Example sentences of "of a [noun] [unc] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | His shoes were stout brown brogues , suitable for the tramping from place to place which takes up most of a detective 's time . |
| 2 | Witness could not say how much of a man 's time this might occupy per day . |
| 3 | Letter-writing and diary-keeping filled an important amount of a lady 's time , and a well laid-out desk was a useful piece of bedroom furniture . |
| 4 | They observe and participate in every moment of a patient 's time in hospital . |
| 5 | A key issues review should take approximately 1-3 days of a manager 's time and 1 day of a partner 's time depending on the size of the transaction . |
| 6 | Planning and plans occupy much of a manager 's time at any level in the company , with important consequences . |
| 7 | The Podmore survey indicated that on average 15 per cent of a practices ' time would be taken up with company and commercial work . |
| 8 | Marrakech is worth not two days of a tourist 's time but at least seven . |
| 9 | Duthie ( 1970 ) , in studying the teacher 's day , estimated that about one-third of a teacher 's time was taken up with duties of a non-professional nature which ‘ auxiliaries ’ could undertake . |
| 10 | A key issues review should take approximately 1-3 days of a manager 's time and 1 day of a partner 's time depending on the size of the transaction . |
| 11 | This experienced man 's disquiet stemmed from the fact that the taking of a statutory sample , while visible in the organization , is ( as he saw it ) a potentially inefficient use of an officer 's time , and the pressure to take a formal sample to show up well in the league tables placed an improper constraint on the discretion necessary to do the job efficiently . |
| 12 | Enforcement agents , accordingly , organize intelligence systems to circumvent these problems ; in fact much of an officer 's time is devoted to the discovery of pollution . |
| 13 | She 'll say right going in she 'll say right the next lot will be going in in er ten minutes to one which may be a quarter of an hour 's time like , you know , so it 's all timed they do n't let a few there 's a the second go in . |
| 14 | Some of these companies also specialise in making tapes for syndication to local radio and with a strong topical theme this kind of approach can achieve a good deal of coverage without taking up too much of an executive 's time . |