Example sentences of "[vb -s] time and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , and it needs time and discipline as well as motivation , ’ Belinda murmured , the instinctive empathy she had felt for Faye growing as she heard more of the painter 's story . |
| 2 | This needs time and sensitivity — not money . |
| 3 | But felling trees , chopping them up and hauling them back to the laboratory for tests costs time and cash . |
| 4 | The eight founder members are Viglen Ltd ; Granville , which includes Time and Colossus ; Dan Technology ; Kamco Computer Systems ; Evesham Micros Ltd ; Mesh ; Centerprise International Ltd ; and CIC Computers Ltd . |
| 5 | This country is far too entrenched in a litigation mentality that squanders time and money … an interesting thing happens when you settle a dispute without lawyers . |
| 6 | This not only wastes time and money in sending the executive abroad but also business contacts in the foreign country can lose confidence in the company and valuable business ventures may be lost . |
| 7 | Searching for papers can be annoying to the person being called and it wastes time and money . |
| 8 | Obtaining the necessary , sometimes expensive , special equipment such as closed circuit television takes time and persistence . |
| 9 | The capacity to co-ordinate work with a variety of professionals , each with a different perspective and set of priorities is one that takes time and skill to develop . |
| 10 | All this takes time and money . |
| 11 | Yes , I 've always , I 've always understood , understood more recently the reason why that there would always seemed to be enough prisoners , when we know there really must be enough prisoners throughout the world is that the betting procedure and they 're making quite sure they 're the right people takes time and money and effort , erm , that 's part and also there are some areas of the world now , where , where there are n't as many prisoners as there were , there are very few , there are very few prisoners of conscience in Latin America because they do n't put them in prison they just get rid of them , they just disappear and there are practically , practically none from Latin America countries , cos of these , these disappearances rather than being put in prison , erm , but it 's a sort of combination of reasons I think but er quite a long time now , ten , fifteen years I think groups have only had one prisoner , whereas when I first joined and Ann 's there , we had three did n't we at one time ? |
| 12 | I have done my best , but the work takes time and money , and the council wanted everything done straight away . |
| 13 | It takes time and patience to get these quiet slow spoken people to talk ; they must be sure that one is not trying to make a fool of them or mocking them . |
| 14 | That takes time and patience . ’ |
| 15 | But getting fit takes time and commitment and if you 're no spring chicken , you have to take it easy along the way . |
| 16 | But getting fit takes time and commitment and if you 're no spring chicken , you have to take it easy along the way . |
| 17 | It takes time and effort for her to do this : constantly tapping her nose on the typewriter is exhausting , but then so is making her noises understood . |
| 18 | It takes time and effort which might usefully be spent doing something else . |
| 19 | However , it takes time and effort and the action shown in the close-up may have changed or stopped by the time the wide shot begins , so there may be action matching problems . |
| 20 | It was : ‘ If you want my will to be done , it requires you to actually do something ( which takes time and effort ) not just to sit back and expect it to happen ’ . |
| 21 | Developing simulations and practical integrated assignments to create structured learning experiences patterned upon work place tasks , activities and processes which closely match the practices of the workplace , takes time and effort and will probably involve enlisting employers as partners to achieve a truly realistic environment and to utilise the opportunities available in the workplace . |
| 22 | Quite often all the things that parents want to say go out of their heads and it takes time and confidence in their listener to start to explore the greater areas of concern . |
| 23 | It takes time and practice , that 's what Mister Tom had said . |
| 24 | Relaxation , like any skill , takes time and practice to learn . |
| 25 | It can be a difficult process and on that requires time and patience . |
| 26 | The Profitboss believes in effective communications at work and that requires time and effort . |
| 27 | That requires time and effort too . |
| 28 | ‘ I tend to when the same story appears time and time again , ’ she retorted . |
| 29 | Such difficult transition demands time and balance and Romania has a long way to go before it is comfortable with its new identity . |
| 30 | That distracts time and attention into sectors which typically offer lower profit margins than drugs . |