Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But such hopes should not overshadow any time alone to the extent that they lead to depression and lack of self appreciation . |
| 2 | The calculations are , as you will see from the examples in this guide , simple to make and should not take much time . |
| 3 | Yeah well Mr Chairman I would formally like to motions my when the study one and the problems of this having to despite that the District Council have six and it 's much further I again I think specification of erm what we do need despite what we should not need this time , this time later . |
| 4 | The new Prime Minister Mrs Tansu Ciller is a self confessed disciple of Margaret Thatcher , and as such may not have much time for a liberalisation of sexual attitudes . |
| 5 | The child may not have enough time to finish one before the next is shovelled in and so gag . |
| 6 | Well , we may not have enough time for that , so erm , let's imagine that you 're a sales director , and , now this is more difficult . |
| 7 | These are such things as jealousy ( like my experiences of it ) and also if you are friendly with a popular person , they may not have enough time to get to know you as they are too absorbed in other friends . |
| 8 | ‘ We ought not to lose any time . ’ |
| 9 | The timetable might not operate this time . |
| 10 | I might not win this time . |
| 11 | Banks , Harris and Sinclair were probably elected because of their trade-union connections , but precisely because of these existing responsibilities , the first two could not devote much time and effort to what appeared to be a marginal group making little impact . |
| 12 | His reception by the sisters was heart-warming , and there was regret all round that he could not stay any time , that haste was vital . |
| 13 | He could not take more time off . |
| 14 | It is all very well for companies like Rentokil , or Guinness , which said it could not act this time round but was considering similar action at a later date , to compensate their shareholders . |
| 15 | There may be cases where all the fault lies on the side of the head , and indeed in the earliest days of financial delegation many governors were said to have resigned because they could not find enough time to master the intricate responsibilities of new government and because a path through those intricacies had not been mapped by the head . |
| 16 | As far as farmers are concerned time was a very valuable commodity and many of them , particularly in the winter period , could not afford much time away . |
| 17 | Very few athletes enter sport without the assistance and encouragement of a teacher who might innocently create serious tensions , as with Jackie Jackson , whose PE teacher strengthened her commitment to athletics , a commitment which proved destructive to her educational aims , as she pointed out : ‘ I was spending so much time in athletics that I could n't give enough time to my ‘ A ’ levels . ’ |
| 18 | I could n't spare any time at all . |
| 19 | He need not devote much time to the programme once it is up and running , since most of the work performed by a rehabilitation programme can safely be delegated to nurses , clinical assistants , physiotherapists , occupational therapists , psychologists , dietitians and others . |
| 20 | ( Strictly speaking , ‘ current ’ is a jargon term that need not indicate present time , as the example in the next section shows . ) |
| 21 | Although we need not spend much time on it , it is important to be clear that Marxism is atheistic . |
| 22 | But going back to work need n't mean full time , or even leaving home or baby . |
| 23 | I would not calculate this time , this time I would try to select my route in a random way . |
| 24 | Its leaders called for a postponement of the multiparty elections scheduled for Feb. 10 , 1991 , on the grounds that they would not have sufficient time to organize a campaign , but this demand was immediately rejected by the government . |
| 25 | Fate , it seemed , was determined that Nell and he would not have more time . |
| 26 | I , I think that we should assume that we would not get paid time . |
| 27 | Such a swing had never happened before and would not happen this time . |
| 28 | Wet through again I wandered about inside the house touching pictures , clocks , trying to feel loss for these things , but it would n't come this time — that sense that had been with me since the reading of Francis 's Will had vanished . |
| 29 | I was amused by your comment that you were sure we would n't cross this time , because we nearly did . |
| 30 | I thought big brother would n't lose any time in making you welcome at Rocamar , Sarella . ’ |