Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus a pattern mask will greatly reduce the time available for a letter detector to generate and transmit a code to the lexical output systems , but will not affect the time available to a word detector . |
| 2 | Every type of food is readily available and preparation and cooking have never been easier ; and if he can not spare the time , convenience foods reduce the time required for shopping and preparation to the bare minimum . |
| 3 | Anyway , they have not really the transport for a journey as far as this and in any case , they could not spare the time from work . ’ |
| 4 | In typical style Shaheen had commissioned the QE2 to take a large party of people to the opening and offered me a cabin on her , but as I could not spare the time and was not sure that I would be entirely at home with my fellow passengers , I flew over in response to his invitation . |
| 5 | There are two dangers to be avoided , if you can avoid them , in the choice of chambers : reading with someone who is too busy , who can not spare the time to give you instruction , except possibly over a snack lunch , and reading with someone who has not enough work to give you proper experience . |
| 6 | As the traders often can not spare the time to come to the staff restaurant , they can place their breakfast and lunch orders in advance and CCG staff serve them at their desks . |
| 7 | And does it not make the time problem even worse ? |
| 8 | If I can not make the time myself it might still be worth paying Dessie Clancy and his lad . ’ |
| 9 | Even if the security is ample , the bank will not want the time , trouble and loss of goodwill involved in attempting to repossess its loan . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , we do not know the time of year when Lady Godiva is supposed to have ridden out . |
| 11 | This is one reason why TV buyers may wish to keep part of their budgets flexible beyond the time when they might usually prefer to commit themselves — they may , of course , find that they can not buy the time they want , but this is a risk they may be willing to take in order to get a better price . |
| 12 | If the planning permission does not specify a time , the Act provides for the period to be five years , or two years after the approval of all reserve matters for the start of development and three years for the application for approval of all reserve matters . |
| 13 | Do not send the time advised of the illness code sensitive illnesses appropriately ) |
| 14 | Do not underestimate the time required to prepare a cocktail party — a four-course dinner often takes less time ! |
| 15 | ‘ I do not resent the time , but I do resent the fact we have not secured anything . |
| 16 | It just can not work every time . |
| 17 | There are a large number of organisations where the converse is true : it is not possible to find much talent and they do not occupy the time and effort of executive searchers . |
| 18 | As Bloch has commented , ‘ To us accustomed to live with our eyes constantly turning to the clock , how remote from our civilization seems this society in which a court of law could not ascertain the time of day without discussion and inquiry ! ’ |
| 19 | Just as Maggie could not remember a time before there was Fenna , and a time before there was the big house and the three women living in it , so she could not remember a time when there was not the constant tug of tension between her grandmother and her mother . |
| 20 | Just as Maggie could not remember a time before there was Fenna , and a time before there was the big house and the three women living in it , so she could not remember a time when there was not the constant tug of tension between her grandmother and her mother . |
| 21 | Gedge can not remember a time when he did not want to be in a pop group . |
| 22 | Dinah Asshe could not remember a time when she had not enjoyed dressing up . |
| 23 | On the other hand , he could not remember a time when it had not been taken for granted the Hall would one day be his own . |
| 24 | He could not remember a time when he had not known . |
| 25 | The amount that we do overseas fluctuates but I can not remember a time when we have not had an overseas project going on . |
| 26 | It is true that William Cobbett , born in 1766 , was to write , " I do not remember the time when I did not earn my living " , but he was the son of a moderately successful small farmer in a district where hop growing enabled a decent living from small acreages for a family with three sons to help work it . |
| 27 | The presence of 200 nmol/l staurosporine did not alter the time course of the desensitisation that was seen when HGT-1 cells were exposed to histamine at 37°C ( data not shown . |
| 28 | Merrill Lynch found that ‘ one in five companies who provide assistance with bridging finance do not set a time limit , 28 per cent provide assistance for up to three months and 41 per cent for four to six months ’ . |
| 29 | Clearly , before the sound begins we can not measure the time it is going to take , but after it has sounded how can we measure it , since it is then no more ? |
| 30 | It was an enormous subject upon which we had embarked , and I felt that , as a minor guest of the monastery , I must not monopolize the time of the guest whom everyone wanted to meet . |