Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [verb] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet Barclays and Lloyds have spent much time and energy privately rubbishing Switch , in efforts to promote their own debit cards . |
| 2 | I am still firmly of the belief that both leagues need to spend more time in improving their product . |
| 3 | British banks have had less time than their American counterparts to develop clear strategies towards property . |
| 4 | As the focus of the Bretton Woods institutions has moved across the Atlantic to central Europe deep-seated fears have arisen that time , resources and energy will be diverted from the economies of the southern hemisphere . |
| 5 | People tend to invest more time deciding on a house purchase or what car to buy than deciding what to do with their lives and how to develop themselves . |
| 6 | Albertina Sisulu Elderly people need to take more time over love-making and be less ambitious . |
| 7 | Other researchers , such as Clarricoates ( 1978 ) and Stanworth ( 1981 ) , found that teachers tend to spend more time talking to boys , and that they have more difficulty remembering girls ' names . |
| 8 | Few divers have spent more time under waters as diverse as the Pacific Ocean and the Red Sea . |
| 9 | Sociologists and political scientists have devoted much time to developing a variety of theories on the determination of public sector expenditure . |
| 10 | It is a tribute to the importance of her personality that her advisers have spent much time on her image . |
| 11 | Men tend to spend more time analysing their own thoughts and motives , and reflecting on others ' behaviour . |
| 12 | The former frequently ask ‘ Is this right ? ’ or ‘ What do I do next ? ’ , whilst younger pupils seem to spend more time showing him what they have found out . |
| 13 | In fact , by the time they reach the age of 18 , most children have spent more time in front of the TV set than at school . |
| 14 | Ring-tailed Lemurs tend to spend more time on the ground . |
| 15 | Such has been the pace of South Africa 's re-entry into the world arena that Rhodes and his team mates have had little time to be overawed by the situation , which for a youngster from a small town in Natal is quite remarkable . |
| 16 | Health units have found that over the past two years nurses have taken more time off sick with qualified nurses taking an average of 14 days off each year . |
| 17 | If the politicians flunk change this time , the issue of electoral reform will return to haunt them . |