Example sentences of "spend a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see I could n't spend a hundred hours on a painting and only ask that amount of money . |
| 2 | I 'm gon na spend a hundred quid on music on Saturday . |
| 3 | If we were then to get to a position like Dorset County Council , who have no debts , they of course can spend a hundred percent of the money they realise from assets . |
| 4 | For if he considers himself in some small way a specialist , not only can he spend a good proportion of his time teaching what he likes and probably , therefore , understands better , but he also has more of a chance of keeping up to date on his chosen subjects , particularly if he has support , as many of the teachers I observed had , from local subject advisers , associations or selective in-service programmes . |
| 5 | Or they may even spend a good sum of money on refurbishing a suite of rooms with no apparent requirement of reward other than perhaps the naming of the rooms in acknowledgement . |
| 6 | Even though , as readers of the fabliaux , we may spend a good deal of time smiling at the preposterous ingenuity of gross deceptions and misdeeds — in other words things that are generically wrongs in terms of conventional Christian morality — we have already seen that substantial elements of positive Christian spirituality and conventional morality are widely represented amongst the French fabliaux . |
| 7 | On that thought , a streak of fairness smote Fabia and she became guiltily aware that , since he must spend a good deal of his time cooped up in his office , it was no wonder that he wanted to enjoy his walks without any prying journalist asking the ‘ whys and wherefores ’ of everything . |
| 8 | One of the things that came across was that the average sixteen year old leaving school this year in the U K will spend a million pounds in their lifetime . |
| 9 | THE Queen Mother 's consultant was today deciding whether she should spend a second night in the hospital where she was taken with a throat problem . |
| 10 | Erm I do n't think we can spend a long time considering them , it 's just if people bear me whisking through them our brains . |
| 11 | Doubtless he will spend a certain amount of his time enjoying himself . |
| 12 | The field officer , after all , has the power to make a discharger spend a substantial sum of money . |
| 13 | As our winner , you and a friend will spend a relaxing weekend at Cedar Falls . |
| 14 | Finally he would spend a great deal of time in preparing people for membership and in visiting members although here he could be helped by the deacons and stewards . |
| 15 | A qualified homoeopath will have studied for at least three years and will spend a great deal of time in compiling a detailed history of the patient , including character , antecedents , likes and dislikes and so on . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's very difficult to replace that sort of quality , particularly by clubs who do n't spend a great deal of money . |
| 17 | ‘ You work all over the place , and you must spend a great deal of time away from home . ’ |
| 18 | He would spend a great deal of time trying to fit in fresh pieces only to find that most of them did n't belong to his picture . |
| 19 | ‘ Other cities ’ experience show conferences are an excellent way of bringing in visitors who will spend a great deal of money in the city . |
| 20 | I could spend a great deal of time extolling the history of the two countries . |
| 21 | Where I could also spend a great deal of time talking about our common enemies , our mutual friends and some of the similarity and our aims for world peace and again , I 'm gon na leave that for the statesmen and the politicians . |
| 22 | Yes , he 's always jumping on me to tell me to do more for local radio and get South East Arts and South East Arts clients more regularly in contact with local radio , and I must admit on the latter case I do think that many of our clients do spend a great deal of time and erm want to be active with local radio . |
| 23 | We do n't spend a tremendous amount on it . |
| 24 | If he refers it to the Court of Appeal , Courtney may well spend a proper period in jail . |
| 25 | These would spend a larger proportion of their incomes and so net savings would be reduced . |
| 26 | But he did not spend a single night in the river valley , preferring to return to his camp in the desert . |
| 27 | Devotees of the 81-year-old broadcaster can spend a delightful evening with Johnners at Colchester Arts Centre on Thursday . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't spend a massive amount of time away from my family . |
| 29 | The professor will normally be allowed to retain his full stipend during any term of sabbatical leave provided that ( a ) he will spend a considerable part of his leave in advanced study or research ; ( b ) he will give up all teaching and administrative duties in Oxford other than examining and graduate supervision ; ( c ) if after taking account of any loss of normal sources of income and any gain of income from new sources ( less any additional expenses associated with new activities ) , he is in a better financial position than if he had not taken leave , he will forgo from his stipend such sum as will leave him in approximately the same financial state as if he had not taken leave . |
| 30 | For example , a pupil who is mastering literacy and numeracy with few difficulties will spend a considerable amount of time in the ordinary classroom , but another may need a good deal of specialised help and be at a stage of going to only one or two lessons daily in the fully integrated situation . |