Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has also been a tenet of good security that prisoners should spend the maximum time outside their cells being kept busy working . |
| 2 | Before you get too political you must remember the only time I 've been actively political was for an independent candidate . |
| 3 | Although you may get ridiculously low because of pressing on too hard , when , a few minutes later , you are back in the good conditions several thousand feet up , you must forget the wasted time and concentrate on flying normally . |
| 4 | I 'm thankful you 'll stay the extra time . ’ |
| 5 | I thought we might need the extra time to help consolidate our position . |
| 6 | Me , too , come to that — if you do n't come , he 'll spend the whole time fretting about the book . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps it is time we discussed the rules that will govern the unfortunate time we spend together until I return you to Milano tomorrow . ’ |
| 8 | Congress , President , the government have got no guts to announce publicly that their intentions to privatize the N H S on a date that will give the leading time with the razzmatazz and P R that they 've done before to sell shares , to sell shares in the British public in a public nationally held N H S , there will be no seats , there will be no Inspector Morses and others as there 've been with Telecom , gas , water and electricity . |
| 9 | He prepares very thoroughly , polishing the presentation time and time again , ensuring that his speech will fit the allotted time ( there 's nothing worse than speakers who overrun ) . |
| 10 | Software or equipment failures , or processing errors , which do occur in normal working hours will reduce the available time by no more than 17 hours in any continuous three month period . |
| 11 | Let's represent the total time it took to evolve all these breeds of dog from a wolf , by one ordinary walking pace . |
| 12 | Try typing a two letter abbreviation in place of the word antidisestablishmentarianism and you can see the potential time saving . |
| 13 | Today , however , Country Member can reach the big time . |
| 14 | And they have the players who can match the big time . |
| 15 | Aerospace manufacturers and racing car constructors can afford the necessary time and trouble ; the car majors can not . |
| 16 | In some cases , however , the exigencies of timetabling for examinations and the demands made on students by applications for courses of further study can reduce the effective time available to the one-year foundation courses to as little as twenty or twenty-four weeks . |
| 17 | Still , even session men can hit the big time . |