Example sentences of "the [noun] ' time " in BNC.
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1 | These had been made by the institution 's carpenter in the guardians ' time , and at their expense . |
2 | The main gains are a better staff-inmate ratio , and a greater focus on programmes for inmate recreation and on putting the prisoners ' time to better use , apart from compulsory work . |
3 | Prison management admits the regime , while being open , had been directionless and they are now introducing some purpose to the prisoners ' time there . |
4 | A further concern is that some journals do not transmit the referees ' comments to the authors ; this wastes the referees ' time and fails to appreciate that they want to improve published articles not just act as gatekeepers . |
5 | On average , 22 per cent of the inspectors ' time is spent on inspection , including observation , recording and analysis . |
6 | They turned round and said I was wasting the officers ' time , looking around searching for me , but I could n't go anywhere with all the doors locked . |
7 | That quality , at least initially when combined with other innovation being imposed on the school system , is likely to lead to a distraction of the teachers ' time from the sort of effortless teaching strategies , hard won over decades , as they are drawn into the steep learning curve of the unfamiliar new language of the National Curriculum and its assessment . |