Example sentences of "little time for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The early deadline gave little time for meetings and collaborative effort , or a very considered response to the new timetabling arrangements . |
| 2 | But where television-viewing is virtually unrestricted there is little time for reading , imaginative or realistic play , for making things or talking to parents . |
| 3 | It took a little time for employers to depersonalize personal computers . |
| 4 | There was little time for dalliance when we came out from Sunday School as I was expected to be home for tea at half-past four . |
| 5 | They are people whose lives are full of activity and demands for immediate responses ; they often have little time for reflection and study . |
| 6 | It seems to me that you should leave a little time for romance . ’ |
| 7 | He had found little time for romance since his marriage ended . |
| 8 | That said , a week or less , may not give the pursuer all that long to consider his options and leaves the defender with little time for manoeuvre in the event that the Tender is refused . |
| 9 | He retains the influence , if not the constitutional power , of a feudal monarch , has little time for Dr Mahathir and is related by marriage to the leader of Semangat '46 . |
| 10 | He explained that earning a living left little time for photography but holidays left ample time . |
| 11 | All this activity left little time for photography but , even after returning to the States to continue his work for the FSA , Delano never lost sight of the fact that his introduction to Puerto Rico had been through a camera . |
| 12 | He explained that earning a living left little time for photography but holidays left ample time . |
| 13 | And , like Amy , Chelsea has little time for affairs of state . |
| 14 | Unfortunately we have little time for digressions however entertaining they might be . |
| 15 | Over the years the ASMF 's systematic investigation of the Köchel catalogue has left them relatively little time for Haydn . |
| 16 | The biggest problem with the diabetic clinic is that time tends to be very limited and perhaps it is best regarded as a place for assessment and the identification of problems , with a little time for education . |
| 17 | He may be an MBE , but Moorhouse has little time for Britain 's sporting establishment . |
| 18 | And that can leave very little time for parents . |
| 19 | ‘ It was a pitiful performance which clearly demonstrated that the people of Northern Ireland have very little time for Mrs Thatcher and her party . |
| 20 | There is little time for introductions , however , as the Daleks attack the city , determined to find the Doctor 's group . |
| 21 | But during late March when they were hemmed in , there were many rumours unsettling the less resolute , even though their officers kept them occupied , leaving little time for worry . |
| 22 | Ray is filmed in Liverpool visiting Claudette at her home , where there is little time for pauses : She talks very frankly about herself . |
| 23 | The proposed explanation of the volume-composition relation is that it is controlled by the recharge rate : rapid recharge leaves little time for assimilation , and produces large volumes of mantle-melt melts . |
| 24 | For the last year , I have had little time for writing , though I get something down on paper when I can . |
| 25 | However , you will also learn that a major cause of sexual dissatisfaction is allowing too little time for foreplay . |
| 26 | I played off seven at my best — politics left me little time for practice , but lack of concentration was the real problem . |
| 27 | Friends say the singer , at No. 6 with The Best Things In Life Are Free , has dedicated herself 100 per cent to her role in the new movie Poetic Justice , leaving little time for Rene . |
| 28 | Politics has also meant little time for hobbies like reading , music , badminton and cricket . |
| 29 | Many schools still have a remedial department or are visited by peripatetic remedial teachers who withdraw children for extra tuition in reading with little time for consultation with school staff . |
| 30 | Sally , her father 's wife , had advised her on more than one occasion , but Harriet had as little time for stylists as she had for clothes — and besides , she rather liked her hair just as it was . |