Example sentences of "it [verb] time [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought it wasted time to have official committees pre-processing options before they came before ministerial groups . |
| 2 | It needs time to regain its normal elasticity and reduce in size so a period of loose stools is often desirable . |
| 3 | It needs time to recoup its investment in Pentium , and still has plenty left to milk in the 80486 . |
| 4 | It needs time to develop its policies on tackling inequalities in health , but with the Australian general election on the 13 March , its days may be numbered . |
| 5 | It has time to dissolve minute quantities of minerals which can give it definite characteristics such as hardness or taste . |
| 6 | He was told : ‘ We try to keep the panelling for three years , to get it thoroughly seasoned while other wood is dried artificially if required before it has time to get seasoned … we use chiefly mahogany , oak and walnut , a vast amount of teak — one of the most useful woods in railway construction — sycamore ; yellow deal for partitions , roofs and floors ; elm we find of very little use , but we are now very partial to Padouk wood [ from South Australia ] , though the workmen do n't like it much on account of its toughness ’ . |
| 7 | Not only this , the latest multi-function instruments can scan and monitor all engine conditions — oil T & P , CHT , OAT , etc. — and warn of any abnormality before it has time to result in damage . |
| 8 | 3 Turning into the attack , the defender pre-empts the move and back-palms the oncoming punch before it has time to gain power . |
| 9 | One advantage of this approach is that it allows time to test the technologies that build the confidence on which sensible arms control rests . |
| 10 | When it came time to fling himself into the cradle of the flying harness , the back scenery was slippery with rain , and Gabriel 's bare feet slithered against the paint so that he plunged nose down , the harness slipped down to his hips , and he sawed to and fro , arms outstretched . |
| 11 | Singers are scarce , and when it came time to record more versions and do a spot of promotion she was unavailable . |
| 12 | At the play school , Harry had to leave his brand new wellies in the cloakroom and , after a hard day playing with all the other kids , it came time to go home . |
| 13 | They all had a wonderful time at Sergeant 's garden party , and when it came time to leave they all promised to visit again very , very soon . |
| 14 | Of course , when it came time to write the bill , there were great problems in choosing the exact words to be employed so that it would n't be seen by anyone as a ‘ Euthanasia Bill ’ . |
| 15 | It seemed time to go . |
| 16 | It takes time to define the best and find the best . |
| 17 | ‘ My husband and I had decided we wanted a baby it takes time to unthink yourself pregnant . |
| 18 | My husband and I had decided we wanted a baby it takes time to unthink yourself pregnant . |
| 19 | Er but it takes time to recover from the er the the shock and the experience and the unnerving . |
| 20 | That 's one of the reasons why I 'm , why I 'm also interested in er in Freud because I think Freud provides that , I happen to think that Freud 's studies of , of crowd group psychology actually explain that , although it takes time to you know , certainly not at five minutes to four , it takes time to explain , but I think there is an explanation there and I think you c y y you can claim that there are certain emotions to do with identification and idealization , th that our genes have a programmer which things like erm nationalistic erm , erm er kind of jingoism can exploit in a modern culture which in primal cultures would have primal cultures people identify with their , with their local kin and their local culture and that 's that might ultimately promote their reproductive success , but that in modern cultures , this identification occurs with erm on a completely different level and with lots of people will not merely because you need so many more people modern cultures you have much more erm much bigger groups and you just meet many more people that , than you were ever th there is some interesting research , research recently published for instance which shows erm organizations seem to have a critical size and that people are not really able to track more than about two hundred and fifty other people , in other words you can have face-to-face relationships with up to about two hundred and fifty others , but once it gets beyond two hundred and fifty it 's too much and you start forgetting somebody as if the brain was primed to an optimum group size and once you get above that you just ca n't keep . |
| 21 | The supply of carpenters in Scotland will not immediately increase : it takes time to acquire carpentry skills and existing carpenters in other parts of the UK may be reluctant to move away from their own area , partly because of the cost of the move and partly because they do not wish to leave their families and friends . |
| 22 | Belgacom , the Belgian state phone company , is terrified that the government , which is in such a panic to cut its budget deficit as required by the terms of the Maastricht Treaty that it tendered its resignation to the king , who declined it , will rush to raise cash by privatising the phones : ‘ It is only when the company 's reorganisation and internal restructuring is complete that a new change to its statutes could be undertaken , ’ the board said , warning ‘ It takes time to transform an administration into an efficient and dynamic company . ’ |
| 23 | Where nothing is written it takes time to create a document which is genuinely useful to many of us , both as a verification of our struggle and a signpost to future strategies for our art work . |
| 24 | Video Speed It takes time to create the picture you see on screen . |
| 25 | And this takes time , it takes time to change national habits , but I think it would be very serious for this country if erm in fact those people who want an advanced English language education in the Third World erm turned much more to the United States and , and , and Canada , which seems to be the erm trend , than they do at present . |
| 26 | It takes time to understand this need , but I believe that the more we write , the more fully we grasp why it is we want to , have to . |
| 27 | It takes time to discover what subjects a particular client will respond to . |
| 28 | In a similar vein , Stuart Holland noted that ‘ it takes time to win the intellectual appreciation by some trade unionists that these policies would be useful and to achieve that gut reaction by trade unionists that they are absolutely essential . |
| 29 | Satellite surveillance is all very well , but it takes time to get information back and in that time a naval force can have moved a fair distance . |
| 30 | She 's very young , only a girl really , and it takes time to get used to this funny little country . |