Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's hard enough trying to find a mutually convenient time for two people to meet ; comparing diaries for a group can be nearly impossible . |
| 2 | All my subsequent attempts to find a mutually convenient time to meet have failed — mostly , I have to confess , because my term-time commitments in Oxford made it difficult for me get up to London except at hours when you were in Cabinet , or in the House . |
| 3 | Those actively interested in diamonds will have to wait a very long time before they will be able to put their hands on these cosmic ornaments . |
| 4 | You mean I 'll have to wait a very long time . |
| 5 | This can be contrasted with the centesimal scale where we may have to wait a fairly long time to ascertain the action of the remedy . |
| 6 | Remember that the vendor may not wish to have you around the house at all , so try to agree a mutually convenient time , starting at , say , 9am or 2pm , which will allow at least three daylight hours for the survey . |
| 7 | By arrangement with the Sole Selling Agents who will be pleased to arrange a mutually convenient time for this Company to escort prospective purchasers around the property . |
| 8 | As indicated in previous correspondence , my clients are not envisaging a ‘ walk away ’ deal and therefore the next stage is to arrange a mutually convenient time for you to meet with my clients . |
| 9 | The quantitative and qualitative analyses of teacher-pupil interaction showed how vital a part it can play in children 's learning , yet how easy it is to waste the very limited time teachers have to interact with each child . |
| 10 | It should be realised that the amount stocked would only have been expected to last a relatively short time . |
| 11 | Noone can win the Tour without being able to ride a very good time trial . |
| 12 | Does he feel that he might try to persuade Mr. Collins at their next meeting to devote a little more time to the containment of that particular problem rather than wasting it on demands that a policeman accompany every Army patrol in Northern Ireland , presumably to ensure that the Special Air Services remember to say ’ please ’ and ’ thank you ’ to any civilian they may encounter ? |
| 13 | Armed with a limited amount of fire-and-forget homing missiles and a machine gun that 's about as much use as Robert Maxwell 's swimming instructor , you need to blast away for all you 're worth to beat the ridiculously short time limit . |
| 14 | He went on : ‘ We 're going to have a jolly good time after waiting so long for this . ’ |
| 15 | However , we contrive to have a very pleasant time . |
| 16 | The words which I have read are plain : it was Mr. Vanbergen who said he was going down to Eastbourne , that he was going down as part of his business , and that he did not think he would be getting back after his business on Thursday in time to pay it on Thursday , and the concession arose out of the question whether or not the debtor could be back in town in time to bring it himself , because he frankly said he was trying to get a little more time . |
| 17 | well the , I think these people who concern themselves very much about dictating the do 's and do n't of fox hunting , if they were to spend a little more time about looking into the research of , how foxes actually live . |
| 18 | I 'd like to spend a little more time with her than that . ’ |
| 19 | If follow-up therapy is to ensue , those consultations are likely to take a little less time — anything from thirty to fifty minutes . |
| 20 | One problem is that appeals to the European Court from decisions of DGIV tend to take a very long time , and there is also some doubt as to whether the Court is an appropriately constituted body to act as a review tribunal in the sense described above . |
| 21 | It is a worthwhile form of enquiry but , in this area , it is likely to take a very long time before the scientists can reach a consensus which will seem in the least convincing to non-scientists . |
| 22 | So it 's going to take a very long time , because it has been male orientated , but until we get the attitude of the work place , which is encouraging their piers to apply for jobs instead of , oh , of course , I do n't think I will apply for that job . |
| 23 | It seemed to take an unduly long time before it took hold . |
| 24 | And and the women , are very difficult about apply for the jobs , so I think it 's going to take an awful long time , erm , I 'm all in favour of equal opportunities , erm , on all accounts , and I would agree with Councillor that one of the difficulties about registered dis disability is that , a lot of people who could actually be a registered disabled person , but for reasons of pride , do n't want to be registered disabled . |
| 25 | Cos they 're not going to take an awful long time in a good hot room to dry . |
| 26 | Apprenticeship training is essentially about ensuring standards of workmanship and characteristically it appears at first sight to take an unconscionably long time . |
| 27 | It seemed to take an unreasonably long time and much bad temper , evasion and deliberate obfuscation , together with consultation of a diary that appeared to be alternately blank and covered with scribbled hieroglyphics . |