Example sentences of "for time " in BNC.
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| 31 | One engineering firm had so many applications for time off that it warned absentees they would be suspended for three weeks . |
| 32 | Bluebeard 's wife , about to be killed by her ferocious husband for disobeying his instructions , desperately plays for time as she knows her brothers are on their way to visit her . |
| 33 | I make a wish for time : |
| 34 | We wait for time to test Constance Cumbey 's prophecy that the New Age is the herald of the Antichrist . |
| 35 | This practically ruined him but rather than take the easy way out and declare himself bankrupt , he called a meeting of his creditors and asked for time to pay . |
| 36 | Official denials by the Argentine Foreign Office were interpreted as playing for time to avoid loss of face . |
| 37 | The charges are for time , as the instruction sheet clearly says without ambiguity , and it does not matter how many men are concerned . |
| 38 | As for Vivian ( Lord ) Bowden I can only report that he once offered me a job in what was to become UMIST and was particularly accommodating when I asked for time to think about it . |
| 39 | These key points can then be carefully monitored for time accuracy and if delays seem likely the programme can be reconsidered or at least its effect shown in a new programme and the client advised . |
| 40 | You are the person who has the initiative , so you should never need to arrange interviews , even one-off interviews , when you are pressed for time . |
| 41 | Where relevant write down what you are aiming for ( custody of the children , ownership of the house , damages for time off work , etc . ) . |
| 42 | Time Out publisher Tony Elliott , who is chairman of the TV Listings Campaign lobby group , says : ‘ We ended with a decision which was very favourable to us — about £1,000 a year for Time Out — and we know it 's unrealistic for us to complain , although a large number of publishers believe this information should be completely free . ’ |
| 43 | According to the local RCM representative , Erwin 's laziness consisted of taking advantage of his Jewish beliefs in asking for time off . |
| 44 | Now , there were two days on which the only race meeting were in the north ; Kelly had asked Bill for time off and he had agreed . |
| 45 | A CELEBRATION of Mass or a service of the Word ? — the choice will sometimes present itself when our speaker 's witness calls for time and flexibility for a worthwhile presentation . |
| 46 | The first thing a Minister has to do , then , is negotiate for time with the Leader of the House . |
| 47 | If you are being honest with yourself and with her and you really are terribly pressed for time , you will never be short of concrete reasons to give , and she will find these much more acceptable and less hurtful than vague excuses , provided , of course , that your overall treatment of her is one of care and not neglect . |
| 48 | ‘ I 'm so pinched for time that I race around grabbing the first thing I see . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ And I have no wish for time to soon pass , as you express it — were time to pass that quickly , I should very soon be an old old woman . |
| 50 | The main congregation is divided into ethnic groups for time of worship , study and fellowship . |
| 51 | Changes requiring Project Committee approval include any substantial changes in technical direction which have implications for the allocation of resources or for time and cost required for the completion of the Project . |
| 52 | How you are going to respond to excuses or requests for time extensions or Part payments . |
| 53 | Sometimes there are combinations and variations on the above , such as requests for part payments or for time to pay . |
| 54 | Neither , to his disappointment , did the blunt and usually outspoken Eleanor who had guessed , correctly , that Freddie was playing for time , hoping for news of his old flame . |
| 55 | So I took my time over the bread and dripping and I spilt my cocoa on the floor in an effort to play for time . |
| 56 | He demurred , he asked for time to think , to consult his wife , to put the proposal to his daughter . |
| 57 | Time was made for man , not man for time . |
| 58 | There were would be no such thing as time , either , in this situation , because for time to exist there must be events . |
| 59 | But Mrs Thatcher could equally have meant ( and probably did mean ) ‘ to stall for time ’ . |
| 60 | The answer to this is as for time out ; the characteristics of the warning are identical . |