Example sentences of "spend a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Councils can spend a quarter of their capital receipts from council house sales however they want . |
| 2 | Darlington Tory candidate Michael Fallon said Labour could spend a quarter of the £1m in borough council coffers on housing , but also had outstanding debts for constructing council properties . |
| 3 | they might have a , they might spend a bit of time topic , but they want , they 're just looking at you know variations in |
| 4 | The outfit Madonna is wearing costs £340 , and Browns of South Molton Street , London , are the only stockists of it in England but , with a bit of confidence , you can spend a fraction of that . |
| 5 | After that I 'd spend a couple of hours on the script . |
| 6 | During the period of the award the lecturer will ideally spend a period of 6–12 months industrial placement at one of the BP Chemicals manufacturing sites or research laboratories . |
| 7 | I wish I had shown her more affection , although I did spend a lot of time collecting scraps of sheep 's wool off the barbed wire for her to put round her corns . |
| 8 | Inside , where they will spend a lot of time in this northern climate , the zoo has thoughtfully specified sleeping cubicles , scramble nets , climbing ropes and in particular , their log climbing frames . |
| 9 | Like Eddie Bleasdale , Xionics 's chairman , Mike Bevan , is keen that his firm should concentrate on new products , rather than spend a lot of time setting up mechanisms for producing and selling goods in massive numbers . |
| 10 | He was mean of temper , ever ready for fisti-cuffs with all and sundry ; was fond of gambling on horses , dogs and cards ; would spend a lot of money drinking with his mates ; but would begrudge paying his small contribution to the upkeep of our home . |
| 11 | They got on very well , nothing homosexual I do n't think , but they did spend a lot of time together . |
| 12 | So did you spend a lot of time in the mirror doing that ? |
| 13 | There was a sort of bird sanctuary on an island in the middle of the lake and I 'd spend a lot of my time watching the comings and goings of the inhabitants . |
| 14 | Technology director of ICL operations Steve Sowery says the company spent a lot of time and will spend a lot of money on positioning the new ICL range . |
| 15 | You can spend a lot of money and still achieve a very poor result . |
| 16 | We often have lunch , although we do n't spend a lot of time socialising . |
| 17 | Then we would move to a training ground in the foothills of the Alps at Canjuers , where we would spend a month away from the regiment and the barracks , and learning the basics of fieldcraft , tactics and shooting , and where we would spend a lot of time living outside as self sufficient soldiers . |
| 18 | When you 're doing that you can actually spend a lot of time on pictures . |
| 19 | I mean I use things like Money Management , and they 're quite useful , erm but er you do n't need to erm er spend a lot of time looking round . |
| 20 | I bought exactly what I wanted and I did spend a lot of money , but I enjoyed doing it and had fun . |
| 21 | You do spend a lot of time on the radio telephone . |
| 22 | Apart from indicating status , each church represents perhaps the most important local focal place for any settlement , and we might spend a lot of time studying it in our local research . |
| 23 | This is difficult stuff I 'm not gon na spend a lot of time on this because it 's covered on various other courses as well . |
| 24 | ‘ I adore Ingrid , but I do spend a lot of time making love to her in the Baron and a man needs a change . |
| 25 | There 's no denying it , if you do n't spend a lot of cash , you go down . |
| 26 | Although Mr Morris will spend a lot of time in the chair presiding over debates … with custom dictating that he will no longer vote or speak in the chamber … his new duties go far beyond that . |
| 27 | Although Mr Morris will spend a lot of time in the chair presiding over debates … with custom dictating that he will no longer vote or speak in the chamber … his new duties go far beyond that . |
| 28 | Many countries do spend a lot of money on military arsenals so that they can invade and terrorise other countries . |
| 29 | He was gon na spend a lot of money converting it back to right hand drive and I said it 's air conditioned and everything in n it ? |
| 30 | like it you know , you , you can spend a lot of bloody money just to try and improve |