There's a metaphor which I love living like a drawing compass.

Can I borrow your scissors?

May I borrow this book?

May I borrow your bike?

Tell me the more exact time.

May I borrow this CD?

Can I borrow your tennis racket today?

Can I borrow your car tonight?

But this is not a time for defeatism.

You may borrow this book as long as you keep it clean.

In order to keep to the time scheduled, I will confine myself to essential points.

You may borrow this book as long as you keep it clean.

Sami asked Layla if he could borrow more money.

The hard wiring metaphor dominates contemporary moral language.

This is not the time to renege on those commitments.

I shall therefore make only a few additional comments while remaining within the proposed time limit.

More often, the reason relates to the time taken up by council activities.

Tom asked Mary if he could borrow her English textbook.

Contemporary history is the span of historic events that are immediately relevant to the present time.

I reply emphatically that it is not.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I thank the Prime Minister of Malaysia for abiding by the time limit.

As thirty six is the square of six, it therefore acted as a metaphor for numerous strategies .

To help speakers to manage their speaking time, a timing mechanism has been set up at the rostrum from which they will speak.

The things that kids will say when you ask them and take the time to listen is extraordinary.

This is not a good time for political parties, especially those with traditional orientations.

Now, however, is not the time to freeze out Pakistan, despite the seeming chaos.

TOULOUSE Europe s holiday month of August is no time for serious politics.

For now, there do not exist special programs of social protection directed towards women from the rural areas.

The dose of radiation to the conjunctiva is controlled by the time that the plaque is left in contact with the surface.

I simply wanted to ask a question with regard to the time that will be allowed for delegations to make their national interventions during the general debate.

Despite the enormous time demands upon the Commission Council, the centrality of the special procedures system makes it necessary to ensure the allocation of more time.

In literature, a conceit is an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem.

A misleading figure of speech has been applied literally to unleash a real war on several fronts, including Iraq, Gaza, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Somalia.

The black swan metaphor suggests that these events reflect difficulty in correctly assessing risks in complex systems.

Vygotsky introduced the notion of zone of proximal development, an innovative metaphor capable of describing the potential of human cognitive development.

In this regard, special attention should be given to the time cost methodology developed by ESCAP.

During a trip to the continent last week, I heard one that captures very well the key dynamic in Europe today.

Hanna begins to teach herself to read, and then write in a childlike way, by borrowing the books from the prison library and following the tapes along in the text.

But the war metaphor also carries inevitable connotations that, when applied to terrorism, are misleading and counterproductive.

Unfortunately, the American public accepted uncritically the war metaphor as the obvious response to 9 11.

People like Josh and Steve are continuing to layer information upon information, real time information, Tweet it and text it onto these maps for all to use.

I have never been heavily involved in partisan politics, but these are not normal times.

Instead, the war metaphor continues to define the US response and that of several of America s allies.

We can escape it only if we Americans repudiate the war on terror as a false metaphor.

Of course, global citizenship will always be a metaphor, because there will never be a world government administering a worldwide political community.