Example sentences of "[noun] on [noun] [unc] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the same way , all examinations make considerable demands on teachers ' time in terms of involvement in Examination Board work , running examinations in school and subsequently marking them ; but an examination like GCSE , with radically new features , is likely to involve considerably more time over the next few years for teachers to become able and proficient in its procedures . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Peter Wood relinquished the Chairmanship of RBIC , and RBIS , to Chris Pearson , Director of Private and Offshore Banking and Director , South of England in October 1992 when the rapid growth of Direct Line made greater demands on Peter 's time ; Norman , who had been due to retire at that time , was asked to stay on for two years to see the restructuring process completed . |
| 4 | Medical advances almost invariably increase the demands on doctors ' time , and it is this increased intensity of working that has made the long hours of many doctors intolerable . |
| 5 | There are heavy demands on people 's time these days and a lot of rival attractions . |
| 6 | The other incident was when the Home Office investigated files on Clinton 's time at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar . |
| 7 | In the current commuting age , when there are diverse calls on people 's time and energies and the countryside is constantly under pressure from urban development , the village community is anxious to retain the village 's rural character , whilst acknowledging the need to attract and maintain a balanced community . |
| 8 | And it was also a massive improvement on Wang 's time in the Stuttgart world championships last month when she clocked an Asian record of 30:49.30 . |
| 9 | This conflict of interests would not be so bad if teaching was seen to have an equal claim with the others on doctors ' time , but too often it is pushed into last position in the list of priorities . |