21.   A few days ago Alcala was uncertain if he would play against Montana, having missed some practice time to spend precious time with his mom.

22.   A full-time college program, even one so liberally laced with dance as this, might seem to be a waste of precious time to a developing professional.

23.   A hurricane warning sets specific evacuation and emergency management measures into motion, affording local authorities precious lead time.

24.   A previous chief of protocol I shall not name did a wonderful job, donating precious time.

25.   Accepting his supporting-actor statue after a standing ovation, Michael Caine used his precious time to pay homage to each of the nominees one by one.

26.   But is there anyone who has not wasted precious time on an IRT train going nowhere, or even lost money by arriving late for an important appointment?

27.   But precious time is saved by having the rub sitting in a box in your pantry, waiting to be applied.

28.   But prolonged delay is dangerous, giving Iraq precious time to build biological or chemical weapons without being detected.

29.   But the deal with McNeil has cost Raisio precious time.

30.   But the firearms industry executives who assembled there in February spent precious little time admiring the scenery.