Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun] of time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a period of time is to run " from " a specified date , the specified date is excluded in calculating the period . |
| 2 | Because until G C S E you are fed , the school is fed , in that you are told fairly quickly what you have to do and although I know that a number of you spends the right amount of time or a lot of time on homework , you are told usually , er you have erm a night or two nights in which to do this particular piece of work now once you get into the sixth form |
| 3 | It would seem that we now have four hundred thousand pounds available that was n't apparent before , and that 's come from the Department of the Environment , and that is enough for me to say well , we 've got something out of it , it was n't a fiasco or a waste of time and now I can rejoin the Conservative group with some degree of credibility . |
| 4 | It was soon realised however , that a lot of time could be saved if access to the colliery was from Duckmanton South , and the embankment was cleared for a new section of line . |
| 5 | If you find that the property you want is to be sold at Auction , remember that a lot of time , effort and fees can be expended prior to an Auction and there is no guarantee that you will be successful in purchasing the property . |
| 6 | She went back to her sleeping-bag , with the feeling that a lot of time had to be got through before Jasper came home to her . |
| 7 | Maintenance medication and a reduction of time spent in face-to-face contact with a high ‘ EE ’ relative was shown by these studies to reduce the risk associated with living in a high ‘ EE ’ home . |
| 8 | All you need is a transfer tool , some yarn and a bit of time . |
| 9 | I think those things , and group meetings and crêches , are completely boring and a waste of time . |
| 10 | ‘ It would be too expensive and a waste of time , ’ he said . |
| 11 | The plaintiff claimed that if an effective s 485(3) direction could not be made , then compliance with the s 17 notice would be burdensome , oppressive and a waste of time . |
| 12 | It 's impossible and a waste of time . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ He thinks the ministry is an affectation and a waste of time , and on the other hand he thinks priests should be very good , and he does n't think I am because he 's known me for so long , so he 's annoyed with me . |
| 14 | The shadow foreign secretary , Dr Jack Cunningham , said : ‘ If the House of Commons has no say over the Maastricht Treaty then the bill itself is a complete charade and a waste of time . |
| 15 | All that may be needed is a classification of machines and a measurement of time spent on each machine by each product . |
| 16 | Unless you have a fair experience of building handicrafts and a lot of time on your hands , you will probably need to hire a builder , and you should take as much care over this as possible since the quality of building work varies very substantially indeed , and two different firms of builders , next to each other in the ‘ Yellow Pages ’ may reflect totally different standards and attitudes . |
| 17 | This does involve a lot of money laid out on different colours and a lot of time to build up a collection . |
| 18 | The business of getting and staying fit has become a complicated science and a lot of time spent working out specific programmes for different training phases during the year . |
| 19 | Not that going on the course takes you out of the field : a lot of time is spent on rehearsal and a lot of time is spent on performance technique . |
| 20 | Erm , I think we ought to make it very clear again , that we can now trace calls , and er , I hope the press are noting that and making as much as they can of it , because that 's the sort of thing that helps to remove malicious calls , which go which cost a lot of money , and a lot of time , and also put somebody else 's life in danger when an appliance has been called out to something that it 's not required for . |
| 21 | Moreover , I should warn those present of the risks they expose themselves to under McNab 's treatment … which is , however , not a treatment at all , but a waste of time . |
| 22 | In the UK this is not only absurd but a waste of time . |
| 23 | The notice of appeal , or application for leave to appeal , must be filed within four weeks of the date the judgment was entered , unless an extension of time has been allowed either by the county court or the Court of Appeal . |
| 24 | Failure to make the request will be fatal to the plaintiff 's claim if the relevant limitation period has expired , unless an extension of time is granted . |
| 25 | Since an investment of time and effort is required it is important to be sure that it will all be worthwhile . |
| 26 | After a period of time you 'll feel that things have improved a bit in that area ( we hope ! ) , so flick through the book again and start trying to work at another area . |
| 27 | Once you have established the rule of taking a membership count each year , after a period of time you will be able to represent these figures on a graph to compare one year with another . |
| 28 | Even if all the relevant facts ( in one sense of the word ‘ facts ’ ) arise on the problem — e.g. a question whether the defendant has , on the facts , been negligent , or whether a lapse of time is ‘ reasonable . ’ |
| 29 | It has also helped in studying the kinetics of SNS+ cycloaddition reactions with nitriles , by monitoring , as a function of time , the diminishing reduction peak of SNS+ and the increasing peak of the 1,3 compound . |
| 30 | Survival , l(x) , and fertility , m(x) , in the two sexes , as a function of time since eclosion , for lines of Drosophila melanogaster which had been selected for early or late reproduction . |