Example sentences of "be [adj] [to-vb] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | What a good investment a greenhouse can be if you are prepared to invest the time necessary to make it work for you . |
| 2 | But if you are prepared to spare the time , settle down in an armchair and explore among the oldies in a good descriptive catalogue like David Austin 's Handbook of Roses ( see Bibliography ) , who knows what nuggets of gold you might find to fit into your garden ? |
| 3 | But companies that are willing to take the time to lay this solid foundation will gain the edge in the long run . |
| 4 | If it 's of equal , or greater , importance than the material it goes with , you want your image to be of the highest quality and you 're prepared to spend the time to achieve something a bit special . |
| 5 | They 're sure to have the time of their lives at the Pirates Club or Club 16 , enjoying hours of fun with newfound friends and leaving you with new-found freedom . |
| 6 | So busy are international players that they are lucky if they are able to find the time even in summer to tie the knot . |
| 7 | He was used to such things , and he had been able to pass the time by fulfilling an old ambition , to read Edward Gibbon 's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in the original English . |
| 8 | It would be possible to specify the time of an utterance as stretching between say 9.33 a.m. and 9.34 a.m. on 5 June 1961 , specifying the utterance in terms of clock and calendar time , good standard systems . |
| 9 | One person may wish to dedicate more of his time to other pursuits and therefore accept the authority of a reasonably just and competent government over a whole range of issues regarding which another may prefer to decide for himself , and be willing to invest the time and effort it takes to enable himself to decide wisely . |
| 10 | Met Headteacher and asked if he would be willing to extend the time our pupil spent with them from one day to three after Christmas . |
| 11 | ‘ Flaubert does not build up his characters , as did Balzac , by objective , external description ; in fact , so careless is he of their outward appearance that … ’ it would be interesting to compare the time spent by Flaubert making sure that his heroine had the rare and difficult eyes of a tragic adulteress with the time spent by Dr Starkie in carelessly selling him short . |
| 12 | Do n't be afraid to limit the time spent with your language helper to one hour a day at first . |
| 13 | ‘ Where I 'm supposed to find the time to prepare everything I do n't know ! |
| 14 | When would you be able to devote the time , or the knowledge , to select , as you call it , what is or is not fit to publish ? |
| 15 | Hope was generally busy , but with the three of us I should be able to snatch the time for a letter in the small hours . |
| 16 | Howell has taken up a job in Aberdeen and feels he may no longer be able to spare the time to travel back to Edinburgh each weekend . |
| 17 | The top reporters may not be able to spare the time and you could end up with the story being written by someone rather less familiar with the subject , whereas a quick telephone call or fax could mean that the story gets to the person you want . |
| 18 | Maybe he wo n't be able to spare the time . |
| 19 | I hope that you will be able to spare the time to complete this form . |
| 20 | And , at the end of his busy career , he adds : ‘ It is rather interesting to be able to read The Times and The Northern Echo in the morning instead of at night . ’ |
| 21 | It sounds a lame excuse , I know , but I never seem to be able to find the time . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm going to be able to get the time off . ’ |
| 23 | It is easier to handle the file in serial form until sufficient new records are available to justify the time and effort involved in an update of the inverted file . |
| 24 | In the classical ( slow-moving ) limit it is possible to ignore the time compared with spatial derivatives so that the last equation reduces to . |
| 25 | It is possible to pinpoint the time of this decision of the Jewish leaders if Mark 's account is followed . |
| 26 | It is possible to approximate the time that she left that job . |
| 27 | It is easier to set the time of ‘ The Outsiders ’ as the early 60 's or late 50's , even though the date is n't made obvious . |
| 28 | Erm and er but I think it 's it 's better to take the time , and provide something that is erm what is needed , rather than to just go ahead and erm do something without referring to the people it concerns . |
| 29 | Be able to tell the time and understand times expressed in terms of 12- and 24-hour clocks . |
| 30 | Fee estimate : It is difficult to estimate the time involvement or costs of this category of work as this is a function of the number of funding sources approached and the number of meetings required . |