Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The length and content of the course has changed many times since the last war , and several high-ranking officers are updated each year . |
| 2 | Can the right hon. Gentleman explain why the Department of Transport , whose budget has increased three times the rate of that of the Scottish Office , can find £1.5 billion for additional railway improvements in the south of England , but can not find £80 million to electrify the Edinburgh-Aberdeen railway line ? |
| 3 | The funding of the Energy Efficiency Office in my Department has risen 10 times since the Government took office in 1979 . |
| 4 | In addition , the Japan-Scottish Business Club has met 4 times in SCDI 's office in Glasgow and 5 Scots have participated as guests of JETRO in Japan Study Programmes . |
| 5 | As they approached , Corbett realised the fortifications of Earlston were a square tower of pleasing proportions within a stockade or peel which Corbett had seen many times on his journeys into Scotland . |
| 6 | She was taking a gamble , already Hari had spent precious time and materials making footwear that might never be bought and paid for . |
| 7 | Williams designer Patrick Head said the car had absorbed 25 times the energy of the 20mph control crash tests each F1 car has to be put through . |
| 8 | And more often than not , out of the sun would come the yellow-nosed Messerschmitts , long before our fighters had had sufficient time in which to gain their best operational height . |
| 9 | The gangs had clashed many times . |
| 10 | Yet Barclays and Lloyds have spent much time and energy privately rubbishing Switch , in efforts to promote their own debit cards . |
| 11 | The Dallas daily says that General Motors and General Electric have met several times in recent months to examine ways to increase their influence over the likes of IBM Corp , Compaq Computer Corp , Dell Computer Corp and Apple Computer Inc , quoting executives involved in the talks and industry analysts and the pact could create a consortium with a requirement as many as 100,000 desktop personal computers annually . |
| 12 | The past three months have proved difficult times for community mental health care policy . |
| 13 | Lineker has appeared 45 times for England and scored 29 goals ; Bull has played for 60 minutes and scored one , a smartly taken opportunity against Scotland in May . |
| 14 | And the column has come three times , each time in the late afternoon . |
| 15 | Saunders has scored eight times and Villa have n't lost a game since his £2.3 million move from Liverpool . |
| 16 | Please could you let me know i ) if the council has set any time limit on these protracted negotiations and if so what it is and ii ) when planning consent is given will it apply from the date the original application was approved or the date the conditions were approved . |
| 17 | The manufacturing sector has grown 21 times in real terms since 1960 , increasing from a 17.6% share of the economy to 26.9% in 1991 . |
| 18 | ‘ This telephone has rung four times in this house since it was installed in January , and the first call brought us news of the Glasgow Ribbon Society , the Fenian Dynamitards destroying the Tradeston gas-works in which my poor husband has substantial interests . |
| 19 | The travellers knew some of the stories , for Tara had met many Time Travellers , and the tales had echoed back . |
| 20 | Henry , the Marquess of Flaxton had known hard times . |
| 21 | a lady 's bid this time at thirty pounds . |
| 22 | Over the past year Alastair has spent more time cycling , putting in up to 150 miles a week . |
| 23 | The Italian Team has won nine times in the past ten years , but this year the British Army Team ran them a very close second . |
| 24 | Any attempt to produce the letter for the first time at completion should be resisted and completion delayed until the purchaser has had adequate time to consider the disclosures . |
| 25 | The lower part of the iris of the eye reflects a brilliant green colour which the author has tried many times to capture on film , without success . |
| 26 | Walter Last has spent some time developing a system for cutting the compound angles on the segments for his turning |
| 27 | The manner of his election was dubious in the extreme ; Gallus had spent much time at the court of Theuderic , but at the time of Quintianus 's death he was in Clermont ; while the citizens were trying to decide on a new candidate the Holy Spirit descended on Gallus , according to his relative Gregory , and on the advice of his uncle Inpetratus he set off and presented himself to Theuderic , who authorized his consecration . |
| 28 | Fortunately the rain had ceased some time during the night . |
| 29 | Since then , senior representatives of General Motors , Ford and Chrysler have met several times administration officials led by the president 's science adviser , John Gibbons , and Deputy Secretary of Commerce-designate John Rollwagen . |
| 30 | British banks have had less time than their American counterparts to develop clear strategies towards property . |