Example sentences of "devoted [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't have changed places with my father 's new children who , although they were five and seven , still seemed to smell of damp nappies and regurgitated milk , but I used sometimes to wonder what I would have been like if he had devoted similar time to me and not left me entirely to the women . |
| 2 | In recent years we have devoted substantial resources to reorganising our education systems in the UK and we see this continuing . |
| 3 | The Pentagon was obsessed with the Atlantic and had devoted inadequate attention to the problems of the Pacific . |
| 4 | Conversely , the offspring of wealthy , middle-class , high achievers whose parents have devoted enormous energy to their careers may find this orientation unappealing and choose to devote minimal energy to career goals , often to the distress of their parents . |
| 5 | Historians , economists and other observers of Japan have devoted considerable efforts to locating the Occupation-initiated reforms in the context of Japan 's phenomenal advance into the world economy . |
| 6 | Charles had devoted considerable thought to this subject . |
| 7 | ‘ I have studied this manifestation for many years and have devoted considerable thought to it . |
| 8 | The school has devoted considerable thought to improving facilities for musical tuition in keeping with its proud record . |
| 9 | In the Third World , he had devoted considerable energy to developing special relationships based on French aid , cultural links , and a mutual commitment to the principle of national independence . |
| 10 | She had always devoted considerable time to patient observation of her surroundings , her staff and humanity in general and , now , her assessment of women 's needs and desires precisely matched the throwback mood of the Seventies . |
| 11 | This is especially true of certain psychiatric writers who , drawing on the concepts of psychodynamic psychology , have devoted considerable attention to the nature of the creative process and , in the course of doing so , have expressed an opinion about the idea . |
| 12 | In an effort to avoid any financial contact with South Africa , the GLC had devoted considerable attention to its pension fund and the way it was managed . |
| 13 | Researchers in the adult literacy campaigns in England have devoted considerable attention to these features of writing and have pointed out the possible practical consequences of imprecise layouts and unconsidered presentation of text . |
| 14 | In recent years the probation service has devoted increasing resources to supervising the more serious and persistent offenders . |
| 15 | Over the past few years the media across Europe have devoted increasing attention to what is often sen as an upsurge of political activity by ordinary citizens . |
| 16 | Peter Fallon , owner of the Gallery Press and Katherine 's literary agent , says of Dr Kavanagh : ‘ Because he 'd devoted certain energies to Patrick , he acted as if the man were entirely his . |