Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , they were a rational answer to the unplanned metropolis of the inter-war period ; we had long since passed the time of asking whether the State should build houses , now it was a question of determining precisely where the nation should locate its dwelling stock . |
| 2 | Gilmour hit back : ‘ Pat Clinton does n't stop working long enough to have the time to use his head . |
| 3 | As the dole queues have lengthened , so too has the time the unemployed have been without work . |
| 4 | Similarly , with the various aspects of stock work , careful and skilful handling not only reduced the time and effort of the person involved but also the stress to the stock . |
| 5 | This type of help via an intelligent terminal or microcomputer is particularly valuable for the relatively unskilled end-users , in that it not only reduces the time taken to enter and transmit a search , but also allows correction of any typing or strategy errors before going online , thus removing some of the stress commonly associated with online searching . |
| 6 | The real losers are the ‘ transport poor ’ ( chapter 6 ) , and the reason for this is that official estimates of the costs of key settlement policies do not generally include the time and money costs of individuals . |
| 7 | Recreational players often play in less than ideal conditions and do not always have the time or money available to spend on their rackets . |
| 8 | The head does not always have the time to ponder the price of those personal and professional adjustments which have to be made in the regular course of management . |
| 9 | Again she was a busy young mother who did not really find the time to mourn for the loss of her unborn children . |
| 10 | Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared . |
| 11 | an opportunity to tackle a problem or task which they might not otherwise have the time or resources to take on ; |
| 12 | I will not therefore take the time of the House with the conventional lengthy explanation of the detail of what are in fact relatively routine pieces of annual business , such as the guaranteed minimum pensions order and the draft contributions rerating order , which are very much in line with their predecessors over a number of years . |
| 13 | The clock did a lot more besides telling the time of day . |
| 14 | He 'd hardly even have the time to see his precious Sheila bloody Williams , would he ? |
| 15 | It was held that when time for delivery is of the essence of a contract for the sale of goods ( that is , a condition ) and after the stipulated time has elapsed the buyer waives his right to cancel by pressing for delivery , converting the term into a warranty , he may later give notice setting a reasonable deadline , once again making the time for delivery a condition of the contract . |
| 16 | they sweep up tidily to pass the time |
| 17 | That perhaps it 's easier to do in a smaller department , I mean I 've got checkouts , and the majority of my staff are part-time , and I 've only got three full-timers , so it 's quite often the case that at nine thirty , one thirty , five thirty , eight thirty , it 's a case of coming in and then relieving somebody else straight away , you do n't necessarily have the time to spend with them . |
| 18 | I did n't like being called a rowdie , but then I did n't exactly have the time or resources to sue for defamation , if that 's the legal terminology for someone who slags you off in public . |
| 19 | ‘ You do n't hardly pass the time of day with me , this is the first time you 've sat and talked to me . |
| 20 | And of course that also meant she could n't possibly spare the time to do her usual singing spot in the club . |
| 21 | If appropriate production skills and resources are not available , the end result does n't usually reflect the time , thought and enthusiasm that went into it . |
| 22 | Well what a lot of people say on the course is I know it 's my responsibility , but I always , I do n't always have the time to train because there 's a lot of backlog , there 's a lot of pressure , it 's and we all say to them that training is like a catch twenty two situation . |
| 23 | I remember sitting in a hotel in Lymm thinking that I could n't really spare the time for the Managing Quality course but I 'd run out of excuses ! |
| 24 | ‘ I left the treatment on for about 10 minutes but I did n't really have the time to use a plastic cap . |
| 25 | Cos when you 're working , you do n't really have the time or the interest in actually seeing where the money goes . |
| 26 | or whatever we do n't really have the time , people just say , oh it 's charts . |
| 27 | As a star opera director whose career is becoming increasingly orientated towards the theatre , it is understandable that he has n't often found the time to stray from the great metropolises to mount a production . |
| 28 | Give us a job , she said , he wo n't even pass the time of day with us . |
| 29 | Just that since we 've come back after Christmas we have n't never have the time before er |
| 30 | Mrs M no longer had the time to devote to the girl who sought schooling for herself . |