Example sentences of "time and [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chris Renninson set Hibberd away down the right and his excellent control took him past two defenders and gave him the time and space to send over a pinpoint cross to O'Shea , who rose unchallenged to head home from close range . |
| 2 | Time and patience won through and eventually all pins and nuts were removed . |
| 3 | There was a sense of time and patience running out . |
| 4 | Repairs take time and money to carry out , and if they can be avoided gliding will be less expensive in the future . |
| 5 | ‘ BR has spent a great deal of time and money building up nationally known brand names and images . |
| 6 | To return to the shareholder example , having raised the point that it is in shareholders ' interests to ensure their returns are reasonable , it logically follows that there will be an incentive for them to spend a certain amount of time and money finding out about the firm 's activities and performance . |
| 7 | It takes considerable time and ingenuity to find out who these informal players are , but once discerned , the model performs very well and can be relied upon to enrich , screen , and find sponsorship within the organization , for a good number of complex ideas . |
| 8 | 10/The time and effort paid off . |
| 9 | Thanks so much to the thousands of you who took the time and trouble to fill out the Pet Census in the April issue . |
| 10 | This means that you need to take a lot of time and trouble measuring up . |
| 11 | To identify somebody with such skills and sufficient knowledge of the subject matter who also has the time and energy to take on the task will be a major problem to most groups . |
| 12 | I happened to see Sir John Woods [ Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade ] tonight and he told me that Sir Stafford Cripps had been reading the minutes of Cabinet committees during his absence [ in India , where he had been for nearly four months trying to reach a settlement which would lead to independence ] and had been depressed by the amount of time and energy taken up in the Ministerial Committees with the discussion of quite minor matters which individual Ministers ought to settle in their discretion . |
| 13 | In a High Court action , the taxing officer , in exercising his or her discretion must have regard , amongst other factors , to the complexity , difficulty and novelty of the case , the skill , specialised knowledge and responsibility required of , and the time and labour expended by , solicitor and counsel , the number and importance of documents , the importance of the matter to the client , and the amount of money or value of property involved . |
| 14 | The senior nurse in the Planning Unit or another suitable senior nurse should be given the time and authority to carry out an establishment " exercise throughout the Health Authority . |
| 15 | Very few people will have the time and desire to follow up more than a small number of the leads that are referenced ; and those who do will usually be aware of the older literature , in any case . |