Example sentences of "have spend a [adj] amount of " in BNC.
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1 | We have had to spend a disproportionate amount of money on marketing and selling . ’ |
2 | Pinza was owned by Sir Victor Sassoon ( who had spent a huge amount of money over many years trying to win the Derby ) and trained by Norman Bertie . |
3 | Last year , the Authority was severely criticised by a Commons Energy Select Committee report which claimed that the nuclear industry had spent an inordinate amount of money on publicising itself . |
4 | These will vary from Compact to Compact but you will be expected to show : a ) that your attendance and punctuality have been consistently good , b ) that you can work reliably at school , c ) that you have spent a specific amount of time on Work Experience , d ) that you have a positive sense of responsibility to your school and the wider community . |
5 | The match will provide Ipswich with a chance to give some of the players who have spent a considerable amount of time on the bench with some badly needed match practice . |
6 | Successful completion of a complex exercise such as this upgrade requires team work and a project team consisting of people from Services Delivery , Technical Services Systems Development and IBM have spent a considerable amount of time over the last few weeks to ensure that the upgrade when ahead without impact on Technology 's customers . |
7 | My position as warden means that I have to spend a fair amount of time in the office , dealing with correspondence and the large amount of information that our fieldwork generates . |
8 | Mind you , the court-going officers still have to spend a fair amount of time attending trials . |
9 | Moreover , there is an absence of facilities for obtaining cards for the meters , so that many people who have to use them have to spend a considerable amount of money on travelling to get hold of cards . |