Example sentences of "of [noun] ' 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 The supply of coal seemed so vast that no one was willing to concede the possibility of exhaustion in the near future , and in the twentieth century oil began to offer a new source of energy that the scientists and engineers of Jevons ' time had not anticipated .
6 Treatment along similar lines in groups can be a means of making the maximal use of therapists ' time ( Temple and Catalan 1977 ) .
7 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 .
8 What do you hope to be doing in a couple of years ' time ?
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 I imagine in a couple of years ' time , Bud 's gon na have a lot of trouble with him .
12 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 .
13 With the tournament due to start in a couple of weeks ' time they would soon be past the point of no return .
14 Well he it wo n't it wo n't get done for a couple of weeks ' time then you 'll say
15 And like , I 'm doing the Changeling in a couple of weeks ' time
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 The Herods of Jesus ' time and before were Idumaeans , and that accounts partly for why so many Jews despised and hated their rule .
19 This is why the experts of Jesus ' time criticized him for healing the sick on the Sabbath , accepting social outcasts , or infringing the fine points of the law .
20 He wanted more of DeFries ' time as well and the more DeFries saw things going on that he did n't like , the less time he wanted to put in to both of them .
21 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 .
22 Only one estimate included consideration of patients ' time , which biased the ranking of this procedure downwards in the league table .
23 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 .
24 The products alone cost many millions , to which the cost of professionals ' time should be added .
25 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 ) .
26 The percentages of pupils ' time recommended by Munn for the various subjects are shown in Figure 10.3 .
27 The difficulty here is the shortage of MPs ' time and perhaps energy .
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