Example sentences of "a [noun] ['s] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , it would be very difficult to divide a telephonist 's time between particular contracts . |
| 2 | Planning and plans occupy much of a manager 's time at any level in the company , with important consequences . |
| 3 | ‘ But what will you be saying if you see yourself in a month 's time with a list on you like the Leaning Tower of Pisa ? |
| 4 | If the adventure had to end , no one among the HFS Loans League side dared to imagine that it might end in less than a month 's time in front of a few thousand at Spotland . |
| 5 | The possibility of further meetings was discussed and it was agreed to have one more session in a month 's time in order to evaluate progress . |
| 6 | SCOTLAND go to Twickenham in a fortnight 's time with the best chance of beating England at home for years . |
| 7 | If there 's any oil or gas , they 'll hit it in about a fortnight 's time at 4,000ft — 5,000ft : |
| 8 | A fortnight 's time at the same time , six thirty ? |
| 9 | A tasty two-week campaign on national telly will go out in a fortnight 's time in the kids ' peak viewing slot — just between the early evening news and the popular Home And Away soap . |
| 10 | Suppose that the bond just discussed will be redeemed in a year 's time for 100 . |
| 11 | For example , if the current one-year rate is rs 1 = 6.5 per cent and the market is expecting the one-year rate in a year 's time to be = 7.5 per cent , then the market is expecting a 100 investment in two one-year bonds to yield 100 ( 1.065 ) ( 1.075 ) = 114.49 after two years . |
| 12 | They observe and participate in every moment of a patient 's time in hospital . |
| 13 | At the end of the parade — almost at once — it was announced that ‘ Red Riding Hood ’ and her ‘ wolf ’ had been awarded first prize in the parade , and would the winner , Angela Norcroft , of the 3rd Shortfields Pack kindly come to the prize-giving tent in half an hour 's time for her prize — a bicycle ? |
| 14 | Such a figure is based to some extent on notional accounting — an expert 's time per hour is , for example , assessed at a much higher rate than he or she is actually paid — but it indicates the profit margins which both houses need to maintain . |
| 15 | In London , volunteer training programmes will now take place every September and February and will require an individual 's time for one evening a week over a six-week programme . |