Example sentences of "' time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Changes from year to year in the number of people in each age group create difficulties for planning , especially as birth rates are notoriously difficult to predict ; estimating what the school population will be in more than five years ' time becomes increasingly speculative and uncertain . |
| 2 | This is why the experts of Jesus ' time criticized him for healing the sick on the Sabbath , accepting social outcasts , or infringing the fine points of the law . |
| 3 | Other demands on officers ' time tend to impose a pattern on their behaviour which is difficult to break without substantial disruption to their schedule and mobility . |
| 4 | Airdrie 0 Hearts 0 AFTER one of the least memorable Scottish Cup semi-finals on record , Airdrie and Hearts played out a soulless , goalless draw and must meet again in 10 days ' time to decide who will challenge Rangers on May 9 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The supply of coal seemed so vast that no one was willing to concede the possibility of exhaustion in the near future , and in the twentieth century oil began to offer a new source of energy that the scientists and engineers of Jevons ' time had not anticipated . |
| 7 | It is possible to have lawyers ' time recorded on Psions or directly into a terminal but a compromise is for lawyers to complete time sheets manually that are then inputted by a member of the accounts team on to computer . |
| 8 | The speech was well received by the delegates and a motion was carried unanimously to send a fact-finding team to Zimbala in six months ' time to monitor the situation with a view to readmitting the country to the United Nations . |
| 9 | The proportion reporting that they thought people were healthier now than in their parents ' time decreased with age , from 78 per cent of those aged 65 — 74 years to 67 per cent of those aged 85 years and over ( Victor 1990a ) . |
| 10 | To be meaningful the vision must be a detailed one , a vision of what will actually be happening in his area at 9.00 a.m. on Monday morning in two years ' time to achieve success . |
| 11 | The percentages of pupils ' time recommended by Munn for the various subjects are shown in Figure 10.3 . |
| 12 | Then they would n't find me , and I could plan my life and find a job and a flat and go home in six months ' time having proved I 'm adult and they 'll have to let go and let me do what I absolutely , passionately want to do with my life . |
| 13 | What would happen , we asked , if new information in ten years ' time showed that the people working inside Hinkley C had been in even greater danger ? |
| 14 | The interior ministers of Peru , Bolivia and Colombia and representatives of Spain , France and Italy are to meet in Madrid in two weeks ' time to discuss drug trafficking . |
| 15 | Let them run down just so much every year , remember your low outgoings , and in a few years ' time have them towed away for their break-up value . " |
| 16 | Rather than saying that £100 invested today at an annual rate of 10 per cent will yield £110 in 12 months ' time , we say that £1 10 due in 12 months ' time has a present value of £100 today . |
| 17 | Since Bains an increasing amount of chief officers ' time has been devoted to liaison with other departmental heads to formulate corporate strategies . |
| 18 | The therapist agreed to see Pamela as in outpatient in 5 days ' time to provide her with a further chance to talk about her difficulties and also to provide her with support . |
| 19 | If you were to achieve your goal in five years ' time , what would you have to be doing in four years ' time to get there ? |
| 20 | But I did have to worry about whether we were going to have the cash flow in ten years ' time to make sure that the parts can be paid for so the chap on the shop floor can stick the thing together . |
| 21 | As with the merger in 1977 between the then Institute of Bankers and the Savings Banks Institute , the latest partnership will in a few years ' time look entirely natural . |