Example sentences of "spent a [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oxford students succeeded , in Fox v Stirk [ 1970 ] 3 All ER 7 , in establishing that they could be resident in their university constituency and thus entitled to qualify to vote notwithstanding that they were also resident in their home constituencies and could qualify to vote there alternatively but this was on the basis that they had a ‘ residence ’ in Oxford where they spent a substantial part of the year . |
| 2 | What seems abundantly clear is that even if there were not the three months ' residence requirement in the case of Northern Ireland , it would still be necessary , in order to qualify to vote , for a person to have there a ‘ residence ’ in which he spent a substantial part of the year . |
| 3 | And provided that he did have a ‘ residence ’ ( or ‘ abode ’ , the concept used in other contexts ) there , in which he spent a substantial part of the year , it would not be necessary for him to be physically present there for the whole three-month period prior to the qualifying date . |
| 4 | A recent study by Professor Pat Carlen shows that of 39 female adult criminals , 22 spent a substantial period of their childhood and adolescence in care . |
| 5 | The price of bread cereals , on which labouring families spent a vast proportion of their wages , fluctuated wildly . |
| 6 | Rembrandt spent a great part of his life in Amsterdam and many of his works were painted in the city . |
| 7 | Karl Llewellyn spent a great part of his life seeking to reconcile legal doctrine and commercial activity . |
| 8 | Soon this mood of despair evaporated under the influence of serene letters from Helen , who flourished among the intimate circle of artistic Bohemian young people — including the poet Charles Dalmon and the actor Franklin Dyall — who lived in Hammersmith and spent a great deal of time at Mrs Logan 's large house which had been furnished and decorated in William Morris style . |
| 9 | I spent a great deal of time and study on it , over half a year , before I was ready to conduct it . |
| 10 | We spent a great deal of time familiarizing ourselves with the music by playing it at subscription concerts and youth concerts . |
| 11 | It seemed to have the knack of attracting some of the most bizarre characters who spent a great deal of the inter-war years building up little empires for themselves with scant regard for any overall espionage policy . |
| 12 | In its initial year the new department spent a great deal of time and energy intervening in the private sector to try to save jobs , especially in the cutlery and engineering sectors . |
| 13 | As my transsexual obsession deepened I was prone to bouts of morbid depression and I spent a great deal of time thinking about suicide ; suicide was almost a twin obsession at times . |
| 14 | He also spent a great deal of time strolling around New York 's back streets observing down-and-outs to see if he could steal anything from them — for the role , that is . |
| 15 | A gentle , flower-garlanded goddess , Lakshmi spent a great deal of her time in contemplating the universe and bestowed gifts of calm and wisdom upon those mortals who sought to emulate her through transcendental meditation . |
| 16 | Arguably the most turbulent priest in the Anglo-Saxon experience , Wilfrid spent a great deal of his mature life entering into and returning from exiles imposed by English kings with whom he had quarrelled . |
| 17 | Wolfgang spent a great deal of time in the company of J C Bach , with whom he struck up a friendship , and who was delighted to engage in amicable improvisation contests on the keyboard . |
| 18 | And while she always spent a great deal of time and money on their Christmas presents , they only ever sent her a packet of scented drawer liners or a box of soap . |
| 19 | ‘ She met all our residents and spent a great deal of time chatting with them . |
| 20 | It was always good , the more so because he spent a great deal of time trapped indoors by his choice of work , a choice governed by his wish to acquire a useful little nest-egg in a relatively short time . |
| 21 | They both spent a great deal of their time and energy maintaining the primatial claims of Canterbury , and neither ever mentioned the papal privileges in support of their claim . |
| 22 | Englishmen who spent a great deal of their time on horseback around 200 hundred years ago liked to bathe and change before dining . |
| 23 | Marrying the widowed sister of Henry I , he was created Earl of Huntingdon , and before becoming king spent a great deal of time in the land and company of his brother-in-law . |
| 24 | He spent a great deal of time on the telephone and he was often out of the house on various missions , not returning until late at night . |
| 25 | Being unmarried and childless she was unaware that many quite normal women spent a great deal of time talking to and feeding people whom they would not , themselves , have chosen to entertain . |
| 26 | I spent a great deal of time with housemasters ( see Chapter 22 ) and hence I became interested in the kinds of problems they encountered and began to follow-up the children I saw regularly in their offices . |
| 27 | He spent a great deal of time in the yard below with the carpenters and masons who were making the pageant cart for the coronation procession . |
| 28 | He spent a great deal of time in similar situations , seeking gold or demons or distressed virgins and relieving them respectively of their owners , their lives and at least one cause of their distress . |
| 29 | He spent a great deal of time in his efforts certainly for this trade union and in recruitment where he works , he 's made it not hundred percent , hundred and ten percent and is constantly , er , recruiting constantly recruiting . |
| 30 | He spent a great deal of time inexpertly milking complaining cows , only to feed most of the milk to the pigs . |