Example sentences of "devote [adv] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first I could not devote so much time to the orchestra but by the early 1960s I was coming to a position where I was able to be with the orchestra a very great deal , working for eight or ten days at a time on concerts , records , and films . |
| 2 | But it is sobering to reflect that Bowes could devote so much time and energy to assembling his huge collections , a task that preoccupied him for many years , without apparently caring that a main source of his wealth , coal , was blighting lives and blighting the countryside . |
| 3 | If training officers themselves are not common , staff who can devote as much time as they would like , to training , ( whatever their title ) appear to be very rare indeed . |
| 4 | 10 With a machine , the learner may devote as much time as he wishes to practice . |
| 5 | Now I find that in entertaining three people I can not quite devote as much time to the two ladies as I would like to , perhaps you could assist me . " |