Example sentences of "[prep] spending [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | according to Turner , many migrants arrive in the city and , after spending a short time in the wretched conditions of the slums , decide to improve their living standards by moving to a squatter settlement . |
| 2 | Whenever I talk about these things anywhere in the country , I find that people who have been burgled or mugged , or have had items stolen from their vehicles would much prefer the young man or woman who committed the crime to do something to compensate or repay them instead of spending a brief time in prison , with all the disadvantages that that involves . |
| 3 | It is worth spending a little time to ponder the significance of this . |
| 4 | This is a crucial and extremely innovative part of the Highlander education ‘ system , ’ and it is worth spending a little time stressing the importance of this . |
| 5 | As a general principle , every so often it 's worth spending a little time relating words to their root , either the immediate derivation ( fanciful — fancy , variety — vary , especially — special ) , or etymologically ( hippopotamus , fee , salary , window ) . |
| 6 | As the errors remain instructive , it is worth spending a little time considering what went wrong . |
| 7 | The Government try to justify their claims about a minimum wage on the grounds of what it might to do employment , so it is worth spending a little time on the reasons why we shall insist on introducing it , and the rationale behind that . |
| 8 | It is worth spending a little time explaining why . |