Example sentences of "good [noun sg] of [pron] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outcome ( perhaps this would have happened whoever had been at the Ministry of Labour ) was that most of the principal figures of the Government devoted a good part of their time to assisting Steel-Maitland in his job . |
| 2 | Leapor and Freemantle spent a good deal of their time talking about poetry and religion . |
| 3 | Surfers are said to be as exclusive in their manners as the upper classes they have replaced , talking only among themselves and inevitably spending a good deal of their time incommunicado offshore . |
| 4 | These differences led to differing perceptions of their role by the two development officers — in Ipswich the development officer was a little unsure of how she was going to ‘ work in with the existing multi-disciplinary team ’ , whereas in Newham the development officer said she felt she was probably going to spend a good deal of her time negotiating between the different services and ‘ getting them to talk to each other ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've taken up a good deal of your time for no purpose Mr. Preston . |
| 6 | To correct the curve it was necessary to stretch the concavity and contract the convexity — in furtherance of which he spent a good deal of his time moving across the floor in a peculiar creeping posture , which Doctor Staples referred to as ‘ Klapp 's crawl ’ . |
| 7 | Nicholson , who was spending a good deal of his time in the new BBS offices , which he hoped would be the starting point of his own aspirations towards directing , chipped in with the observation that his biker pictures had all grossed respectable money and made very handsome profits from a low outlay . |
| 8 | Finchie , meanwhile , was spending a good deal of his time at Oblatz , a bar-restaurant just across the street from the studio . |
| 9 | On that thought , a streak of fairness smote Fabia and she became guiltily aware that , since he must spend a good deal of his time cooped up in his office , it was no wonder that he wanted to enjoy his walks without any prying journalist asking the ‘ whys and wherefores ’ of everything . |
| 10 | ‘ A good deal of my time is naturally devoted to such a big client — ‘ |
| 11 | Both the local people and the expatriate community had been happy to befriend the pretty blonde newcomer and her infant son , with the result that whenever Ashley came down to the village she spent a good proportion of her time chatting . |
| 12 | General practitioners spend a good proportion of their time with elderly patients and this is acknowledged in the rates of payment for different categories of patients on the GP lists . |
| 13 | For if he considers himself in some small way a specialist , not only can he spend a good proportion of his time teaching what he likes and probably , therefore , understands better , but he also has more of a chance of keeping up to date on his chosen subjects , particularly if he has support , as many of the teachers I observed had , from local subject advisers , associations or selective in-service programmes . |
| 14 | I would think so , yes I think , I would think so because the bedroom suite , the bed upstairs er of that er suite is quite a good quality bed , you know , it 's only a spring mattress of course it 's not a , it 's not a box thing like we 'd have today , I mean , what we have in our other room , I 've always intended to change it , but never got round to it , but it er just had a spring mattress , but it was good quality of its time |
| 15 | A Guide makes good use of her time . |
| 16 | Students are reminded that their eventual employers will expect them to have made good use of their time at university . |
| 17 | ‘ Make good use of your time , darling . |
| 18 | It do n't think it 's a good use of your time . |
| 19 | Heads could make better use of their time by paying attention to those encouraging little friendly attributes , searching for the successes of others and praising them shamelessly . |
| 20 | Most people could make better use of their time and the whole idea of the log is to provide the information and stimulus for improvement . |
| 21 | The pack contains twelve action booklets , one for each month , together with a time management pamphlet explaining how to make better use of your time and how to utilise the monthly work books . |
| 22 | A plan is a very good way of addressing that but unless you can get a plan out in under five minutes , yeah , then it mi you might consider a better use of your time . |
| 23 | Although this second query sounds very far from the job of getting better control of your time at work it does however serve to make you question some fundamentals . |
| 24 | Look into the possibilities in your organization for using new technology to help you gain better control of your time . |
| 25 | The 1992 RIBA Trustees Medal , endowed by Marley plc for the best architecture of its time , normally up to 25 years of age , anywhere in the world by a living British designer , was presented to Sir Denys Lasdun for the Royal College of Physicians , London . |
| 26 | Students and business people alike are faced with the challenge of making the best use of their time . |
| 27 | You 'd feel you had n't made the best use of your time here . |
| 28 | Perhaps the most important regular question to keep asking yourself , even have it up on your wall where you can see it often , is : Am I making the best use of my time right now ? |
| 29 | Since delegation can occur at any time a basic question you the manager should regularly be asking yourself is : ‘ At this moment , am I making the best use of my time ? ’ |
| 30 | Keep asking yourself throughout the day ‘ Is this the best use of my time ? ’ |