Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | Suffolk secretary Konrad Machej said : ‘ Teachers will be spending more time teaching , which is what parents really want . ’ |
| 33 | Firstly , you will probably be spending more time at home , so items like heating and lighting are liable to be costlier . |
| 34 | As you 'll probably be spending more time in the living area , this will be your starting point . |
| 35 | VBS used to give Output Manager away with their somewhat quirky VB No5 program but now seem to be spending more time developing the Output Manager rather than No5 ! |
| 36 | John intends to keep active in retirement and will be spending more time on ‘ serious ’ walking . |
| 37 | Eliza was under no illusions that this meant they would be spending more time together : ‘ John , of course , will not remain there long , ’ she told her mother , ‘ but be wandering off in some direction … ’ . |
| 38 | Her mother seemed to be coping this time , and they sincerely hoped she would n't go back , but she did . |
| 39 | This this is what I 'm saying last time that if you 'll work through it , understand it , Oh yeah I can do that , |
| 40 | ‘ I 'm spending less time at Rocamar and more time in London , ’ he informed her . |
| 41 | The general election marks the end of some distinguished political careers.Five Central South MPs will not be standing this time round , including two former top Conservatives . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | There 's not much else to tell you except that he could be arriving any time . |
| 44 | He should be arriving any time . ’ |
| 45 | But no matter how often the archives are ransacked for old genres to bastardise , you do n't have to be at the forefront of style-making to foresee that very few clubs will be swaying this time next year to Pub Acid , Hip Malt ` n ’ Hops , or Sweaty Backroom House . |
| 46 | Well I 'm working full time too |
| 47 | ‘ What 's happened in the last 10 years and is accelerating very fast is the fact the women are taking less time off ’ , says Michaels . |
| 48 | Soon you will find that you are taking more time to act , instead of reacting with an habitual response . |
| 49 | The 28-year-old actor has been taking some time off to get his life back in order after filming three movies due out this year . |
| 50 | Mr Noir and Mrs Barzach are counting this time on the growing public irritation with the leadership squabbles and on general disillusionment with party politics to boost their cause . |
| 51 | As things have changed round here , things are changing present time er which has so much , however , and there are other areas er just report will be reconsidered er and the right sort of er er area of cover er that we would wish to see and just cutting services , we 're talking about improving resources from an area which is clear to areas where there is no further issue , or etc. , etc. , there is not adequate cover . |
| 52 | By 1987 more than half of Scottish consultant psychiatrists were spending some time each week in primary care settings compared with fewer than a fifth in England and Wales . |
| 53 | A poll of 492 firms showed that 70% find audit work ‘ uneconomic ’ as a result of the cost of audit regulation , combined with client pressure on fees : 76.8% said that more partners and staff were spending non-chargeable time on audit regulation matters , while only 31.7% were able to pass these increased costs on to clients . |
| 54 | A number of arts professional development teachers reported that their involvement in schools was often initiated by primary headteachers feeling that staff were giving inadequate time to an area of the curriculum vital to the personal development of the pupils . |
| 55 | RUC were taking some time to settle down but once Davy Barbour had landed his first penalty from about 50 metres the lights went out and the Holywood stars faded . |
| 56 | Ten were working full time when interviewed , only two being unemployed ( one by choice since surgery ; the second for medical reasons ) . |
| 57 | By the middle years of the nineteenth century a high proportion of the male workforce were without land and were working full time at the craft ; women and girls also found employment in large numbers . |
| 58 | On the other hand , Merritt 's singing this time justified his reputation as an exponent of this bel canto Heldentenor role . |
| 59 | But somehow , now that the 34-year-old Yuri is spending more time away from his homeland — touring with the Bolshoi to Europe , America and the Far East , starring in Sleeping Beauty , Romeo & Juliet and Swan Lake , meeting politicians and top businessmen , even being presented to royalty — that shaggy , laid-back image does n't sit so well on his broad shoulders . |
| 60 | He is talking this time of the short stories of Guy de Maupassant , only a few of which can perhaps be seized on as crime short stories before their time . |