Example sentences of "good deal of time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the artists in La Boheme , Aggie and Sprugg — Deverell 's two winos - spend a good deal of time play-acting , in an operative sort of way . |
| 2 | Compared to political leaders in other states , British Prime Ministers spend a good deal of time in the legislature . |
| 3 | Had you said this first instead of producing emotional gush about the hospital 's welfare , we could have saved a good deal of time . |
| 4 | The librarian continues to base selection and stock revision programmes on catalogue records which are no longer accurate , and wastes a good deal of time searching for books which are no longer in circulation . |
| 5 | Both the Lord Lieutenant and the Chief Secretary were politicians and had to spend a good deal of time in London attending Cabinet and Parliament ; therefore the Under-Secretary , who was a Civil Servant , was the effective head of British Administration in Ireland for most of every year . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're spending a good deal of time in New York now , Mark . |
| 7 | A brief look at the content of the women 's programme gives us a flavour of how homosexuality was represented : a good deal of time was devoted to an interview with Steve , a prospective female-to-male transsexual ( displaying a common confusion with homosexuality and transsexuality ) . |
| 8 | A good deal of time and intelligence has been invested in the exposure of racism and the horrific results on its objects . |
| 9 | This was not quite so convenient for her , and she spent a good deal of time travelling back and forth in her carriage . |
| 10 | As a fellow Australian and all-round boozer , Flynn took a tremendous liking to Finch , and , not surprisingly , they spent a good deal of time drinking together . |
| 11 | Constanze was to spend a good deal of time over the next two years at Baden , where her husband often visited her . |
| 12 | It will cover many kinds of shaping for a huge variety of subjects and once learned will save you a good deal of time in making up and garment fitting . |
| 13 | The other thing they say , if they 're Terrans , or actually , especially if they 're not , is , Well , you must have spent a good deal of time on Good Old Mother Earth . |
| 14 | Film historians have spent a good deal of time debating the significance of the gangster films and attempting to relate them to the whole ethos of the Wall Street crash and the onset of the depression . |
| 15 | The Authority spent a good deal of time trying to persuade such Boards to avoid deficits by raising tariffs to remunerative levels , but commercial disciplines were inevitably weakened by such dual responsibility and ad hoc decisions . |
| 16 | Unlike the Jakob cats , Griselda spent a good deal of time out of doors . |
| 17 | On the whole , radio stations are friendlier places than TV stations and have a good deal of time to fill with non-controversial general interest material . |
| 18 | And , of course , you should also be prepared to spend a good deal of time in looking out the everyday facts as well , those bustles and bonnets and antimacassars and plush tablecloths . |
| 19 | Inaccessible public transport systems have meant that a good deal of time and resources have gone towards enabling people to travel to and from meetings . |
| 20 | Many cathedral and other choirs spend a good deal of time on making recordings , and derive from them a modest but useful income . |
| 21 | The relatively young old person is free to contribute a good deal of time , energy and experience to voluntary action , and large numbers take advantage of retirement or reduced family responsibilities to increase their participation . |
| 22 | In most day units , whatever they are called , attenders normally spend a good deal of time chatting to other attenders or sitting about watching the world go by , doing nothing very much . |
| 23 | It was not disputed that teachers ought to be aware of the relation between educational success and failure and the language children being to school , or that some teachers need to give a good deal of time to the study of reading . |
| 24 | It took a good deal of time for me and it to get together . |
| 25 | ‘ At my age you do n't need much sleep by night , and I spend a good deal of time sitting by the bedroom window , smoking my pipe and watching the sea … |
| 26 | I have spent a good deal of time trying to improve cost-efficiency without detracting too greatly from the service you enjoy , and I trust this is an acceptable compromise . |
| 27 | She spent a good deal of time in the kitchen and bullied Dora into showing her how to make bread and pastry ; she would take cookery books up to her room and study the methods of jam making and preserving fruit and vegetables . |
| 28 | Although the intensive system of subject assessment takes up a good deal of time , it has been well received by these two centres . |
| 29 | If you are to be awkward then my mother will not know where she stands for a good deal of time . ’ |
| 30 | The hon. Member for Sedgefield spends a good deal of time travelling up and down the country proclaiming his devotion to training and enterprise councils . |