Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [verb] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toshack has wasted no time in putting his stamp on the side , moving the West German midfielder Bernd Schuster to libero , Michel from the right flank to central midfield , and giving the striker Emilio Butragueno a slightly withdrawn role . |
| 2 | ‘ Housewifery expands to fill the time available ’ — this principle was discovered by Betty Friedan in her 1950s tour of American suburbia . |
| 3 | This concept , brilliantly and amusingly elucidated in book of that name published the previous year by Professor C. Northcote Parkinson , stated : ‘ Work expands to fill the time available for its completion . ’ |
| 4 | Parkinson 's Law states that ‘ work expands to fill the time available ’ . |
| 5 | Cyril Northcote Parkinson , prolific author and inventor of Parkinson 's Law — which holds that all work expands to fill the time available for its completion — has died , aged 83 . |
| 6 | For Julie Crew what should be a time of joy has become a time of pain and misery . |
| 7 | Graseby Anderson Inc , the Atlanta , Georgia arm of Graseby Plc , Cambridge has wasted no time in filing its proposed initial public offering ( CI No 2,129 ) , of up to 1.92m shares , an unspecified number to come from the Andersen Samplers BV and Graseby Overseas Holdings Ltd units of Graseby . |
| 8 | Camcorders are rather power-hungry beasts and the average of forty minutes of recording time per charge seems to last no time at all when you are actually on a shoot — a spare battery can be a god-send . |
| 9 | He added , ‘ I also hear that Earl Siward has lost no time in equipping all his churches of St Cuthbert with four stout walls , a ditch , and a garrison . |
| 10 | Before the visitor has had the time to see the baptistery ruins , the plaques or the crucifix he will have spent time near the door . |
| 11 | The Nottingham Forest manager has wasted no time in moving for Olympic keeper Brad Freidle after Mark Crossley cost his side two crucial survival points against Wimbledon on Sunday . |
| 12 | Look at the way the Bishop of Durham gets clobbered every time he opens his mouth . |
| 13 | A COMPUTER system introduced by Japan 's Ministry of Health has cut the time taken to match a kidney donor with the most suitable recipient from several hours to three minutes . |
| 14 | Professional photographer Darron Hartas of York has devised a time management diary system exclusively for use by photographers . |
| 15 | Where a party seeks to extend a time limit imposed in the rules , he must apply for directions as above ( FPCR , r15(4) ; FPR , r4.15(1) ) . |