Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them it 's been questions of rather less fundamental changes in the actual teaching style in the classroom and sometimes it 's been a question of concentrating on rather different kinds of things or giving more time to one kind of activity than another , or changing the pattern of assignments that they gave children , or things that were still well within the capacity of teachers to change without involving sort of fundamental changes in teaching style . |
| 2 | Eleanor Pitman ( Kent ) one of the first Qualified Teachers , Eleanor looks forward to spending and enjoying more time with her family . |
| 3 | At least we wo n't dally — no humming and hawing — no referring the matter to superiors and wasting valuable time . |
| 4 | The reasoning behind it being that she would not be able to come to terms with the notion of her mother being dead , so by removing her from the place where the tragedy had occurred and allowing enough time to pass , she would better be able to come to terms with her loss . |
| 5 | The generator revved up and down , providing power to the automatic launcher ; it had some sort of randomly set variation built into where it was aiming because the clays came out at a different angle and heading each time . |
| 6 | The system can be set up experimentally by measuring the time taken to attain each speed level and minimising this time by adjusting the previous speed level ; the time taken to reach stepping rate f2 is measured and the value off , adjusted until this time is a minimum , then continue by adjusting f1 while measuring the time to reach f3 etc . |
| 7 | DSC Communications Corp saw fourth quarter net profits of $13.1m against losses of $8m last time , on turnover up 43.8% at $162.7m ; net profit for the year to December 31 stood at $11.6m against losses of $108.3m , after $41m charges from the write-down of assets and restructuring last time , on turnover that rose 16.2% to $536.3m . |
| 8 | Many local authorities are issuing court summonses and spending much time and money trying to persuade them that the poll tax has not been abolished and that it will be with us next year and possibly the year after . |
| 9 | People with schizophrenia who are discharged from hospital to live with relatives who are over-critical , disapproving or who express a high level of anxiety and tension , are more likely to suffer early relapse than those returning to a neutral or tolerant atmosphere , and spending less time in daily contact with other members of the family , possibly by attending a day centre or going to work , seems to help some sufferers to cope with an emotionally charged home environment . |
| 10 | There is not enough time to meet even short-term demands for preparation , marking , report-writing , sorting out pupils ' disputes and clearing up heat-of-the-moment misunderstandings with colleagues , let alone to invest in the longer-term necessities of clearing the backlog of paperwork , replying to letters , ordering supplies , planning schemes of work , reorganizing last year 's course , thinking about what your tutor group can contribute to the fourth year assembly , setting up a meeting with the educational psychologist about Jessica , and spending some time with the word processor manual . |
| 11 | Speaking at his home in Godalming , Surrey , he added : ‘ It has been a hard few months and I am now looking forward to a break and spending some time with my family . ’ |
| 12 | Speaking at his home in Godalming , Surrey , he added : ‘ It has been a hard few months and I am now looking forward to a break and spending some time with my family . ’ |
| 13 | If you do this you are unlikely to face the problem of forgetting about work and having inadequate time to do an assignment justice . |
| 14 | My research indicates a variety of routes to class , trade union and gender consciousness and the probability of interaction between several factors : hardships experienced in a working-class childhood ; changes in household structure , such as taking over the ‘ man 's ’ role of breadwinner ; becoming involved in industrial action ; developing a new awareness of how social life is organised through contact with political or trade union ideologies ; and just growing older and having more time free from actual and ideological family constraints . |
| 15 | And can you join me for a bit of breaking and entering some time this evening ? " |
| 16 | Living alone and trying to bring up a small daughter is no easy task , and taking extra time to learn a new skill is just an added burden . ’ |
| 17 | The flight controls and other options are laid out in an unusual way , not following the normal conventions and taking some time to learn . |
| 18 | ‘ What is disturbing is conducting the National Youth Orchestra in Britain — wonderful , disciplined players — and knowing next time I will see them , in years to come — all that sense of orchestral order may be lost . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Maman , I have an idea , ’ the prince said , having racked his brains for further persuasions and clutching this time at straws . |
| 20 | Considerable work has been carried out on methods for analysing and modelling individual time series of observations . |
| 21 | ‘ I really admire you , bringing up four from the time the youngest was only five and working full time . |
| 22 | Eventually he had to make a choice between management and working full time in front of the cameras — so he resigned at Villa . |
| 23 | A third patient died suddenly after rupture of an aortic aneurysm 63 months after orthotopic transplantation , having been previously well and working full time . |
| 24 | And she had not been half asleep and dreaming this time . |
| 25 | . But coming that time I was dumped in a in a field . |
| 26 | When he can walk outside confidently , the patient can plan to increase the distance he walks , or to go on the same route , but taking less time to complete his walk . |
| 27 | One day Anna came in , all emotional , but beaming this time . |