Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] ['s] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you would prefer not to pursue the matter , just say so , and we wo n't waste any more of each other 's time . ’ |
| 2 | With a U-form structure , in which the functional basis of decomposition is preserved all the way up the hierarchy , more of top management 's time is devoted to these operational matters , whose pressing need for resolution gives them an urgency not usually attached to issues of a more long-run , strategic kind . |
| 3 | Young people were caught up in a whirlwind of activity with , to quote a social worker , ‘ the teachers and the physios and the medics arguing out who has this square inch of this kid 's time ’ . |
| 4 | Much of this group 's time was spent in discussion and negotiation with Russian authorities in Moscow and Siberia , but one day was spent at a 30-year-old pumping station near Tyumen . |
| 5 | Since Bains an increasing amount of chief officers ' time has been devoted to liaison with other departmental heads to formulate corporate strategies . |
| 6 | ‘ Surely this can not be justified as an effective use of civil servants ' time or public money . ’ |
| 7 | Authorities as a whole divided themselves clearly into three groups ( see Table 19 ) : firstly , those who said that one person or a small specified group allocated the equivalent of a quarter of their time to training , secondly , those authorities who estimated a smaller amount of one person 's time ( normally 10–15% and most commonly Deputy or Assistant Chiefs ) and thirdly , those allocating largely nominal ( or no responsibility ) for training . |
| 8 | Erm we have always out any er leaflet erm clearly so that people to put their names on the register erm that is a statutory responsibility erm the expenditure in excess of what we had er done in the past is actually going to be a very very small amount of one officer 's time in redesigning the leaflet erm otherwise the expenditure will remain as it , as it always has for all intents and purposes and I think that answers your question if clearly you have problems about getting people on the electoral register that means there 's something about your own electoral . |
| 9 | At the other end of the scale , none of the small libraries indicated that over a quarter of any individual 's time was devoted to training , although there was an overlap between small and medium sized libraries in other categories . |
| 10 | Because a very large part of any president 's time is taken up in the ceremonial , in the ritual , in meeting heads of states from other countries , from opening the equivalents of garden fetes , receiving parties of boy scouts , er and whatever else the Queen and her family do these days . |
| 11 | A lot of creative people 's time will have been wasted if the programme does n't go out . |
| 12 | In fact , it is only a slight exaggeration to say that the main deterrent effect of monopoly policy has been not the threat of what changes might be required as a result of the MMC investigation , but the threat of having to tie up a large quantity of senior executives ' time to argue the firm 's case in the event that its activities attract a reference to the MMC . |
| 13 | The fanfare of catwalk shows , exhibitions , and the production of designs that may never be worn , take up a great deal of most designers ' time and money . |