Example sentences of "order [to-vb] [det] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to restore more time for you to be able to talk to your friends and socialise , an idea has been put forward that Q.T. notes could be prepared in advance of Q.T. day . |
| 2 | Elections to the 450-seat National Assembly were postponed following the Assembly 's decision on July 5 to extend its five-year mandate by a further year , in order to provide more time for it to study improvements to the one-party state . |
| 3 | Melba Maggay has left her position as director of the Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture in Manila , Philippines , in order to dedicate more time to writing . |
| 4 | You have to take the ball early , on the rise , in order to give less time to the opponent to prepare . |
| 5 | Some former social therapy clients describe being asked to inform NAP of their whereabouts at all times so they could be contacted for party activity , or to hand over their children to the party 's care in order to devote more time to politics . |
| 6 | Paul Morris , a Birchfield triple jumper , reckoned that , after he and some others at his Handsworth school dropped some sports in order to devote more time to GCE preparations , the PE teacher reacted angrily : ‘ He thought we were ganging up on him as most of us were black . ’ |
| 7 | Mr. Wharton is a founding partner of the multi-national High Point plc consultancy organisation , and has moved into a non-executive role as Deputy Chairman of the group in order to devote more time to his Presidential activities . |
| 8 | These reports were confirmed by Vellayati in Bonn on Feb. 19 almost simultaneously with an appeal by Rafsanjani to delay a ground offensive in order to allow more time for a peace initiative to " materialize " . |
| 9 | Recently we 'd been taking ten minutes a night off it in order to have more time in the pub . |
| 10 | The election of Sir Michael followed Namaliu 's decision to retire from politics in order to spend more time with his wife who was seriously ill . |
| 11 | Jack had recently taken early retirement from the dole in order to spend more time with his family . |