborne tradition , as Goscelin , a monk of St Omer , came to England at the invitation of Bishop Hermann of Sherborne , probably spent time in the community there , and was writing at Hermann 's request . |
| 29 | He was also closely connected with some of those bishops who had spent time in the island monastery . |
| 30 | When you remove the basin brackets from the wall , it is more likely that you will damage the plaster ( there may also be some wood there with an advanced case of wet rot ) ; Allow time in the schedule for repairing the plaster before you go any further — modern d-i-y plasters can be applied up to two inches thick . |