Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] [adj] 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 | And there 's so much voluntary work to be done if people have got spare time to go and help but , I do n't know whether it 's the sign of the times that people only want to do jobs for monetary gain . |
| 5 | Few divers have spent more time under waters as diverse as the Pacific Ocean and the Red Sea . |
| 6 | Sociologists and political scientists have devoted much time to developing a variety of theories on the determination of public sector expenditure . |
| 7 | It is a tribute to the importance of her personality that her advisers have spent much time on her image . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |