Example sentences of "time [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ordinary people might at times come to the outer part of a temple and were able to participate in the festival processions . |
| 2 | Similarly , our analysis of how time was used across the curriculum provoked further challenges to conventional assumptions : that the way to do a subject justice is to give it more time ; and that ‘ balance ’ is about the proportions of time given to the various subjects . |
| 3 | He found them a quarrelsome lot , patronizing though kind to a provincial , giving him opportunities to address large crowds , but leaving him time to attend to the new NAS&FU branches which developed as a result of the strike . |
| 4 | He informed them that Stella had not only had her appendix , but also her gall bladder removed , and that he would be home in time to attend to the next horse trek arranged for Saturday . |
| 5 | So it was time to attend to the synthetic pathways , about which very little was known . |
| 6 | When a student makes such a transfer , the time devoted to the one degree would normally be counted as time spent towards the other . |
| 7 | ‘ Was the bulk of the time devoted to the important or the trivial agenda items ? ’ |
| 8 | This is one respect in which active citizenship is important because involvement in the community by voluntary work and political activity serves to foster a sense in the participating citizen of belonging to the community and of national identity , while at the same time contributing to the common welfare . |
| 9 | Neath , who have failed to match last season 's title-winning form , mainly because the younger players have required time to adjust to the First Division , scored three tries during an eight-minute period in the second half . |
| 10 | Wilson had for some time claimed to the International Transport Workers ' Federation that the Shipping Federation would crumble if the fight could be carried to every port at one and the same time . |
| 11 | Will he take a personal interest in stopping this scandalous dumping and make sure that the overshoot is clawed back during the next two years , the time remaining to the EC-Chinese trade agreement ? |
| 12 | By late 1987 the situation was again serious , this time attributed to the spectacular stock-market crash which echoed around the world . |
| 13 | It was recommended that the United States should not urge a definitive peace settlement with Japan at this time owing to the Soviet Union 's policy of militant communist expansion . |
| 14 | The timely award of an extension of time may avoid problems which might arise at a later stage when a contractor submits a claim for taking extraordinary measures to recover lost time owing to the late issue of an instruction , for example . |
| 15 | Indeed , all that remains today of the old inherent rights are the power to control the method of carrying out the functions which Parliament from time to time give to the local authorities and the power to make rules as to the conduct of the meetings of the local authority . |
| 16 | The ones that you waste your time describing to the blank-faced school-leaver behind the counter in Tandys . |
| 17 | ‘ Hi di Hi ’ , the collective address of ‘ Goodnight Campers ’ — these greetings welcomed millions to packaged mass pleasure and at the same time contributed to the growing marginalization of other practices in leisure . |
| 18 | I wish Labour politicians would spend less time searching for points of disagreement in the Labour Party constitution , and more time pointing to the total absence of democracy in the Tory Party where there is no participation , no ballots , and they do n't even have the confidence to tell Party members where the money comes from . |
| 19 | Put briefly and simply what is required is to write a formula that will allocate the time spent to the appropriate project column where it is then multiplied by the relevant charging rate to show the amount of money due from the client . |
| 20 | In 1899 Watson came on a second tour and this time went to the far west . |
| 21 | Recently , Steve gave up his joinery business to set up a small security firm , hoping for more time to devote to the much-needed rescue . |
| 22 | The premature end to what could have been a professional ballet career meant that Carol at least had more time to devote to the blossoming courtship with a young accountant , Ron Minogue . |
| 23 | It is time to turn to the turbulent scene of public examinations as they now are . |
| 24 | And we 're taking a lot more time talking to the Labour Party , and not only at their request again . |
| 25 | THE Oval Office may be occupied by a self-confessed non-inhaler ; half the members of the cabinet may have marched against the Vietnam war ; and the first and second ladies may spend their spare time grooving to the Grateful Dead . |
| 26 | The reverse had a marked impact on Moltke , whose mental concentration was at that time directed to the western theatre . |
| 27 | Or , must some bridging material be built in to allow cameras or cast time to get to the next set ? |
| 28 | At each stage there was always less fuel than there was time to get to the French coast . |
| 29 | Much of the legislation for completion of the single market has been adopted with a significant proportion already in force ; other legislation , such as in the air transport sector , is only transitional , so that businesses affected have time to adapt to the changing environment . |
| 30 | Vincent 's father spent more time ministering to the Catholic majority than to his own Protestant flock in the Brabant . |