Example sentences of "have to spend a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have had to spend a disproportionate amount of money on marketing and selling . ’ |
| 2 | And he had to spend a good part of the campaign explaining that it meant caution and not complacency . |
| 3 | Both the Lord Lieutenant and the Chief Secretary were politicians and had to spend a good deal of time in London attending Cabinet and Parliament ; therefore the Under-Secretary , who was a Civil Servant , was the effective head of British Administration in Ireland for most of every year . |
| 4 | My wife and I were very happy ; we had a house outside the town , though I had to spend a great deal of time in Berlin . |
| 5 | But some in-laws do manage to get along remarkably well together , even when they have to spend a great deal of time in each other 's company . |
| 6 | My position as warden means that I have to spend a fair amount of time in the office , dealing with correspondence and the large amount of information that our fieldwork generates . |
| 7 | Mind you , the court-going officers still have to spend a fair amount of time attending trials . |
| 8 | Moreover , there is an absence of facilities for obtaining cards for the meters , so that many people who have to use them have to spend a considerable amount of money on travelling to get hold of cards . |