Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point that I made to the Committee is that if we wish to reduce the hours of the House or change the sitting times — that is still an open question — it is important that we consider how the time of the House is used at present and to make reductions pro rata . |
| 2 | Tenacious and long-memoried , they had not allowed themselves to be uprooted or changed a second time . |
| 3 | Your GP may be able to offer out-of-work-hours cervical screening and you should ask your employer about workplace screening or getting the necessary time off to have it done . |
| 4 | Your GP may be able to off out-of-work-hours cervical screening and you should ask your employer about workplace screening or getting the necessary time off to have it done . |
| 5 | ‘ Consumers do not confuse the availability of good physical facilities with good quality ; such facilities may tempt a consumer to choose a particular shop , but it is the quality of the staff which will determine whether the consumer will buy or return a second time . ’ |
| 6 | If the English do not like children , it is because they think they ought to behave properly , responsibly and quietly in their presence and can never riot or have a good time when they 're around . |
| 7 | Not returning calls , or taking a long time to do so . |
| 8 | Their campaign reflected the uncertainties and weakness that led the Financial Times to back Labour . |
| 9 | The people of Israel are thought of as a people chosen by God who are to separate themselves from the rest of the peoples of the earth by a series of laws that distinguish the holy time ( sabbath ) from profane time , clean foods from unclean foods , clean from unclean bodily states and holy from unholy places . |
| 10 | Not only for myself as it 's been a particular project close to me for many years , but for the break up of a team , a team that has a long time to build up and a team that worked very well together and who were very committed . |
| 11 | Do n't let's just say drugs are bad , because for every one that has a bad time , and some people have a terrible time , you say some people die , I accept that . |
| 12 | In New York they were called an hour before the show opened , and once they had done their face make-up , they only had to put on tights rather than spend a long time carefully using wet white , which gave them longer to gossip . |
| 13 | The move to Midshire even made economic sense ; she had several modest school recitals in Birmingham and the Black Country during the next month , and it would be cheaper to move up there and find a furnished room somewhere , rather than spend the intervening time here in town . |
| 14 | Historical events that happened a long time ago . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't see the relevance of something that happened a long time ago . |
| 16 | You may be happiest asking a professional to cut out your mount unless you are confident that you will do it properly , as it is a skill that takes a long time to perfect , and a badly cut mount is as off-putting as a badly made frame . |
| 17 | His pockets bulged with the prizes he had won at the plastic ducks : a packet of fruit gums , a monkey on a stick that broke the first time he made it jump and three engagement rings with glass stones in them . |
| 18 | It was one of those accidents that took a long time to begin to feel serious . |
| 19 | And that took a long time getting used to . |
| 20 | For example , in the fastest city of them all — which turned out to be Boston , not New York , which was third after Buffalo — the researchers noted that to get the exact time of day the telephone company requires you to dial N-E-R-V-O-U-S . |
| 21 | Never forget that it is not the speed that the horse jumps the fence , but the rhythm maintained and picked up immediately on landing and the economy of route both into and away from fences that gives a fast time . |
| 22 | ‘ I think it 's a waste of time growing vegetables such as sprouts and cabbages that take a long time to grow and are cheap in the shops , but I enjoy growing beans , carrots and marrows . |
| 23 | It is towards high definition programs that take a long time to write . |
| 24 | We are committed to putting money and people into the sort of programmes that take a long time to make . |
| 25 | The superior results of these headings more than justify the extra time i involved in making them . |
| 26 | On April 23rd Pearson , a publishing-to-tableware conglomerate that controls the Financial Times , Penguin Books and 50% of The Economist , bid for Thames Television , Britain 's biggest independent TV producer . |
| 27 | They were packed , with stunning girls in evening frocks escorted by officers on leave from all three services , and lucky locals like Charles with nothing very much to do except have a good time when duties permitted . |
| 28 | You then work with your dog the whole time and all the time you 're working with your dog , naturally enough , it 's a young dog , so you 're being tested and evaluated the whole time , so your training continues . |
| 29 | Once a depth of 1.5 metres is exceeded , the Solution enters into dive mode and displays the no-decompression time available , current depth , elapsed dive time and water temperature . |
| 30 | An hour later , when the board had been filled and emptied a hundred times and the duster was whiter than Rose 's hair after a day under the machines , the children sat back , dazed by the splendour of Miss Harker 's academic prowess and not a whit the wiser for it . |