Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] ' time " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we can be sure that Howard would have approved of the constructive use of prisoners ' time and energy and training in work habits , so we can probably also assume that he would have been disappointed in and disapproving of the latest trend . |
| 2 | In a couple of hours ' time , the kids would be out of school and dogs would be out for their last daylight walks . |
| 3 | The school will want more of parents ' time , attention and money . |
| 4 | The consumption of parents ' time in this role as ‘ transport guardians ’ is , as Hillman and Whalley have pointed out , an additional major societal consequence . |
| 5 | Treatment along similar lines in groups can be a means of making the maximal use of therapists ' time ( Temple and Catalan 1977 ) . |
| 6 | According to Magnet Applications , the Berkhamsted-based Cookson subsidiary , the number of magnets used in cars has risen from a handful 20 years ago to about 80 now , rising to perhaps 200 in a couple of years ' time as automatic windows and sunroofs etc become more widespread . |
| 7 | What do you hope to be doing in a couple of years ' time ? |
| 8 | In a couple of years ' time , if things have n't improved , doctors plan more test , including a bone marrow analysis and a liver and bowel biopsy . |
| 9 | If we 'd been forced like myself I believe in a couple of years ' time , I will not be able to enjoy the pension fund that I 'm in at the moment we will have a problem , and we need to deal with that problem , and we need to raise the issue now and have a strategy , and I think it 's the G M B's to take a leading role in looking at this . |
| 10 | I imagine in a couple of years ' time , Bud 's gon na have a lot of trouble with him . |
| 11 | A couple of clients had called me , and I would have time to talk to them in the morning ; and I had an invitation to a golf society day in a couple of weeks ' time . |
| 12 | With the tournament due to start in a couple of weeks ' time they would soon be past the point of no return . |
| 13 | Well he it wo n't it wo n't get done for a couple of weeks ' time then you 'll say |
| 14 | And like , I 'm doing the Changeling in a couple of weeks ' time |
| 15 | My blue period officially ends when we have a big leaving party for Kathleen and Katrina in a couple of days ' time but in fact it probably ends just about now . |
| 16 | She knew that in a couple of days ' time Boyd 's promotion would be announced by his company in the newspaper , underneath a studio portrait of him , and she held her head high as she swayed gracefully into the living-room . |
| 17 | Consequently it is estimated that those aged 65 + account for 27 per cent of GPs ' time in 1981/82 as compared with 22 per cent a decade earlier . |
| 18 | Only one estimate included consideration of patients ' time , which biased the ranking of this procedure downwards in the league table . |
| 19 | A shadow fundholding exercise was agreed that would be independently evaluated to assess the effects on the care of patients and look at the administration structures , consulting patterns , and use of doctors ' time . |
| 20 | The products alone cost many millions , to which the cost of professionals ' time should be added . |
| 21 | In the fourth and fifth years of secondary education , they suggested , the foundation subjects might account for some 75–85% of pupils ' time ( 30–40% of that devoted to the core subjects ) , leaving some 15–25% of time for other subjects , at the discretion of the school ( DES/Welsh Office , 1987 ) . |
| 22 | The percentages of pupils ' time recommended by Munn for the various subjects are shown in Figure 10.3 . |
| 23 | The difficulty here is the shortage of MPs ' time and perhaps energy . |
| 24 | You pay for people 's time , including managers ' time , credit department 's time , typists ' time , administrative staff 's time , sales representatives ' time , as well as having to contribute your own time as well . |
| 25 | Time deposits : Interest rates negotiated on customers ' time deposits are influenced by bid rates in the interbank market . |
| 26 | Other demands on officers ' time tend to impose a pattern on their behaviour which is difficult to break without substantial disruption to their schedule and mobility . |
| 27 | In the Commons ' debate on the Contagious Diseases Acts Repeal Bill , 1873 , Henry Fowler , the proposer , prefaced his speech with the usual apology for intruding on members ' time with so disgusting a subject . |
| 28 | In the same way , all examinations make considerable demands on teachers ' time in terms of involvement in Examination Board work , running examinations in school and subsequently marking them ; but an examination like GCSE , with radically new features , is likely to involve considerably more time over the next few years for teachers to become able and proficient in its procedures . |
| 29 | This preoccupation with assessment was regarded both as demoralizing and excessively demanding on teachers ' time in 1989 , 1990 and 1991 . |
| 30 | This conflict of interests would not be so bad if teaching was seen to have an equal claim with the others on doctors ' time , but too often it is pushed into last position in the list of priorities . |