Example sentences of "[prep] the time and " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reality , if your pet is left with a small , beautifully-sutured wound , then all credit must go the skill of your veterinary surgeon and it 's worth remembering that , for the time and skill required , spaying is a very cheap and justifiable operation . |
| 2 | A girl from one of the other teams — for all of us had assembled by now — asked him for the time and briefly discussed the weather with him and when , after about 15 minutes , he struck off purposefully around a nearby playing field , he had a tail of 14 people — the entire membership of all four spy teams — determined not to lose their quarry . |
| 3 | Both sides have struggled in the league this year and Haslemere were grateful for the time and space they were allowed in this match . |
| 4 | The 1992 Waverley Championships were swum at Cranleigh last weekend and Haslemere swimmers came back with 27 medals , just reward for the time and effort they put into their training . |
| 5 | She reached out for the time and found that she had over forty hours still to go before she met the contact again . |
| 6 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 7 | Although his encounters with girls were way above average for the time and place and company he moved in , they were still sexually unsuccessful . |
| 8 | We thanked the WO officials for the time and trouble they had taken to discuss all these issues with us . |
| 9 | Mytho-history of this kind provides a cosmological setting for the time and space of ordinary experience but , in addition , by exhibiting the contrast of possibilities , it offers a rationale for the complex rules and conventions which characterize " our " particular way of doing things . |
| 10 | I thank my hon. Friend for the time and trouble that he took last week to visit my constituency and see at first hand the problems caused by and resulting from British Rail . |
| 11 | A program which depends on several hours of training does not allow for the time and number constraints of the classroom . |
| 12 | Acting chairman Dr James Smith said : ‘ He is an extremely busy man and we are grateful for the time and effort he gave . ’ |
| 13 | Anything less involves wasted potential and the limiting factors are seen as the time and energy of the carers . |
| 14 | Many factors such as the time and space available in intensive care units will determine how soon such discoveries can be translated into routine procedures for investigating and monitoring patients . |
| 15 | About the time and place of this extraordinarily bold decision there seems little doubt . |
| 16 | We will then contact you again about the time and place . |
| 17 | Well I can , if he lets me have his space we do n't have to worry too much about the time and go about er just after nine or something . |
| 18 | — not an easy task but well worth the time and effort . |
| 19 | ‘ He gave in too easily , at the last ; too graciously after the time and prestige he has wasted here . |
| 20 | But common sense , coupled with the prospect of the time and paperwork involved in interviewing the hundred or so people who 'd been through the Cookery and Refreshment Tent during the past few hours finally defeated his hope for personal glory through brilliant deduction . |
| 21 | On the second of these , the captain , Leslie Ames , was injured for much of the time and Worrell was appointed his deputy . |
| 22 | The sexual behaviour referred to turned out to be sexual misbehaviour by the standards of the time and on a widespread scale . |
| 23 | These avenues have not only taken up a lot of the time and energy of the present generation of activists but they have also reduced the reliance on the politics of the street demonstration by presenting alternative means of expression and action . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've been sitting around twiddling our thumbs for some of the time and people have been sloping off early , ’ he said . |
| 25 | It is a tribute to EMI engineers of the time and their faithful successors today that this and the even earlier ( 1937 ) version of Sibelius 's Fourth Symphony come up sounding so truthful ( CDM7 64027 2 ) . |
| 26 | He tries to play his best all of the time and plays to win . |
| 27 | He tries to play his best all of the time and plays to win . |
| 28 | The idea was enthusiastically received by the General Committee of the time and Laureen was asked to proceed . |
| 29 | Her approach is fruitful in that it explores major issues in women 's poetry of the time and its relation to the literary mainstream . |
| 30 | Nonetheless , for much of the time and for many places , local particularism was a dominant motif . |