Example sentences of "[verb] much time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They devoted much time to the investigation and publication of wage rates ( A. L. Bowley was recruited for this purpose ) and investigation of labour conditions , including those in the sweated trades . |
| 2 | Not only did he do stupendous work in many areas of pure mathematics but he also devoted much time to probability , theory of errors , geodesy , mechanics , electromagnetism , optics and even actuarial science ! |
| 3 | In 1904 he sold part of his collection of eighteenth-century English water-colours to ( Sir ) Edward Marsh [ q.v. ] and thereafter devoted much time to his Botticelli studies , from 1905 living mostly in Florence , where he bought and restored an old palazzo , which became the Museo Horne after his death . |
| 4 | He was chairman of the finance committee of the royal jubilee exhibition in Manchester in 1887 , a JP for the city of Manchester and the county of Lancashire for over thirty years , and with his wife ( the daughter of William Crippin of Manchester ) devoted much time to philanthropic and charitable undertakings . |
| 5 | But the most ingenious theory is from Bishop Auckland historian John Land , who devoted much time to the Eden Theatre 's history and particularly its links with Stan Laurel . |
| 6 | Instead Mr Clinton devoted much time to a nightmare scenario of an America in the year 2,000 , struggling under huge interest payments on an escalating government debt . |
| 7 | This is not to say that she has much time for the developers ' current products . |
| 8 | Its aim was to bring into ‘ one easy and concise view ’ what might be of use to those ‘ hindered by other avocations from bestowing much time in the study of this delightful and innocent work ’ . |
| 9 | It has been known for a tough roadman-sprinter to control the race in these big hills , not to lose much time on the Ballon , then rejoin the leading group , dominate them on the long downhill run into Mulhouse and win the stage . |
| 10 | Few writers , however , wasted much time on theoretical justifications of this sort . |
| 11 | COSE being such a last orders affair , they were n't given much time at the time they were asked , apparently by Sun Microsystems Inc . |
| 12 | ‘ The first chapter was enough , ’ snapped Mrs Frizzell indignantly , glad that she did not have to explain that she did not give much time to reading . |
| 13 | The school librarian can save the Prestel graphics on screen and add school information on to pages , thus saving much time in the creation of graphics . |
| 14 | So are the members of the Shropshire TEC board , who also run demanding businesses yet give much time to developing the TEC and working towards what it is trying to achieve , especially for young people in Shropshire . |
| 15 | Time spent in careful planning at the beginning of a test can make the test more efficient and economical and save much time in its execution . |
| 16 | Although we need not spend much time on it , it is important to be clear that Marxism is atheistic . |
| 17 | So really , I do n't spend much time on it at all — five minutes maximum ! |
| 18 | It is a Did you spend much time on that ? |
| 19 | So do n't spend much time on that . |
| 20 | Please feel free to comment , I did n't spend much time on it and I 've still got that bloody hangover ! ! |
| 21 | So this is a digression just gon na whizz through it very quickly , we do n't really need to er , spend much time on it . |
| 22 | We will not spend much time on the syllabic pronunciation of these consonants . |
| 23 | Whether there is any social morality or justice in such a system is not a matter which the detectives are given to question ; nor do they spend much time in reflecting on why some dubious property acquisition is outside their terms of reference , or what the relationship is of such practices to the maintenance of position and power . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , I did n't spend much time in Trob . |
| 25 | ‘ No , he 's not got much time for anything but work . |
| 26 | I have n't got much time for Egon Ronay . |
| 27 | no we ai n't got much time for pinting have you ? |
| 28 | I had n't got much time for him and he knew it ! |
| 29 | No I should n't think the Chinese have got much time for that sort of approach to life . |
| 30 | She said if he ca n't come out to the children And he has good as told her that he had n't got much time for children , visiting children . |