Example sentences of "[verb] to spend a [adj] deal of " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the phenomenal explosion of information science in recent years , the vast increase in publishing costs and the reduction in government grants to educational establishments , librarians seem to spend a great deal of their time these days poring over computer print-outs on library utilization , in order to help them decide where to recommend cutbacks in library service ( e. g. shorter opening hours or reduced service from enquiry desks ) . |
| 2 | These differences led to differing perceptions of their role by the two development officers — in Ipswich the development officer was a little unsure of how she was going to ‘ work in with the existing multi-disciplinary team ’ , whereas in Newham the development officer said she felt she was probably going to spend a good deal of her time negotiating between the different services and ‘ getting them to talk to each other ’ . |
| 3 | As well as maintaining a good posture , women were expected to move with grace , which was the principal reason for dancing lessons A woman attempting to achieve this ideal of beauty needed to spend a great deal of money , and so labouring class women were automatically excluded , even if they were possessed of ‘ natural ’ beauty . |
| 4 | Both the Lord Lieutenant and the Chief Secretary were politicians and had to spend a good deal of time in London attending Cabinet and Parliament ; therefore the Under-Secretary , who was a Civil Servant , was the effective head of British Administration in Ireland for most of every year . |
| 5 | My wife and I were very happy ; we had a house outside the town , though I had to spend a great deal of time in Berlin . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've got quite a lot of hair but it 's fine so , to make it look good , I need to spend a great deal of effort on it . |
| 7 | But some in-laws do manage to get along remarkably well together , even when they have to spend a great deal of time in each other 's company . |