Example sentences of "[vb infin] too [det] time " in BNC.

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1 I did n't really need too much time to think about it , I just instinctively knew .
2 You have to plan each meal to make sure both that the patient has a well balanced diet , and that you do not spend too much time and energy on journeys to and from the kitchen .
3 Or — as is very common — do you spend too much time worrying about what other people think of you ?
4 Top management might spend too much time in maintenance of the organisation ( ie with problems of administration ) and lose sight of their primary tasks of setting objectives and planning for the future .
5 Do n't spend too much time on what is n't .
6 2 Do n't spend too much time correcting one individual or just saying " NO " .
7 They actually do n't spend too much time looking at the screen , they 're actually using dumb terminals to enter data very quickly .
8 The first thing and these are statistical problems that we wo n't spend too much time on them but just make sure they are our error term in this equation , right , is no longer a random error term it 's dependent on it 's value in the previous period right , cos B T actually represents U T minus sumfunction of E T minus one right .
9 ‘ Getting back to more important matters , we 've only a limited supply of food and water , so I do n't think we dare spend too much time here .
10 and then gradually try and re do n't , do n't spend too much time trying to reconstruct the past because that , you know , you just get further and further behind with the present stuff so you know kind of try and at least make sure that , you know , maybe if you get a job you wo n't be able to go to all the classes but at least make sure you , you are in contact with somebody who has that you can get notes off every time , you know , that erm oh hello
11 What 's good about this is that it does n't take too much time .
12 As well as that , ’ said Taliesin , ‘ it would take too much time to explain , and time is what we have n't got . ’
13 We want to help , as long as it does n't take too much time or effort , or make us too obsessive and puritanical .
14 That way Miss Danziger wo n't have too much time to consider the implications . ’
15 ‘ I gather you did n't have too much time , sir , for the selection and careful matching up of clothes .
16 Miss Armstrong , 35 , felt the extra work would mean too much time away from her family in Scotland , a GMTV statement said .
17 The memo continues by stating that if the group who were to be part of the first squadron returned by road , they would waste too much time and should therefore be flown back to collect the new vehicles and supplies needed at Kufra .
18 the task is so vague and ill defined that there is a strong possibility that subordinates or others will waste too much time and effort trying to decide how they should proceed .
19 Some students find that it helps them to make a brief précis of the situation , though you should n't waste too much time in writing out points which you already have set down in front of you .
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