Example sentences of "of his time to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thomas Lovell Beddoes ( 1803–49 ) had an obsession with death , and devoted much of his time to polishing his dramatic poem , Death 's Jest-Book , which was published after his death . |
| 2 | But he would give generously of his time to such organisations as the British Council , helping to audition young people with ambitions to dance . |
| 3 | One person may wish to dedicate more of his time to other pursuits and therefore accept the authority of a reasonably just and competent government over a whole range of issues regarding which another may prefer to decide for himself , and be willing to invest the time and effort it takes to enable himself to decide wisely . |
| 4 | Even Isaac Newton ( 1642–1727 ) , although not directly influenced by Joachim , devoted much of his time to the correlation of prophecy , history , and the end of the world . |
| 5 | He is alive and well , devoting much of his time to encouraging and supporting other AIDS sufferers in their quest for life . |
| 6 | But he gave much of his time to them and showered them with expensive gifts . |
| 7 | Although one lists other interests in his life like Bolton Wanderers Football Club — frankly he devoted 99% of his time to his work . |
| 8 | Haig was made an earl in 1919 and after the war devoted much of his time to organizing the British Legion and to work on behalf of disabled ex-servicemen . |
| 9 | Before the Vancouver summit with Boris Yeltsin , the Russian leader , he was devoting a third of his time to the summit agenda . |
| 10 | HAVING run for office promising to reinvent everything from health care to youth training , Bill Clinton is now devoting most of his time to reinventing his five-month-old presidency . |
| 11 | In all , between 1773 and 1790 , he is reckoned to have spent £30,000 of his own money and to have devoted a third of his time to his crusade to record and improve prison conditions . |
| 12 | He devoted very little of his time to seeing foreigners . |
| 13 | In that case the plaintiff , Dr. Roy , had begun an action in the Queen 's Bench Division against his family practitioner committee seeking , amongst other things , payment of part of his basic practice allowance which had been withheld by the committee , following their decision that he had failed to devote a substantial amount of his time to general practice as required by the relevant regulations . |
| 14 | This allows the cathedral organist to devote most of his time to directing the choir , whilst the assistant or scholar provides the organ accompaniment . |
| 15 | Thus provided with a steady income , he was able to devote much of his time to aeronautical experiments and other scientific pursuits . |
| 16 | During 1787 and 1788 Ainslie devoted the greatest part of his time to preparing his great map of Scotland . |
| 17 | At Woolwich Dobbie joined a group of the Plymouth Brethren and devoted much of his time to Sunday school and soldiers ' welfare work . |
| 18 | He must devote some of his time to administrative , consultative or post-operative duties too . |
| 19 | Now that he has retired from full time teaching , Guisborough-based John Brelstaff is able to devote more of his time to painting and has been able to resume the work left off when he left the Slade in the mid-Fifties . |