Example sentences of "be [verb] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be remembered that an offer may be withdrawn any time before acceptance , unless the person making the offer receives something of value to keep the offer open or the offer is made under seal . |
| 2 | The government should be devoting more time to considering how the wartime counter-inflation policy could be continued in peacetime . |
| 3 | The company may be given more time in which to submit its return under s 118(2) , TMA 1970 , but this must be agreed with the inspector . |
| 4 | This procedure is most suitable for bills that do not raise issues on which parties automatically disagree ; to use select committee-type sittings on such a bill would be to provide further time for repetition of standard partisan arguments . |
| 5 | The payment in can be made any time after service of the writ or particulars of claim , and should be made at least 21 days before trial if it is to protect the defendant in costs . |
| 6 | This is not simply a matter of becoming uncomfortably aware that the rapid increase of world population and accelerated industrialization pose a serious threat to the environment both by the massive consumption of finite material resources and by the emission of man-made heat and chemicals into the atmosphere ; a situation dramatically portrayed in a report by the Club of Rome ( Meadows et al. , 1972 ) , subsequently much criticized but now taken more seriously again , which concluded that : ‘ If the present growth trends in world population , industrialization , pollution , food production , and resource depletion continue unchanged , the limits to growth on this planet will be reached some time within the next one hundred years . ’ |
| 7 | Now , that 's , that 's what you should be doing each time with these With that in and and that much in sort of |
| 8 | He had qualified at university in geology and geography , had tried teaching in Hull but found it too confining and when one of the old guard told him he should be spending more time with children who had some potential rather than those to whom he felt committed , he resigned on the same day . |
| 9 | John intends to keep active in retirement and will be spending more time on ‘ serious ’ walking . |
| 10 | Firstly , you will probably be spending more time at home , so items like heating and lighting are liable to be costlier . |
| 11 | As you 'll probably be spending more time in the living area , this will be your starting point . |
| 12 | Managers could perhaps arrange for practitioners to be allocated specific time in which to develop a clinical teaching role , enabling them to improve their skills and abilities and to return to the ward or practice area with renewed enthusiasm . |
| 13 | The decision to enter could be announced any time after completed negotiations and entry could take effect the next weekend , when markets are closed . |
| 14 | I knew this to be true and believed firmly that when the word was given me in 1986 it would be fulfilled some time in the future . |
| 15 | On page six of our agenda there are congress organization motions which clearly need to be discussed some time during this congress because they concern rule amendments , and if they do fall off the agenda because debate is long on the other things , I really do believe they should take priority because we wo n't be raising them for another three years . |
| 16 | Furthermore , it became clear that a number of the parties would be arriving some time before the three days set aside for the conference , thus giving themselves time to prepare their ground and gauge the mood of fellow guests , though their exact arrival dates were , again , uncertain . |
| 17 | In another measure , the Government extended the Landlord and Tenant Act protection to the licensed trade but they would not bring it in immediately — it had to be implemented some time in the future . |
| 18 | Money for use today can be bought in exchange for money to be repaid some time in the future . |
| 19 | ‘ I have always been tested before or after competition and I am prepared to be tested any time by the IAAF . ’ |
| 20 | The Environment Secretary will announce whether Gloucestershire is to be capped some time over the next 6 weeks . |