Example sentences of "[pron] time and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He refused it , saying , ‘ I am the servant of the Corporation of London ; they are my masters and are entitled to all my time and service . |
| 2 | Since then , despite the odd hiccough , I have continued to give my time and effort to the Trust . |
| 3 | Why , I ca n't even take a bath without being pestered for my time and attention . |
| 4 | You have doubtless heard from time to time some little of my movements on this side of the globe and if I have not written more fully and frequently to my friends in England I trust this will be attributed to the very pressing engagements which have fully occupied my time and mind . |
| 5 | I was not allowed to return to Bolivia , so I spent my time and energy denouncing what was happening and setting up solidarity networks . |
| 6 | I have experienced this directly in researching this book and am deeply indebted to many new friends , in areas of science that would have remained foreign to me , for their time and patience in explaining things that I never knew and I hope that we all gained from the experience . |
| 7 | My thanks to David Bogie , studio manager and Fish for their time and patience — and for allowing me to visit the Funny Farm . |
| 8 | Such reports should not only discuss what problems might have emerged , and their time and cost implications , but also attempt to anticipate any subsequent difficulties to offer advance warning of any requests for supplementary expenditure . |
| 9 | For generations , hourly paid employees in manufacturing industry have been familiar with the daily ritual of ‘ clocking ’ — the procedure of formally recording their time and attendance at work . |
| 10 | The principal method of investigation is a series of case studies of organisations who have made or who are considering making changes in their time and attendance policies . |
| 11 | Our thanks to these , and to all the friends of THE FACE who have given their time and money so generously to help us through this difficult time . |
| 12 | Our thanks to them and to everyone who gave so generously of their time and money to help us through this difficult time . |
| 13 | ‘ It is only the Americans who continue to waste their time and money sending their expensive toys beyond the stars , collecting useless rocks from the moon . |
| 14 | Does Mr Stigle not appreciate that without these hard-working VOLUNTEERS who give so freely of their time and money , there would be no main line steam ? |
| 15 | All musicians have to be committed members of the Army , and their dedication and discipline , as well as the investment of their time and money , are impressive . |
| 16 | ‘ The staff have been very generous with both their time and money , ’ said Lindsay who was called upon to hand over the £2,000 cheque during a get-together at The Old George pub in Newcastle . |
| 17 | Other cases But if their own theories are ever proved wrong , David and Paul insist their time and money wo n't have been wasted . |
| 18 | It was the duty of merchants and craftsmen to trade honestly with one another , of husbandmen and artificers to apply themselves diligently to their labours and take pleasure in them , eschewing ostentation as well as hunting and hawking , which were the privileges of the gentry , nor wasting their time and substance in alehouses or playing unlawful games . |
| 19 | However , not only were these statutory bodies to work with the voluntary sector , but much of the day-to-day running of the new ‘ services ’ would continue to rely on volunteers from the youth groups , for their time and expertise were essential if the new schemes were to be viable . |
| 20 | Thanks for this go to many generous people for their time and expertise and a specific mention must go to HM Army personnel at Catterick Base for the donation of carpets , chairs and cutlery . |
| 21 | Above all , I have been impressed by the immense generosity of my academic and museum colleagues , who have given unstintingly of their time and expertise for this catalogue ’ . |
| 22 | Essential elements of the course were contributed by representatives from the services , who patiently and generously gave their time and expertise for the students to learn about their services — their structures , processes and procedures — and , above all , about the language and communicative strategies used in them . |
| 23 | The fact that business men have volunteered to give up their time and expertise to TECs is a major new breakthrough in the delivery of policies at local level . |
| 24 | But their clerical vestments weighed lightly upon them : faced with conflicting claims on their time and loyalty from Church and Crown , they almost invariably obeyed the secular authority . |
| 25 | But while most stars are willing to give their time and talent to worthy causes , it seems there are great holes in the ’ peace and goodwill to all men ’ attitude . |
| 26 | All these workers gave their time and labour freely , their efforts being supported by other citizens who hauled stone and earth at every available opportunity . |
| 27 | As in Nikol'skaia volost , all fifty-nine Poltava cells spent nearly all their time and energy on tax-collecting and expediting administrative directives from higher authorities . |
| 28 | For example , proposals such as those to base service provision on charges or vouchers are impractical and tend only to increase the differences between the services available in different areas and to shift the costs from the more visible budgets of the services to the less visible ones of the individual , relatively powerless consumer : either their pockets or their time and energy will be hit . |
| 29 | Whereas separatism should result in women devoting all their time and energy to women , in fact and probably inevitably , men manage to exhaust us even in their absence . |
| 30 | They both spent a great deal of their time and energy maintaining the primatial claims of Canterbury , and neither ever mentioned the papal privileges in support of their claim . |