Example sentences of "time [verb] be spent [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although a lot of research has been devoted to understanding negative emotions such as anxiety or depression , very little time has been spent on finding out what makes people happy . |
| 2 | Where there are attendance notes on the file to show accurately how much time has been spent on a particular task then that time will be allowed on taxation . |
| 3 | If adequate time has been spent at the design stage , the construction of files holds few major problems . |
| 4 | Er well er a l a lot of my time has been spent in another context er as Secretary of er Residents Against the Motorway which is er an all-party thing er but we 've er we 've also taken some action as er a political party as well in that er fairly early on sixth of July ninety two er we we wrote to er Nick Harvey who is er MP who is our Transport Spokesman er and we gave him some er initial details er of the scheme er to which he er replied erm reminding us of what we knew already which was the Lib Dems ' transport pali policy in application to roads . |
| 5 | Her 40-year career began at Whitby , but nearly all that time has been spent in Teesside hospitals , including senior positions at Middlesbrough General , Poole and North Ormesby . |
| 6 | Now in this respect , of course , twenty-five years is rather a short time in the life of a university , and a good deal of this time has been spent in building up a research base , and now , as you mentioned in your erm remarks a few moments ago , Andrew , we have an enviable research record in a very wide range of disciplines . |
| 7 | A great deal of money and time had been spent by the 13 political associations in their efforts to win approval from the government-appointed National Electoral Commission ( NEC ) . |