Example sentences of "[noun pl] spend more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ca n't think what people see in them , ’ he added darkly , referring to the fact that most of the Zoo visitors who came by the Cages spent more time looking at the vultures than they did at African eagles like him . |
| 2 | People did not suddenly rush into the shops to spend more money on books because the Government said that staff had to be paid more . |
| 3 | The package has been devised by Colin McShannon , principal prison officer at Noranside , who hopes it will free social workers to spend more time with prisoners . |
| 4 | This , again , is a point appreciated by Goody : ‘ Some individuals spend more time with the written language than they do with the spoken . |
| 5 | Research by other scientists showed that birds spent more time on the nest and laid more eggs when peckable objects were attached to the wall beside it . |
| 6 | Did it pass resolutions to spend more money and get itself organised to ensure that the police could run themselves properly ? |
| 7 | No wonder , then , that the disc gods spend more time in bickering than in omnicognizance . |
| 8 | Cartwright and O'Brien found that doctors spent more time and discussed more problems with middle-class than with working-class patients . |
| 9 | The recommendation following from this diagnosis is that more attention should be directed to developing these kinds of competence in initial training , not least with regard to teachers spending more time on becoming more skilled and knowledgeable in their own subject specialisms . |
| 10 | The typical user of Ami Pro or Word for Windows spends more time putting in pretty fonts and graphics — and that 's after they 've customized the toolbars and the screen colours and … |
| 11 | Whether such sums are sufficient to enable councillors to spend more time becoming more involved in local policy-making is open to question especially given the ‘ career building ’ problem outlined earlier . |
| 12 | Bakeman and Brown found that mothers of preterm babies spent more time actively coaxing responses from their infants ; that joint communication was more likely to be initiated by full-term babies ; and that the flow of action between the four states was more varied and less predictable among full-term babies and their mothers . |
| 13 | The police , added Mr Cordery , said that , with banks and building societies spending more money on security , other outlets were becoming more of a target for robbery . |
| 14 | Also for creative arts , a weekly period of music and art would be insufficient ; rather , a rotational arrangement should be employed which allowed pupils to spend more time on music , say , for part of two years , with the opportunity for work in art and perhaps drama at other times ' . |
| 15 | Many children spend more time in front of the television screen than they do in the classroom . |
| 16 | The traditional Land-Rover is simply too agricultural to compete against the Japanese , especially as these vehicles spend more time ploughing round town than wading through mire . |
| 17 | It may simply be that more people are taking advantage of higher social security benefits to spend more time searching for suitable jobs . |
| 18 | These enable women to spend more time working for gain , increasing the family income . |
| 19 | Students spend more years on initial training courses than they have ever done . |
| 20 | Instead of concentrating on the lines of the dance — which they will need if they ever dance in Ashton 's Symphonic Variations or Monotones , MacMillan 's Requiem or Bintley 's Consort Lessons — students spend more time loosening up to meet the demands of modern choreographers . |
| 21 | Every time that Labour local authorities spend more money on education or social services Ministers claim credit for the increase in spending . |
| 22 | Comparing long-tailed families , as birds spend more time flying and rely more on aerial agility when feeding , we should expect graduated tails to become less common than streamers . |