Example sentences of "time [conj] trouble " in BNC.
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1 | Thanks so much to the thousands of you who took the time and trouble to fill out the Pet Census in the April issue . |
2 | Friends like to be given something you 've taken time and trouble to make for them . ’ |
3 | Aerospace manufacturers and racing car constructors can afford the necessary time and trouble ; the car majors can not . |
4 | If you take the time and trouble to make your own , you will discover a truly delicious gâteau . |
5 | Your potential supporter is both helped and encouraged to look on your organisation more favourably because someone took time and trouble over him . |
6 | Good Gofers can save face , time and trouble and allow you to make an impact . |
7 | Ellen was sure now that she had him for her own and most likely thought it a fair return for her investment of time and trouble . |
8 | And this unelected government should not be making so many new and fundamental laws , for some of these will be an embarrassment to an elected government and it will take time and trouble to repeal them . |
9 | It 's a massive work and has obviously taken a great deal of your time and trouble . |
10 | Once you have mastered touch legering you will always be grateful you took the time and trouble to learn , for you will meet situations where , because of this experience , you are the only person catching fish on certain days when the fish are not biting boldly enough to give a good visual indication . |
11 | His terms of land survey and planning are : Estate measuring and mapping 1/ per square acre , measuring land for the content only , six pence per statute acre ; for finishing any old plan of estate in the new method , six pence per statute acre , and six pence for every mile the estate lies distant from Manchester ( as it is necessary to inspect every field , as plowed , pasture , and meadow are differently distinguished , as likewise the fences , whether hedges , walls , cops , dykes , or pales , as likewise hilly ground , etc. ; levelling , dividing , etc. , according to the time and trouble ) . ’ |
12 | And I admire and sincerely respect those who take the time and trouble to challenge the interpretation that the powers-that-be put on the fruits of scientific research . |
13 | This may all seem a bit of an unnecessary fuss , but it 's a small price to pay in time and trouble and money in order to save the marriage and turn it into an asset rather than a liability . |
14 | You will save yourself much time and trouble if you have a course of lessons from a qualified teacher ( all the information you need is in the next chapter ) . |
15 | Unused as I am to public scribbling , and tardy to boot ( I 've just read your December/January issue ) , I felt I had to thank you for saving me time and trouble ( not to mention hard-won shekels ) , in a search for something which obviously does not exist . |
16 | This involves the incoming group taking the time and trouble to go and see other local leaders to talk through their plans . |
17 | It is , therefore , worth taking a little time and trouble to understand how this can be attained and is the purpose of this short article . |
18 | Mr M was very impressed by the Children 's Panel system that , he said , seemed to take so much time and trouble to listen to , and about , the children . |
19 | Says Marcus Lyon : ‘ You are always going to get the lazy buyer who wants a barn conversion because they do n't want to take the time and trouble to do it themselves . ’ |
20 | ‘ A great deal of time and trouble has been spent in preparing our submission and we are very pleased with it , ’ said Test and County Cricket Board chief executive Alan Smith . |
21 | A package can come into its own here , saving time and trouble |
22 | It is extremely important at this stage to take unlimited amounts of time and trouble , as the success of your design will stand or fall by the way in which it is finished . |
23 | I admit that the Soviets spend a certain amount of time and trouble in extracting military secrets from the West . |
24 | The procedure is very demanding in terms of time and trouble for the inspectors who enter wholly into the spirit of what is required . |
25 | A nominal ‘ time and trouble ’ payment has also been included . |
26 | This means that you need to take a lot of time and trouble measuring up . |
27 | By investing some time and trouble in learning to capture and interpret your own dreams , you may well gain insight into those aspects of your life that we 've been discussing throughout this chapter — some of your needs as living , loving , sexual being , surviving , as we all must , in complex relationships with other people . |
28 | But an important reason for the long , unbroken stretch of work in the field was undoubtedly the amount of time and trouble that was necessary to yoke and unyoke a team of eight , or even four , oxen . |
29 | We thanked the WO officials for the time and trouble they had taken to discuss all these issues with us . |
30 | Before making such statements , the hon. Gentleman should take the time and trouble to read the Further and Higher Education Bill that is going through another place . |