Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [det] time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lots of men I know are prepared to take some time ensuring their children 's food is fresh and safe , once they understand the issues . ’ |
| 2 | If a long time is spent teaching pupils how to present work and arguments neatly , insisting on underlined headings , dates , and sharp pencils , there are going to be problems convincing them that rough work is valuable and that you are prepared to spend some time looking at it . |
| 3 | Character oozes from it , and I am content to spend some time studying its many features before I set up a rod . |
| 4 | I was thinking it would be nice to spend some time travelling with someone else , to share the strain but , as we entered the darkness which had me constantly glancing up to check the shadow of my bag , my only companion was the bearded , dark-eyed twin who stared back at me from the occluded window . |
| 5 | First , they were able to spend more time looking at the characteristics of the turbulent environment outside the plant and exploring the implications of specific developments for their operation . |
| 6 | It is impossible to spend much time teaching Johnny to read if you have a budget of £500,000 ( $980,000 ) to worry about . |
| 7 | First , although it may not take very long for a trained and experienced therapist to analyse a transcript using LARSP , the procedure itself is relatively technical and is likely to take some time to learn from scratch ( Connolly 1979 ) . |
| 8 | No examiner who has a pile of scripts in front of him is likely to spend much time trying to decipher an unreadable word or sentence . |