Example sentences of "take the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This type of fence is very quickly and easily erected in the second and subsequent years if the materials are carefully put away ; it is the initial preparation and setting up that takes the time . |
| 2 | However , if the nurse takes the time to give information to the patient , it has been shown in various studies to be beneficial ( Hayward , 1975 ; Wilson-Barnett , 1978 ; Boore , 1979 ; Bond , 1982 ) . |
| 3 | The rules state that each team takes the time of the fifth man to finish . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , your father ( and mother , too for that matter ! ) may well be very pleased if your boyfriend takes the time to have a chat with them . |
| 5 | Mist and fog , snow , spring rain , and summer heat are all attractive and beautiful to the walker who takes the time to look . |
| 6 | Knowing the speed that floppy disks take to format , I allowed half a day for the job , but it was done in a couple of minutes — it 's the absolutely essential task of backing up files that takes the time . |
| 7 | Not sure , I must ask her where he does he goes to a Marks where they always have every possible man 's suit that Marks make and and he takes the time to buy two or even three because he does n't get that much time for shopping . |
| 8 | The old girl should do her duty and send me a postcard if she can take the time off from her toy-boys . |
| 9 | ‘ No , I think it 's flattering that somebody would take the time . |
| 10 | Do take the time to monitor your progress with the aerobic exercises and enter the details each day . |
| 11 | It will take the time to perfect . |
| 12 | If you do take the time to read a book on body language , be warned : a lot of it is theory , and theories are often wrong . |
| 13 | If you are a stand-alone system then take advantage of programs like Suitcase and Font/DA Juggler but do take the time to read the manuals otherwise you can end up with a worse problem than you started with . |
| 14 | The chances are it was something like four to six weeks , if they could take the time off from household chores . |
| 15 | Before making such statements , the hon. Gentleman should take the time and trouble to read the Further and Higher Education Bill that is going through another place . |
| 16 | I will not therefore take the time of the House with the conventional lengthy explanation of the detail of what are in fact relatively routine pieces of annual business , such as the guaranteed minimum pensions order and the draft contributions rerating order , which are very much in line with their predecessors over a number of years . |
| 17 | But Nigel did take the time to explain that b that basically this was the , the , the view that the new directive would take place keeping it simple . |
| 18 | We should , therefore , take the time needed to consider how this distinction fits into the framework of our discussion in this book , which we do in Sections 7.1 and 7.2 . |
| 19 | Rather than take the time of the quality committee ? |
| 20 | And obviously Janet , you 'll be giving me the other one , so if you can take the time to look at it . |
| 21 | So many problems , worries and woes can be sorted out if only you 'd take the time to sit down and talk things through . |
| 22 | I say to their parents , why bother having children if you do not take the time of effort to care for them ? |
| 23 | Just press the button and I 'll take the time . |
| 24 | Not only must you spray regularly , but it 's a good idea to vary the brand of spray that you use ; the nasty wee beasties soon develop resistance if you use the same one over and over again , and that 's something worth taking the time to avoid . |
| 25 | Freya thanked me at the end of her letter for ‘ taking the time to care about a subject so little understood ’ , which was a sentence I heard often from girls in one way or another , in researching this book . |
| 26 | Warples ' ( 1980 ) adaptation of the Lopatin ( 1971 ) method of calculating source rock maturity , though open to theoretical objections , gives results which in many cases accord well with observed hydrocarbon occurrences , and has provided the petroleum geologist with a ready rule-of-thumb means of taking the time factor into account . |
| 27 | This involves the incoming group taking the time and trouble to go and see other local leaders to talk through their plans . |
| 28 | Taking the time to talk about the past , focusing on the experience of the counsellee in all its detail and complexity , can help to establish the counselling relationship . |
| 29 | Before you begin work , it is worth taking the time to consider safety measures . |
| 30 | Maggie Wheeler makes her guests feel entirely at home and certainly it is very easy to relax in this ‘ no rules ’ atmosphere , where you can enjoy meeting the other guests around the kitchen table in an informal atmosphere with Maggie taking the time to help you plan your itinerary . |