Example sentences of "time to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , to return one final time to Bakhtin , in case he is appropriated yet again to legitimate a selective and ludicrously ahistorical celebration of ‘ carnival ’ : |
| 2 | It was time to rope up . |
| 3 | Treatment of glue ear considerably shortened the time to fluid resolution , combined adenoidectomy and tube insertion being better than either procedure alone . |
| 4 | Although the time spent teaching was said to be similar on most wards , the trained staff on a good ward devoted more time to supervision , practical demonstrations and participation in ward reporting sessions . |
| 5 | IT 'S countdown time to Croke Park and Derry footballers are champing at the bit in their bid to make sure that ‘ Sam ’ remains in Ulster for yet another year . |
| 6 | The mean time to treatment was 15 hours . |
| 7 | Available evidence suggests that the efficacy of coronary thrombolysis could be augmented by shortening the time to treatment , by improving of the potency and specificity of fibrin-dissolving agents , by improving co-therapy with anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents , or by a combination of all of these . |
| 8 | The evening before he had procured from the local library a copy of Gerald Seymour-Strachey 's essay in autobiography , but a quick flick through the index had assured him there was no mention of Walter Machin , and he had n't had time to bone up on the details of the man himself 's career . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was sold successively to John Bennett and Thomas Roberts , in whose family it remained until 1782 , when it was again sold , this time to William Read , who leased the mills ( in 1805 ) to Butlin and Co . |
| 11 | By the end of the healing phase , 19 ( 0.99% ) of the 1923 patients who had fulfilled the entry criteria had failed to heal : the time to healing was 12 weeks in 76 patients ( 3.95% ) , 24 weeks in 29 patients ( 1.51% ) , and greater than 24 weeks in seven patients ( 0.36% ) . |
| 12 | Effect of risk factors on time to healing |
| 13 | The effect of the risk factors on the time to healing was cumulative : patients with one , two , and three or more risk factors needed progressively longer courses of treatment to achieve ulcer healing ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 14 | The effect of these factors was cumulative in that the proportion of patients unhealed at each time point and the mean time to healing increased progressively with the number of risk factors to which the patient was exposed . |
| 15 | A visit to our unique museum will transport you back in time to wartime Britain . |
| 16 | But one day Miss Havisham decided it was time to apprentice me to Joe , and told me to bring him to her house . |
| 17 | News of the deal accompanied annual results for Lex showing pre-tax profits soaring from only £500,000 last time to £28.3 million on a normalised basis , after big changes in the group . |
| 18 | Solid-state technology reduces ‘ disk ’ access time to nanoseconds and is more reliable than the conventional hard disk drive . |
| 19 | The momentary lapse gave Donna time to edge away and she pressed so hard on the accelerator she feared she might shove her foot through the very floor of the car . |
| 20 | There was n't time to edge away or even think as his mouth possessed her and his hands moved on her body , caressing it beneath the soft folds of her cotton top . |
| 21 | It blasphemed God 's goodness to declare that one day , the seventh , was holier than the other six ( the Christian Sunday was seen as the eighth day , pointing beyond time to eternity ) ; that some food or animals were clean and others unclean ; that some nations were less God 's children than others , or that a natural function , such as menstruation , made women unholy and hence unfit for contact with God . |
| 22 | Wo n't have time to appetite . |
| 23 | In one such mood I turned for the first time to Marcus Aurelius . |
| 24 | Time to back track and then on we go . |
| 25 | Robbie recognised that it was time to back down . |
| 26 | Then they went back to Framheim , and took some more food south , this time to 82° South . |
| 27 | It would surely be tempting providence to suggest a prominent showing in the Benson & Hedges because they will require , to use gardening vernacular , ‘ a little time to bed down . ’ |
| 28 | When they quit the market and ICI became our main supplier , the relationship took time to bed down but ICI 's performance now is excellent . ’ |
| 29 | Sharp at nine a conch shell sounded and the temple courtyard filled up with Thais , dressed in white trousers with embroidered aprons , chanting and shaking in time to gongs . |
| 30 | But she quotes approvingly our television critic , Richard Last , a month or so back : ‘ Melvyn Bragg 's controversial A Time to Dance ( BBC1 ) ended on a believably tender note , suggesting that it was his producer or director , rather than the author , who miscalculated the grossness of earlier episodes . ’ |