Example sentences of "spend a [adj] amount of " in BNC.

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1 Doubtless he will spend a certain amount of his time enjoying himself .
2 ‘ I do n't spend a massive amount of time away from my family .
3 For example , a pupil who is mastering literacy and numeracy with few difficulties will spend a considerable amount of time in the ordinary classroom , but another may need a good deal of specialised help and be at a stage of going to only one or two lessons daily in the fully integrated situation .
4 Given philosophy 's interest in the foundations of human knowledge it is not surprising that it should spend a considerable amount of its concern with science , the form of human knowledge which has achieved so much .
5 Although now Friday night , he will spend a considerable amount of time sorting the samples and equipment for his Northern trip next week .
6 They would spend a disproportionate amount of time moving between feeding areas and , in the bleak heights of the Rocky Mountains , there is little time to spare .
7 Not surprisingly , he spent a considerable amount of space vilifying the enemies of Islam .
8 During the weekend he spent a considerable amount of time in the nursery .
9 And in fact at the greenbelt plan inquiry er er I I spent a considerable amount of time arguing on the issue of prestige sites and the availability of prestige sites within the greater York area already planned and available .
10 It spent a fair amount of time in the Lake District this summer , filling in glaring gaps in my climbing education , and this charming campsite in Borrowdale , wit its renowned swimming hole , had proved a successful base .
11 Given the sheer size of his patch , David spent a fair amount of time travelling .
12 As it 's turned out , it 's not efficient because the the ray dome spent a tremendous amount of time moving from one country to the other , there 's no doubt about that and before production we would want to see that particular nonsense removed and the whole thing made a lot more efficient , but for one or two development batch ray domes then you know , they 'll just have to learn from that lesson .
13 These will vary from Compact to Compact but you will be expected to show : a ) that your attendance and punctuality have been consistently good , b ) that you can work reliably at school , c ) that you have spent a specific amount of time on Work Experience , d ) that you have a positive sense of responsibility to your school and the wider community .
14 It is not only the child of a broken marriage who feels this , but even when , sadly , one parent has died or spent a considerable amount of time in hospital .
15 The match will provide Ipswich with a chance to give some of the players who have spent a considerable amount of time on the bench with some badly needed match practice .
16 Fourthly , carers who were managing to retain full-time jobs often spent a considerable amount of money each week on substitute care , it statutory day care services were not adequate .
17 Successful completion of a complex exercise such as this upgrade requires team work and a project team consisting of people from Services Delivery , Technical Services Systems Development and IBM have spent a considerable amount of time over the last few weeks to ensure that the upgrade when ahead without impact on Technology 's customers .
18 Pinza was owned by Sir Victor Sassoon ( who had spent a huge amount of money over many years trying to win the Derby ) and trained by Norman Bertie .
19 The council is still spending a fair amount of its budget on tourism .
20 In ordinary circumstances the family contemplating spending a considerable amount of money would probably spend some time shopping around getting quotations .
21 While these items closely reflect developmental research on the child 's mastery of two-word utterances , it seems unlikely that even an experienced therapist or teacher would be able to complete the checklist without spending a considerable amount of time with each individual child being assessed .
22 All of a sudden several unpleasant consequences of spending a large amount of time alone with fitzAlan , without so much as a spit-boy for chaperon , rose forcibly to her mind .
23 However , the rewards of spending a significant amount of time with your offspring brings great spiritual benefit .
24 There 's no point in us spending a horrendous amount of money on the site if we 've no control over it . ’
25 By contrast , an effectively constituted team will move through each of the stages , spending a maximum amount of time in the ‘ performing ’ stage ( see Figure 5.4b ) .
26 Says Bartle : ‘ We demonstrated that you do n't need to spend a vast amount of money for advertising to work and be successful .
27 To return to the shareholder example , having raised the point that it is in shareholders ' interests to ensure their returns are reasonable , it logically follows that there will be an incentive for them to spend a certain amount of time and money finding out about the firm 's activities and performance .
28 So many people have an interest in this topic and would therefore expect us to spend a good amount of time on it .
29 Even today the emigrant returning for a visit is expected to spend a fair amount of money entertaining family and friends .
30 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 .
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