Example sentences of "[vb infin] more time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't need more time in this chilled room . |
| 2 | Nancy appreciates that others might need more time than she takes , to absorb and follow her instructions . |
| 3 | It could be that your husband has announced his intention to spend his retirement playing golf or on some other activity which , for one reason or another , excludes you , and you would welcome more time spent together . |
| 4 | ‘ We can give more time to patients who are terminally ill in an environment which is purpose built to provide the support they need . ’ |
| 5 | I 'll retire , of course , but I 'd like more time to lay my plans . |
| 6 | In this way you will spend more time on the important part , i.e. finding the lift and getting centred quickly . |
| 7 | Mr Waldegrave should next spend more time explaining how the reforms will help put patients first . |
| 8 | After a few weeks the foal gains sufficient confidence to start establishing friendships with other foals , and as the weeks pass it will spend more time with them , and less with its mother — unless it is frightened , and then it will dash back to her side for security and reassurance . |
| 9 | Horses paddocked on a hillside will normally spend more time running along the higher boundary than the lower one — they need to get to the top of the hill for visual freedom . |
| 10 | If parents do not find time for such training they will spend more time scolding and correcting at a later stage . |
| 11 | When people adept at hypnosis sit quietly with their eyes closed , they may spend more time sending out alpha waves than people who are ‘ bad ’ hypnotic subjects . |
| 12 | There 's no job in the industry I covet above my own , but I dearly wish I could spend more time designing and less on paperwork . |
| 13 | Athletics is the most successful sport in Britain and we should spend more time talking about that . ’ |
| 14 | MICKEY ROURKE 'S wife CARRIE OTIS has turned down a £500,000 cosmetics deal so she can spend more time with her hubby … |
| 15 | It does , however , spend more time than chimpanzees in trees , from which it occasionally drops branches onto predators . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't know if that shifty old man of mine is ever goin' to be a credit to 'is fam'ly ; I do n't know there 's any man that can spend more time doin' nothing than Archie can . |
| 17 | creating opportunities and providing conditions in which teachers can spend more time working together , sharing problems , commenting on each others ' performance , and collaborating in curriculum planning . |
| 18 | Given the way the literature has developed , we shall spend more time here on the idea of value-based pricing — charging prices in proportion to value of the service to the user on a multiproduct basis . |
| 19 | She could spend more time by the pool , thanks , perhaps , to a long-forgotten act of collaboration with the Nazis . |
| 20 | The fees for a fuller report are , of course , higher than for the society 's valuation report , because the surveyor will spend more time both inspecting the property and preparing a fuller report suitable for your needs . |
| 21 | And they 're not coming back for their education ; they 're coming back for the support that Arbour gives them , so they may spend more time with Monica in the nursery looking after the baby and gradually they 'll move back into the classroom in their own time and get back to their exams . |
| 22 | Later he has the android 's brain upgraded so it can cope with hunting expeditions and personal meetings , even Cabinet discussions with the Emperor present , all so that he can spend more time dallying with the princess . |
| 23 | I would spend more time in Aunt Emily 's except that Dora does n't like it . |
| 24 | Instead of attacking the Prison Officers Association , the Government should spend more time ensuring that the money and resources are available that will enable the prison service to work ; otherwise , the result will be the wanton destruction that occurred atStrangeways . |
| 25 | I wish that we would legislate less and would spend more time considering what we do . |
| 26 | It is a pity that we can not spend more time just looking at some of the issues — for example , clause 28 , which is quite important — which affect adult education . |
| 27 | We should spend more time trying to bring whatever expertise we may have to bear on the subject in question . |
| 28 | She always had so many places to go and so many people who wanted to see her that he felt cruelly his own stolid boringness , and was not surprised that she did not spend more time with him . |
| 29 | Perhaps they should spend more time concentrating on protecting interests of workers than promoting constitutional debate within the Party . |
| 30 | What , what we need to do we 've got a handout for you on this so you can spend more time looking at yourself , or what you need to do is you need to compare your scores against those rather than just take the highest one . |