Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can only imagine the time , the patience , the dedication , the sheer labour . |
| 2 | One person can scarcely have the time or the expertise needed to find out what has been published and link this to readers ' needs throughout his authority , especially when book provision is only one of his many responsibilities . |
| 3 | No man is an island ; no smallholder can possibly find the time or produce all the skills needed for complete self-sufficiency . |
| 4 | In 1703 Bishop Nicholson records a Churchwarden 's remark characteristic of the sturdy independence of Dalesmen , ‘ Except the Vicar and the Schoolmaster , we have not a Gentleman among us , nor can any remember the time we had a Beggar . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The telephone never stops and I can hardly spare the time even to make myself a cup of tea . |
| 6 | Most secondary schools have now reached double figures in their stocks of micros — but only a few years ago the authors of a book ( Howe and Ross , 1981 ) could gently suggest that ‘ we can readily envisage the time when every educational institution in the country will have access to at least one microcomputer ’ . |
| 7 | What is the mid-point of the argument that some teachers do not want to reflect , others can never find the time for reflection and others feel it unnecessary ? |