Example sentences of "playing time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scene in the book where Robyn arrives at the factory for the first time and goes and has a conversation with Wilcox , that 's four pages , which would take 15 minutes in playing time if you acted it out . |
| 2 | The bid to crack the American market had n't worked , as Isidore Ostrer explained , due to ‘ the fact that we are not accorded playing time in the most important situations , these being almost exclusively controlled by American producing interests . ’ |
| 3 | In a day that saw 100 minutes of playing time lost , first to crowd trouble and then to the weather , Wasim Akram finished with five for 101 after the tourists had gone from 181 for three overnight to 324 all out . |
| 4 | Madden has been used in short bursts during the Bombers ' opening games and the ruckman has complained that he has not been given enough playing time and that this is affecting his play . |
| 5 | ‘ Take Me , I 'm Yours ’ , an eight-minute guitar tirade later had its name shortened to ‘ Take Me ! ’ ( although it was actually lengthened in playing time to nine minutes on the LP ) after the 100th person pointed out to Gedge that Squeeze had a song of the same name . |
| 6 | The reason was not to give longer playing time , but to allow louder reproduction . |
| 7 | The standard also leaves room for mains powered home recorders , on the same format , which will offer enough playing time for enthusiasts to tap television programmes or watch pre-recorded films . |
| 8 | An impressive set of performances , then , though at a total playing time of less than 57 minutes it should surely have been possible to fit in another item . |
| 9 | Erich Kunzel and the Rochester Pops Orchestra makes a good job of Candide , but then disaster strikes : over 28 minutes ( out of a total playing time of less than 62 ) is devoted to a certain ‘ Promenade Orchestra ’ , conducted by Alfred Gehardt , in some of the naffest arrangements of five numbers from West End Story that you 're ever likely to hear . |
| 10 | Obviously parents must show a degree of control here and do as I do by restricting playing time , although that is admittedly difficult with all these portable devices now on the market . |
| 11 | The disc revolves at a constant speed , holds 54,000 frames per side , and offers about thirty minutes of straight playing time on each side . |
| 12 | Playing time is longer about one hour of straight playing time per side — but random access is less accurate . |
| 13 | Playing time is longer about one hour of straight playing time per side — but random access is less accurate . |
| 14 | It offers about one hour 's straight playing time per side . |
| 15 | Nothing more was said , but ever since Dexter had brought along a selection of his own tapes and there had been an informal division of playing time on the cassette player in the car . |
| 16 | CLV was chosen because it maximises the CD 's playing time , an important feature for CD audio discs . |