Example sentences of "[coord] [to-vb] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nomination of subcontractors , whereby the main contract or the engineer stipulates the name of a subcontractor whom the main contractor must employ , should generally be avoided unless , for example , it is necessary to retain specialists skills or to observe a time constraint . |
| 2 | This is the sort of thing we all get to talking about when the beer 's flowing , or to pass the time when we 're 4–0 down at home to Norwich . |
| 3 | While this is a considerable improvement on the former method , it does nothing to reduce the paper-work involved or to shorten the time before a buyer is entered on the company 's register and receives his share certificate — which will take weeks and sometimes months . |
| 4 | Weigh up the pros and cons ; decide if it is better to accept such invitations or to spend the time doing your own thing , perhaps sharing a mutual interest with one friend . |
| 5 | I decided that the best thing to do was to leave the porch just in case anyone came along , and to kill the time I needed to kill somewhere else . |
| 6 | It is a real pleasure to see these young lady constables and to pass the time of day with them . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ How ’ , the teachers asked , ‘ are we to be trained and to find the time to do the job , without any extra resources ? ’ |
| 8 | Further , the Prime Minister brought forward the deadline for nominations to the leadership contest to 15 November in order to force the hand of any challenger and to reduce the time available to mount an effective campaign . |
| 9 | Only five years before , an inter-departmental committee set up jointly by the Home Office and the Lord Chancellor 's Department , under the chairmanship of a High Court Judge , had rejected the solution of permanent Crown Courts to handle the much increased workload of criminal cases and to reduce the time spent by defendants awaiting trial . |
| 10 | egg removal is a surgical procedure , virtually always preceeded by the administration of fertility drugs and hormones to the woman so that multiple eggs will be produced during the menstrual cycle , and to control the time of ovulation . |
| 11 | To spend her days reading and writing and finding out more and talking to people , and to spend no time at all trying to outwit awful people like Mother Clare . |
| 12 | The intention is to speed up the taking of kick-offs and to stop the time wasting practice of kicking the ball dead instead of keeping it in play from the kick-off . |
| 13 | There was nothing he wanted to see at any of the nearby cinemas , he 'd be irritable company in the local pub where he was a contender in a small bar-billiards school , so there was nothing for it but to spend the time watching television with the other sinners . |