Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The views of his Ministerial colleagues , not least the Prime Minister , will be of particular relevance whenever a subject overruns departmental boundaries and the Home Office is competing for Parliamentary time . |
| 2 | I would , before passing on the next part of our programme , I would like to warmly thank Judy and Simon and Richard and Tony , not only for their presentations , their carefully thought out presentations to give us as broad a span as possible of how they see the priorities , what is happening at this time , but for everything else they do in leading their teams and initiating so many of the exchanges that take place , which adds so much , as has been said by , both by Judy and by other speakers , to carry N C V O forward . |
| 3 | THE Government is living on borrowed time , Liberal-Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown warned . |
| 4 | Bill Walker , MP for Tayside North , said : ‘ He is living on borrowed time . ’ |
| 5 | Bull reckons its systems integration business is growing at three times the market rate and claims to be the fourth largest systems integration business in Europe . |
| 6 | British Gas is selling at eight times earnings while British Telecom commands a 9.5 rating . |
| 7 | The British tourism trade is going through tough times according to industry leaders . |
| 8 | Mr Marian Calfa is pleading for more time on the grounds that he has been given an even longer list . |
| 9 | ‘ Compute performance is increasing by 1.7 times every year , while bus bandwidth is going up only by 1.3 times . |
| 10 | Also , because teeth are on display , treatment usually contains an element of risk and — especially where a dog is aggressive towards its owners or third parties — it must be individually tailored to the family , taking careful account of how the dog is behaving at all times . |