Example sentences of "wait [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They comprise affixes ( dis like , kind ness , John' s , wait ed , com ing , black en , etc. ) and independent words ( sometimes called markers ) , such as articles , conjunctions , prepositions and so on , a major part of whose linguistic function is to signal the grammatical organisation of sentences . |
| 32 | Fast , zero wait state sram is expensive and since many DSPs have 24-bit data buses , can prove to be quite costly . |
| 33 | Wait man wait . |
| 34 | Well the ladies who wait ladies |
| 35 | I could wait another forty eight hours while you wait results of that one you see |
| 36 | Just wait Tim cos there 's lots of cars . |
| 37 | Just wait Tim cos you 've got to wait till you 've got the receiver picked up before you start dialling anything . |
| 38 | ‘ I pray the transplant will be soon and that while we wait Claire 's life will be as painless as possible , ’ says Helen . |
| 39 | Oh we 've had er , there was this wait Chris rung us up , she 's coming over in April |
| 40 | Wait Sal ! |
| 41 | Several bicycles , left days before for repair , would probably have to wait days more to be completed . |
| 42 | Even where communities have got together to build a school themselves , under an agreement with the government , they have sometimes had to wait years before the government sends teachers to staff it . |
| 43 | ABBA MAY HAVE HAD TO WAIT YEARS , but the Right Said Fred tribute industry is starting up early . |
| 44 | To deal with this , a group of merchants who wanted to trade in a particular part of the world would ask the monarch for a charter allowing them a monopoly of bringing goods from their chosen region into England , giving them rights to defend themselves against pirates and bandits with their own armed force , and letting them settle legal problems that would otherwise have to wait years until they got back to England . |
| 45 | In the first chapter we discussed the problems of the application backlog , where user departments may have to wait years for the implementation of systems . |
| 46 | ‘ I like to think that I have a lot to offer as well and I do n't want to have to wait years before I get the opportunity to prove myself . |
| 47 | As composite seven points out , when our members are injured or made ill by their work , they should not have to wait years for compensation , we need a system which is swift , fair and comprehensive . |
| 48 | There is no point in having to wait weeks for the concrete scaffolders , nor is there any point in having the site cluttered with pipes that are only to be needed later . |
| 49 | But now they have to wait weeks or even months to claim back the money — forced to produce an exam certificate for each trainee before the TEC pays up . |
| 50 | POLICE are likely to have to wait weeks before they can interview Keith Pringle the man at the centre of the Darlington siege . |
| 51 | She had to wait weeks before she could have the floored laid , you know , tiles her floor . |
| 52 | waiting ages for . |
| 53 | Stay with the man , watching him , waiting hour after hour , until eventually the man has to give in and say something to draw the whole thing to a close . |
| 54 | Another committed suicide while waiting trial . |
| 55 | The Committee recommends that the NHS Management Executive should ensure that all English Regional Health Authorities set broad standards for waiting times for such appointments , and that the Management Executive should require District Health Authorities and Family Health Services Authorities to take urgent action to reduce waiting times for first appointments . |
| 56 | One ingredient of the proposed contracts is a stipulation about waiting times . |
| 57 | Regional variations in waiting times for operations , the excessive drugs prescribed by some doctors and other failings were often not the failing of a single individual . |
| 58 | A national standard will also be set for outpatient waiting times . |
| 59 | Binding guarantees will be set locally for in-patient waiting times , starting with the operations where waiting causes most distress . |
| 60 | To ensure that progress on waiting times continues , we intend that from 31 March 1993 , no one should have to wait more than 18 months for a hip or knee replacement , or a cataract operation . |