Example sentences of "[det] [prep] their time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I get there the impression that Northallerton spend half of their time in staff meetings so I 'd be surprised |
| 2 | Many animals prefer to spend all or some of their time near the bottom . |
| 3 | There is little evidence to support such explanations , which are insulting to women in that they are viewed as faulty biological mechanisms which spend some of their time malfunctioning . |
| 4 | Children with a very severe mental or physical handicap can spend some of their time at special schools or residential centres , but once they reach adulthood facilities are often no longer available . |
| 5 | This is the best frequency to use under pack ice , where fin whales spend some of their time ; it also penetrates well through the open ocean . |
| 6 | And I 'd been wondering whether like I could perhaps persuade him or his boss , the professor to come along and talk to us , and let , some of their time is very full , and to them time is money . |
| 7 | They could devote only very little of their time to the affairs of the BDDA , and until 1922 even had to pay their own expenses . |
| 8 | As for the goal of flexibility , grouping can be distinctly double-edged , permitting teachers to concentrate as much or as little of their time on particular children or particular curriculum areas as they wish . |
| 9 | There , an Inspector Fusco pleads for men to be returned to beat patrol from community projects , for these he realizes are ‘ an admirable aspiration , until one starts to notice that community involvement officers come to work to spend much of their time in track suits or jeans and tee shirts , and some grow longer hair and beards and mix with the locals ’ . |
| 10 | Very few Branch collecting sheets appear without the names of many cadets , and it is a great encouragement to know that so many are prepared to give up so much of their time to help the Association . |
| 11 | Today they spend much of their time flying to conferences , of which there are an unending supply , particularly those associated with the environment . |
| 12 | Some gave themselves fierce noms de guerre , ‘ Rambo ’ and ‘ El Negro ’ , as if their only purpose was fighting for its own sake , though even that purpose was largely wishful thinking ; much of their time was spent hanging round in the camps , doing nothing . |
| 13 | He hopes that the discussion will not take up too much of their time , but assures them that their advice and guidance will be of great importance . |
| 14 | East European military attaches and trade missions spend much of their time buying up every sort of book and technical journal and visiting every trade fair around Europe and America . |
| 15 | Without wishing to detract from the impact of the number of dogs put to sleep weekly by the RSPCA , it must be realised that this number would be much higher if vets themselves did not also spend much of their time carrying out euthanasia . |
| 16 | The natives roam their rather less than spectacular slopes in huge gangs , effectively blocking off one tract of mountain from the next so that foreigners spend much of their time waiting for detached companions . |
| 17 | Members of groups , especially those in their formative years , find themselves thrown into unnaturally close contact with one another , squashed together in the backs of uncomfortable vans night after night , obliged to eat , live and even sleep together for much of their time . |
| 18 | On windsurfers children are particularly quick learners since they spend much of their time messing about on boards , and in the process find out how to handle their boards and rigs in a number of unorthodox positions . |
| 19 | Obviously the leaders of major organisations can not spend much of their time in schools , but their occasional visits would complement the very valuable support which can be given on a regular and consistent basis by businesses and people who work within them . |
| 20 | The refugees have stripped the surrounding hills almost bare , and spend much of their time collecting branches . |
| 21 | Like the cancer causing retroviruses , the nomads spend much of their time inside chromosomes at various locations in the main body of the DNA : however they often re-form as plasmids to cruise aimlessly about the nucleus . |
| 22 | When she had subsided , and we had recovered from our surprise at this outburst , we asked her whether the small and large hominids were strictly savannah species or whether they spent much of their time in forests . |
| 23 | When the boys had been placed in good schools , William and Isabella spent much of their time travelling in Britain and Continental Europe . |
| 24 | The working cats spend much of their time outside chasing birds and rodents , or challenging rival cats , and are wonderfully relaxed when they do , at last , come indoors for a saucer of milk or a snooze by the fire . |
| 25 | As a result , they spend much of their time sitting down in the thick layer of muck which can inflict burns to their hocks and breasts , and they may also develop ulcerated feet . |
| 26 | Obviously the younger members of the family became too enthusiastic about it all because Grandfather Tallentire threatened a different kind of stop if they carried on spending so much of their time playing and talking about music . |
| 27 | Many children need to spend much of their time with the group in physical activity out-of-doors , and a teacher supervising them can help to develop their experiences and language , so that she feels her time is being used just as profitably out-of-doors as within the confines of the classroom . |
| 28 | The women actually had rather strong ties , since they spent much of their time doing household tasks communally outside . |
| 29 | None the less , both sexes spend much of their time in pairs or small groups , doing largely as they please : playing , fishing , catching butterflies for sale to traders , and so on . |
| 30 | Unlike many carnivores , for whom a single meal a day is often sufficient , herbivores have to spend much of their time eating . |