Example sentences of "of time [vb past] to " in BNC.

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1 Marshall had taken to calling it the rumour factory because a disproportionate amount of time seemed to be wasted on chatter .
2 Comparison with teaching in a traditional classroom course of the same length of time led to the use of CAI for all the SCORPIO training .
3 She went back to her sleeping-bag , with the feeling that a lot of time had to be got through before Jasper came home to her .
4 Their lifestyle contains all the ingredients that for us make up ‘ the good life ’ — plenty of time devoted to playing , socialising , and making love .
5 However it should be emphasized that nominal responsibility is not necessarily indicative of time devoted to training .
6 Even formal titling is not necessarily indicative of time devoted to training .
7 It was interesting to note that the responses to the CRUS question as to whether a member of library staff was designated as training officer also indicated that title held is not necessarily indicative of time devoted to training .
8 Neither does it mention the research and testing that can follow or the amount of time devoted to theoretical and documentary investigation .
9 As adults , the only activity which rivals TV-viewing ( in terms of time devoted to it ) is sleeping .
10 Generally speaking , however , different intervals of time tended to be thought of as separate discrete units .
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