Example sentences of "for more time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently , Steve gave up his joinery business to set up a small security firm , hoping for more time to devote to the much-needed rescue . |
| 2 | The International Stock Exchange has called for more time to implement the changes but so far it has had little success . |
| 3 | Mr Marian Calfa is pleading for more time on the grounds that he has been given an even longer list . |
| 4 | By then Mr Reuter 's pleas for more time will be history . |
| 5 | Vice-chancellor Sir Donald Nicholls agreed to demands from a majority of the informal BCCI creditors ' committee for more time to consider the deal , under which the bank 's majority shareholders in Abu Dhabi will inject nearly £1 billion . |
| 6 | Where this is the case , it is the teacher 's responsibility to present the best case she can for more time to those who devise her timetable . |
| 7 | Certain branches of the Ulster Workers ' Council wished for more time to prepare their particular factory or section of industry . |
| 8 | Regardless of the amount of time involved it seems likely that staff will always opt for more time if this is offered to them . |
| 9 | Unsurprisingly , given this position , he is insistent that Anglo-Saxon and philology be retained as essential features of English studies , even in the light of the growth of the discipline : " Our first responsibility is to our subject , and , as that expands , we must not look for more ingenious methods of selection but for more time to do it justice . |
| 10 | Secondly , because of the integration between different components of the social system of the school , an innovation introduced by a single teacher will often have repercussions in other parts of the system — perhaps because there is a need for additional resources , or for more time , or because it is predicted [ sic ] upon new pupil roles , or involves a greater degree of integration . |
| 11 | His feet began to tap more and more loudly beneath the desk and his jaw quivered more and more violently as Blanche put her side of the story and pleaded for more time to finish the investigation . |
| 12 | All ages are interested in the sport and some men have even left their wives for more time to fish ! |
| 13 | On Aug. 24 , the prosecution granted Zhivkov 's request for more time , giving him until Sept. 11 to prepare his defence in connection with charges of alleged racial discrimination and incitement to racial hatred against Bulgaria 's ethnic Turks . |
| 14 | On Nov. 12 however , the High Court in Nairobi granted a request by a faction of the opposition Forum for the Restoration of Democracy ( FORD ) , FORD-Kenya [ see p. 39133 ] , for more time in which to nominate parliamentary candidates , criticizing the government for attempting to shorten the statutory 21-day nomination period , and on Nov. 16 the NEC announced a new election date of Dec. 29 . |
| 15 | Russia asks for more time to phase out ozone depleters |
| 16 | Russia has asked fellow participants in the Montreal protocol for more time to phase out use of ozone-depleting substances . |
| 17 | I have already written to BBC to plead for more time for Eldorado . |
| 18 | Magistrates adjourned the hearing until later today after a solicitor asked for more time to consult his clients . |
| 19 | On Tuesday evening , the family heard that a housing association had struck a deal with a local farmer to buy a house which will be refurbished , extended and rented to the family , but a last minute call yesterday morning to the Scottish Office for more time to allow the family to move was turned down . |