Example sentences of "of time [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geese spend a lot of time flying to other places . |
| 2 | It has for long been held that our modern idea of time derives from that of early Christianity , which in turn can be traced back to that of ancient Israel and Judaism . |
| 3 | To be able to take action ahead of time requires above all the freedom to do so , unfettered by exchange-rate restrictions . |
| 4 | On the whole , radio stations are friendlier places than TV stations and have a good deal of time to fill with non-controversial general interest material . |
| 5 | the period of time covered by this policy as shown in the schedule , and any further period we accept your premium for |
| 6 | the period of time covered by this policy as shown in the schedule , and any further period for which we accept your premium1 |
| 7 | the period of time covered by this policy as shown in the schedule , and any further period we accept your premium for |
| 8 | the period of time covered by this policy as shown in the schedule , and any further period we accept your premium for |
| 9 | the period of time covered by this policy as shown in the schedule , and any further period we accept your premium for |
| 10 | the period of time covered by this policy as shown in the schedule , and any further period we accept your premium for |
| 11 | Ahmed : I must say that I did n't think much of the group when it was first set up because f felt that it wasted a lot of time whinging about all the things that were ‘ being handed to the Black workers on a plate because anti-racism was currently fashionable ’ . |
| 12 | Inevitably it takes a great deal of time to go into these cases . |
| 13 | Radius has grown as a company by acquiring firms in specific vertical markets , and Bland said , spends a lot of time looking for suitable purchases . |
| 14 | Third on fuel costs , the inquiry is likely to spend a great deal of time looking at coal-price assumptions , because Sizewell would be uneconomic if coal prices do not experience any real increase . |
| 15 | Across the emptying room another hurt mind had been at the same moment of time glanced by unwanted evocations of shabby Forest sheep nudging together in a brick shelter on a high road through the trees . |
| 16 | In most day units , whatever they are called , attenders normally spend a good deal of time chatting to other attenders or sitting about watching the world go by , doing nothing very much . |
| 17 | A number of teachers have of course been exposed to discovery methods , the principles of new maths and new science ; there is , however , a strong countervailing trend in which pupils know from their CPE texts what are the answers , the definitions of the scientific laws , and increasingly regard as a waste of time proving by rudimentary experiments what they already know . |
| 18 | As it 's turned out , it 's not efficient because the the ray dome spent a tremendous amount of time moving from one country to the other , there 's no doubt about that and before production we would want to see that particular nonsense removed and the whole thing made a lot more efficient , but for one or two development batch ray domes then you know , they 'll just have to learn from that lesson . |
| 19 | In spite of a long-standing tradition of appointing former cathedral and university musicians as principals of music colleges , the amount of time given in these institutions to the study of church music is limited . |
| 20 | The survey also showed that full-time blue-collar workers lost 10 days a year in both manufacturing and services , almost twice the amount of time lost by white-collar workers in manufacturing with five days and in services with six days . |
| 21 | ‘ We seem to be spending a great deal of time apologising to one another these days . |
| 22 | I regularly take such groups of boys walking , and sometimes spend a lot of time apologising to other walkers . |
| 23 | He had to go the long way around , but it gave him plenty of time to watch for any indication that there might be anybody at home . |
| 24 | Example 4:10 Tenant 's power to make time of the essence ( 1 ) if the landlord fails to take any step in the procedure for rent review within a period of time prescribed by this lease ( whether or not that step could also have been taken by the tenant ) the tenant may give the landlord written notice : ( a ) referring to the step which the landlord has failed to take ( b ) requiring the landlord to take that step within such period of not less than 21 days as may be specified in the notice and ( c ) informing the landlord that if he fails to take that step within the period specified in the notice he will be precluded thereafter from taking it and that time is of the essence of the period so specified ( 2 ) if the landlord fails to take the step specified in a notice under paragraph ( 1 ) within the time specified in that notice ( time being of the essence ) he shall thereafter be precluded from taking it |
| 25 | We will consider you to be wasting ES time if you spend long or frequent periods of time talking about personal matters which have no relevance to you work for the ES . |
| 26 | We spent a lot of time talking about general skill and abi , everybody will still comment on general skills |
| 27 | I 'd just like to remind Councillor of one or two things and then spend a little bit of time talking about some of the gimmicks that the Tories have introduced over this past ten years . |
| 28 | Er we have n't spent a lot of time talking about some of those things today but it 's all been done . |
| 29 | Under the changes solicitors will receive a flat rate for each legal aid case rather than for the amount of time spent on individual cases . |
| 30 | Under the changes solicitors will receive a flat rate for each legal aid case rather than for the amount of time spent on individual cases . |