Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ['s] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , however , because religion is about the archaic heritage of humanity , and involves relations with parent figures , particularly the father , that one would expect emotional reactions to the subject ; either religion is the most important part of life , and immune to scientific investigation for that reason , or it is too trivial to be worth a working scientist 's time . |
| 2 | ‘ Since old Josh 's time it 's been used as a holiday retreat by various Proberts down the years , ’ he added , ‘ with some of the land let out for summer grazing to mainland farmers . ’ |
| 3 | With a U-form structure , in which the functional basis of decomposition is preserved all the way up the hierarchy , more of top management 's time is devoted to these operational matters , whose pressing need for resolution gives them an urgency not usually attached to issues of a more long-run , strategic kind . |
| 4 | It was towards the end of poor old Ted 's time . |
| 5 | In the old King 's time he was in the garrison of the Tower , then he went abroad with others to fight in Outremer . ’ |
| 6 | Not only that , but on hatching , the young cuckoo throws out the host species ' own eggs or young so that it has no competition for the foster parents ' time and attention . |
| 7 | Since Bains an increasing amount of chief officers ' time has been devoted to liaison with other departmental heads to formulate corporate strategies . |
| 8 | ‘ Surely this can not be justified as an effective use of civil servants ' time or public money . ’ |
| 9 | Within these great defensive rings , particularly the outer ones , there is too Much to see in one go ; as with all cities Milan can comfortably fill almost any amount of the inquisitive visitor 's time . |
| 10 | Everything depended on the weather and if your luck was out the hired man 's time could be up and not much hay in . |
| 11 | I 'll tell you : we 're leaving because the little cheat 's time will be up at midnight , son , that 's why . |
| 12 | The Indians of the Plains — Apache and Comanche — that he had known in the Sons of Geronimo had sworn that the white man 's time was nearing an end , and that the buffalo would return . |
| 13 | Yes that oh oh That was a l that was in my great grannie 's time that they went there . |
| 14 | But in my great grannie 's time I think they did that . |
| 15 | That was further back that was in what I would say my great grannie 's time . |
| 16 | You pay for people 's time , including managers ' time , credit department 's time , typists ' time , administrative staff 's time , sales representatives ' time , as well as having to contribute your own time as well . |
| 17 | It is not surprising , therefore , that much of the clinical teacher 's time is spent in teaching combinations of a variety of skills . |
| 18 | In Fat Harry 's time business was not so adventurous . |
| 19 | ‘ So modern is this piece , ’ wrote The Stage , ‘ that part of the tale is played out on a giant ‘ TV ’ screen which is but one of the wonders provided by a futuristic Merlin 's time and talking-brain machine . |
| 20 | It was potentially a valuable and interesting debate , but , as happened during the debate on constitutional reform on 17 May , which was also held in private Members ' time , time has become rather squeezed , mainly because the Conservatives seem keen to spin out the debate through their speeches and interventions instead of allowing a proper debate . |
| 21 | Within the affluent premises of EMI , Virgin were referred to scornfully as ‘ The Earls Court Hippies ’ , and hardly worthy of a managing director 's time . |
| 22 | A notable absentee from this year 's world top 20 breaststroke rankings , the double Olympic medallist 's time in the 200 metres final of 2mins 11.56secs was the quickest in the world this year by 3.26 seconds , and only 0.33 outside Norbert Rozsa 's European record . |
| 23 | A notable absentee from this year 's world top 20 breaststroke rankings , the double Olympic medallist 's time in the 200 metres final of 2mins 11.56secs was the quickest in the world this year by 3.26 seconds , and only 0.33 outside Norbert Rozsa 's European record . |
| 24 | Students came to be regarded as trouble-making drones , supported by the tax-payers ' money , indulging themselves at others ' expense , and frivolously wasting their own and other people 's time . |
| 25 | And to speak silently is to speak without asking for other people 's time or sympathy ; without wounding their sensibilities or undermining their faith ; without breaching confidentiality or the Official Secrets Act . |
| 26 | Mr Davies , by contrast , has pledged specific reforms to regulate Labour MPs ' time more strictly , while helping them plan their time outside Parliament more confidently . |
| 27 | In fact , it is only a slight exaggeration to say that the main deterrent effect of monopoly policy has been not the threat of what changes might be required as a result of the MMC investigation , but the threat of having to tie up a large quantity of senior executives ' time to argue the firm 's case in the event that its activities attract a reference to the MMC . |
| 28 | A lot of creative people 's time will have been wasted if the programme does n't go out . |