Example sentences of "[adj] deal of time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a subtle critic may well save us a great deal of time , pain and trouble in the learning , for he can set us aright at the outset , and by his example rather than by his assertions show us how to avoid admiring that which is unworthy . |
| 2 | Because my plants are packed in so tightly I spend a great deal of time trimming and tying . |
| 3 | The Stotherts have invested a great deal of time in their house . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course , all this takes a great deal of time and money . |
| 5 | What Charles said in major speeches which he put a great deal of time and thought into , seldom went farther than the four walls he spoke within . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In his school career , Gazzer had given a great deal of time , energy , and thought to getting round various people , to making sure that they did not take out their boredom , frustration or spite on him , the most obvious victim , the smallest and puniest boy in the class . |
| 8 | ‘ I can hardly be expected to have a great deal of time for gardening , ’ she said , ‘ I am forced to pay out money for gardening help . ’ |
| 9 | My wife and I were very happy ; we had a house outside the town , though I had to spend a great deal of time in Berlin . |
| 10 | I spent a great deal of time and study on it , over half a year , before I was ready to conduct it . |
| 11 | It will certainly take a great deal of time . |
| 12 | We spent a great deal of time familiarizing ourselves with the music by playing it at subscription concerts and youth concerts . |
| 13 | But she also spends a great deal of time walking and studying , in the day , at night . |
| 14 | She said carrying the water up from the well had taken a great deal of time which , when I saw her filling the bucket , I was not surprised since she lowered the rope slow enough to make me fall asleep watching . |
| 15 | Finally he would spend a great deal of time in preparing people for membership and in visiting members although here he could be helped by the deacons and stewards . |
| 16 | Another form of game which has become popular among teachers other than drama teachers has been ‘ simulation ’ , where elaborate game structures are set up usually involving a great deal of time and application in order to teach some specific subject-matter about the civic planning of motorways , starvation in the Third World or executive decision-making in industry . |
| 17 | The old male remains loosely attached to the harem and spends a great deal of time caring for his infants . |
| 18 | Arthur Bennett was a builder and house decorator , living in Croydon , England , who devoted a great deal of time and energy to the study of the Scottish flora . |
| 19 | The problem is that since West Germany also spies on its neighbour , a great deal of time is taken up with swopping convicted spies back and forth across the border . |
| 20 | Her father had always had a great deal of time for the Sally Ann . |
| 21 | He would point out that scientific projects need a great deal of time to come to fruition , and premature publication of , er , data can damage progress . |
| 22 | We spend a great deal of time talking at children . |
| 23 | Both parents were able to devote a great deal of time to their son , walking with him in the park or going for carriage drives , sometimes as far as La Malmaison , for which Napoleon III had a special affection because of its links with his mother and grandmother . |
| 24 | All this of course took up a great deal of time and delayed the completion of Robyn 's thesis on the nineteenth-century industrial novel , which had to be constantly revised to take the new theories into account . |
| 25 | His nature had been over-mature and he had been focused so much on his career that he had never had a great deal of time for his family . |
| 26 | The secondary school to which they went on would then have an accurate record of what they could do , and could save a great deal of time at present wasted in the transition from one school to another . |
| 27 | The areas involved are very large and it will take the oil companies a great deal of time and money to cover them . |
| 28 | A qualified homoeopath will have studied for at least three years and will spend a great deal of time in compiling a detailed history of the patient , including character , antecedents , likes and dislikes and so on . |
| 29 | Since foxes are basically nocturnal animals it takes a great deal of time and patience to shoot a fox , and also a good shot at close range . |
| 30 | I said I thought a great deal of time was taken up with Committees . |