Example sentences of "[v-ing] much time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its aim was to bring into ‘ one easy and concise view ’ what might be of use to those ‘ hindered by other avocations from bestowing much time in the study of this delightful and innocent work ’ . |
| 2 | Specialized apparatus , which formerly had been made for specific purposes in the laboratory where it was required , could be obtained from manufacturers of scientific instruments , saving much time and labour . |
| 3 | The school librarian can save the Prestel graphics on screen and add school information on to pages , thus saving much time in the creation of graphics . |
| 4 | I 'd done about four sitcoms one after the other , and I was n't getting much time to do theatre which I really wanted to do . |
| 5 | As well as their daily pint of fresh milk taken in one form or another , if they can be encouraged to cook themselves some fresh green and root vegetables several times a week , so much the better , but these menus are designed primarily for old people who dislike spending much time on the preparation of their food and are unlikely to be persuaded past a certain point of effort . |
| 6 | It was only after he went into hospital that I started spending much time with him , because we knew his illness would run a rapid course . |
| 7 | It did n't take her long to realise that he could n't really be spending much time here . |
| 8 | Now Tom was managing the manor farm , Dolly was spending much time at the dairy there . |
| 9 | Many local authorities are issuing court summonses and spending much time and money trying to persuade them that the poll tax has not been abolished and that it will be with us next year and possibly the year after . |
| 10 | The pattern is that an innovative company , after spending much time and money on a technically successful development embodying new technology , puts a first generation product on the market . |
| 11 | The pattern is that an innovative company , after spending much time and money on a technically successful development embodying new technology , puts a first generation product on the market . |
| 12 | Just because even though they do n't talk very much any more and stuff and he probably has n't been spending much time with her , |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't regret not having much time to pamper myself in the bathroom , as the inclination is n't there . |
| 14 | The result was a fusion of Czechs and Slovaks with neither having much time for the other . |
| 15 | I started not having much time for the French and the Walloons , which is to say the French-speaking Belgians , when I found myself among them in 1944 . |
| 16 | Not only was there an imperative to respond to threatened attacks by diverting much time , energy , and , above all , money into defence , principally into the building of urban fortifications and castles ; when the raids occurred the defenders ' means of production ( crops , fishponds , mills , barns ) were among the prime targets for destruction , so that their economic capability was seriously undermined . |