Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [v-ing] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many local authorities are issuing court summonses and spending much time and money trying to persuade them that the poll tax has not been abolished and that it will be with us next year and possibly the year after . |
| 2 | At least we wo n't dally — no humming and hawing — no referring the matter to superiors and wasting valuable time . |
| 3 | ‘ Maman , I have an idea , ’ the prince said , having racked his brains for further persuasions and clutching this time at straws . |
| 4 | The flight controls and other options are laid out in an unusual way , not following the normal conventions and taking some time to learn . |
| 5 | Most of them it 's been questions of rather less fundamental changes in the actual teaching style in the classroom and sometimes it 's been a question of concentrating on rather different kinds of things or giving more time to one kind of activity than another , or changing the pattern of assignments that they gave children , or things that were still well within the capacity of teachers to change without involving sort of fundamental changes in teaching style . |
| 6 | If society as a whole does not pay , women pay — by being penniless dependants while working full time . |
| 7 | DSC Communications Corp saw fourth quarter net profits of $13.1m against losses of $8m last time , on turnover up 43.8% at $162.7m ; net profit for the year to December 31 stood at $11.6m against losses of $108.3m , after $41m charges from the write-down of assets and restructuring last time , on turnover that rose 16.2% to $536.3m . |