Example sentences of "spending time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sailing has always seemed like a decent way of spending time to me . |
| 32 | Now while it may be difficult to gainsay the claim that these are the things on which it would be most worth spending time if there was ever no further need to struggle for the basics of human survival and comfort , life seems to be trivialised if culture and personal relations are held up as the be all and end all of what really matters . |
| 33 | Have the best of both worlds by spending time discovering the fabulous sights of Sri Lanka followed by a stay on the superb white sand beaches of the Maldives |
| 34 | They 're a very companionable couple , and enjoy spending time together , they go to political meetings , have the family round , work in their magnificent garden . |
| 35 | Start by spending time on developing a relationship of mutual professional regard . |
| 36 | One line of approach could be to seek out situations where individuals have to choose between spending money and spending time and then study the choices that they make . |
| 37 | Spending time there and in Biella , I have a good balance of values that I like personally . ’ |
| 38 | Somehow he had missed the announcement that Tubby was in command of one of the Dublin Black and Tan units — he had enough to do maintaining the morale and the strictly military role of his own division in Cork without spending time scanning the lists of appointments elsewhere in the country . |
| 39 | As travel becomes easier , more and more young people are spending time visiting relatives in both countries and continuing to sustain and develop their interest both languages and cultures . |
| 40 | While children were spending time on task and on different curriculum areas in similar proportions to those identified in other studies , it was also clear that such figures are by no means inevitable or appropriate . |
| 41 | Suggestions include restoring a 16th-century windmill in Italy , working in a bird sanctuary or theme park in Britain , and spending time on an English Language summer camp in sunny climes . |
| 42 | If I 'd been fitter and actually lived in London it would n't have been a problem but spending 24 hours a week in heavy traffic , being away from home and missing out on spending time with my children just got me down . |
| 43 | Spending time considering that Chemical Dependency might be the true cause of many of these secondary consequences is a better use of the doctor 's time than trying to tidy up the same repeated consequences time and time again . |
| 44 | Lucien enjoyed spending time in his company , but anticipated the day when this flimsy alliance would end . |
| 45 | From now on she tried to avoid spending time with Angel . |
| 46 | Playing with other children , joining group activities , spending time in the park and playground — they 're all important parts of growing up for pre-school children . |
| 47 | Beware of the trap of spending time on long explanations in English on what something is. it may not exist in the other culture . |
| 48 | In the past two weeks he had had enough of being outgoing , talking to strangers , spending time money and love of a sort . |
| 49 | ‘ I had no intention of spending time on a beach when I left London . ’ |
| 50 | Not that he 'd be out of place — on the contrary , he would look entirely at home among the mountains — but the very notion of spending time with him was enough to horrify her . |
| 51 | In short there is no real point in spending time with Memax — it is n't for your machine . |
| 52 | There is no point in spending time on collecting data that means nothing . |
| 53 | The dogs are used to spending time there with him . |
| 54 | It led to employers spending time in filling up forms and trying to ensure that every conceivable expense was lumped together under the heading of training instead of concentrating on the training itself . |
| 55 | It is therefore generally not worth spending time trying to research such purchasers . |
| 56 | Bulgaria 's lack of a democratic tradition and organization was a stumbling block for the main opposition grouping , the Union of Democratic Forces ( UDF ) , which was also seen as striking too negative a tone in its campaign , and as having made a tactical error in spending time campaigning abroad , thus exacerbating the UDF 's image as a party of the intellectual urban elite . |
| 57 | If I 'd been fitter and actually lived in London it would n't have been a problem but spending 24 hours a week in heavy traffic , being away from home and missing out on spending time with my children just got me down . |
| 58 | Staff feedback on the experience has been most positive , particularly on the benefit derived from spending time with people from a different working environment . |
| 59 | With a poem , it is worth spending time thinking about why it has the title it has . |
| 60 | Since other provinces were no better off , policing was a major issue ; but spending time on it impeded the development of representative institutions . |