Example sentences of "[noun] have [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 British banks have had less time than their American counterparts to develop clear strategies towards property .
3 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 .
4 Few divers have spent more time under waters as diverse as the Pacific Ocean and the Red Sea .
5 Sociologists and political scientists have devoted much time to developing a variety of theories on the determination of public sector expenditure .
6 It is a tribute to the importance of her personality that her advisers have spent much time on her image .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
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