31.   Truman played for time by appointing a brains trust of three to advise him.

32.   I tried to pass away the time by reading a magazine.

33.   With mathematical problems, you can save time by approximating.

34.   I hoped to gain time by keeping him talking.

35.   Much to the disgust of some listeners, the speech was interrupted several times by a few people in the audience.

36.   We can save precious time by taking this shortcut.

37.   The annual meeting was attended for the first time by a Soviet delegation led by Viktor Gerashchenko in anticipation of full Soviet membership of the Fund and the Bank.

38.   It was attended for the first time by observers from China and France, neither of which was a signatory of the treaty.

39.   This time by the insertion of a thick filter inside the machine itself.

40.   It is also possible to unwind a futures contract at any time by performing a reversing trade, so futures contracts are generally extremely liquid.