Example sentences of "[verb] time to " in BNC.
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| 31 | He argued that the Europeans still needed time to arm and to build up their self-confidence . |
| 32 | In 7 the switch from the past tense ( " was ' ) to the present tense ( " walks ' , 'says ' ) marks a shift in the temporal deictic centre from coding time to content time . |
| 33 | Concerned and caring , and always moved by the underdog , you willingly devote time to the halt and the lame . |
| 34 | You can learn how to keep the other party happy without giving in … how to make concessions that close the sale … how to use time to your advantage and resist deadline pressures … how to cope with such comments as ‘ All we 've got is £60,000 in the budget ’ or ‘ That 's our price , take it or leave it . ’ |
| 35 | Pasta contains complex carbohydrates so takes time to be digested . |
| 36 | Sure , they 're more upfront , but it takes time to actually understand what 's being said . |
| 37 | That 's one of the reasons why I 'm , why I 'm also interested in er in Freud because I think Freud provides that , I happen to think that Freud 's studies of , of crowd group psychology actually explain that , although it takes time to you know , certainly not at five minutes to four , it takes time to explain , but I think there is an explanation there and I think you c y y you can claim that there are certain emotions to do with identification and idealization , th that our genes have a programmer which things like erm nationalistic erm , erm er kind of jingoism can exploit in a modern culture which in primal cultures would have primal cultures people identify with their , with their local kin and their local culture and that 's that might ultimately promote their reproductive success , but that in modern cultures , this identification occurs with erm on a completely different level and with lots of people will not merely because you need so many more people modern cultures you have much more erm much bigger groups and you just meet many more people that , than you were ever th there is some interesting research , research recently published for instance which shows erm organizations seem to have a critical size and that people are not really able to track more than about two hundred and fifty other people , in other words you can have face-to-face relationships with up to about two hundred and fifty others , but once it gets beyond two hundred and fifty it 's too much and you start forgetting somebody as if the brain was primed to an optimum group size and once you get above that you just ca n't keep . |
| 38 | Your learned friend very fairly set the sort of orders one would expect in the case of this sort , erm , can I only add one thing which erm there is still a , failing erm his right there should have been an adjournment this morning that the question of a structured settlement could be investigated , all these people who have indeed , it must be from the plaintiff 's point of view as well , desirable that those investigations be erm carried out , with the greatest , greatest speed possible , obviously it takes time to er instruct the and so on and erm , it seemed er to me that it would be appropriate to include some of the I happen to discuss with my friend , erm providing for the matter to be brought back not later than a certain time |
| 39 | In the Garden , Miller had to give time to those who might call seeking particular plants or information on their culture . |
| 40 | We are free to give time to those who are like ourselves , or like we were once , or like we shall be one day . ’ |
| 41 | Our theological understanding is that our top priority should be to worship God and so we encourage the small groups to give time to this first . |
| 42 | The new mother will often throw herself into motherhood so fully that she forgets to give time to the marital relationship , which can suffer considerable damage as a result . |
| 43 | We need someone who enjoys working with figures and accounts , is prepared to give time to Executive and Finance meetings , and can liaise with the Society 's Officers . |
| 44 | She has always taken an interest in youth organisations and finds time to be treasurer of the West Bank Scouts movement . |
| 45 | As you know , for many years I have devoted time to families in my parish who foster babies for the charity , but now I feel I can do more . |
| 46 | They 'll trip themselves up trying to keep time to that , wo n't they ? ’ |
| 47 | They were often unable to keep time to within fifteen minutes a day and were frequently out of order . |
| 48 | Sailing has always seemed like a decent way of spending time to me . |
| 49 | The main problem is that while the software can generate the presentaion very quickly the slides themselves do take time to image , it 's not like taking a conventional photograph . |
| 50 | What it means is that I have to be with him , except when I 'm working , since he ca n't always take time to be with me . ’ |
| 51 | For those who live at the home of British Motor-racing , it may sometimes be noisy and congested and it may take time to be served in the local shop . |
| 52 | But Joannides lost time to Yorkshire driver Brian Bell when the route moved onto the gravel roads . |
| 53 | Davie Irons again strolled through the game at the heart of Thistle 's defence , and still found time to be one of their best attackers . |
| 54 | Giving time to both sports is now easier than it was . |
| 55 | Giving time to the community |
| 56 | However , his current commitments prevent him from giving time to the forum . |
| 57 | The strategy was given its first airing two days after the Danish vote at a meeting of the Council in Oslo on 4 June , when it was agreed to proceed with the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty while giving time to the Danes to resolve their problems . |
| 58 | Rejection at selection time after this may be both a personal disappointment to them and frustrating for bureau staff who have spent time to no end . |
| 59 | ‘ Five of the grandchildren went to Euro Disney on a school trip and loved it but did n't have time to really do it justice . |
| 60 | ‘ I do n't think I 'll have time to yet , not till we get Dolly fixed up with a job and lodgings of her own . ’ |