Example sentences of "deal of time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compared to political leaders in other states , British Prime Ministers spend a good deal of time in the legislature . |
| 2 | The Stotherts have invested a great deal of time in their house . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're spending a good deal of time in New York now , Mark . |
| 8 | But some in-laws do manage to get along remarkably well together , even when they have to spend a great deal of time in each other 's company . |
| 9 | Wolfgang spent a great deal of time in the company of J C Bach , with whom he struck up a friendship , and who was delighted to engage in amicable improvisation contests on the keyboard . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Marrying the widowed sister of Henry I , he was created Earl of Huntingdon , and before becoming king spent a great deal of time in the land and company of his brother-in-law . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He spent a great deal of time in the yard below with the carpenters and masons who were making the pageant cart for the coronation procession . |
| 15 | He spent a great deal of time in similar situations , seeking gold or demons or distressed virgins and relieving them respectively of their owners , their lives and at least one cause of their distress . |
| 16 | He spent a great deal of time in his efforts certainly for this trade union and in recruitment where he works , he 's made it not hundred percent , hundred and ten percent and is constantly , er , recruiting constantly recruiting . |
| 17 | Will my right hon. Friend and his Department therefore spend a great deal of time in the next six months talking to our friends the Portuguese through the Portuguese presidency , so that they may adopt a sensible policy which we can then follow ? |
| 18 | Tithonus spends a great deal of time in the poem reflecting on the past . |
| 19 | ‘ But the machine saves a great deal of time in that it automatically produces statistics and its print-outs clearly show patterns in the absences . |
| 20 | He spent a good deal of time in his satires , presenting himself as a satirist — unplaced , unpensioned , no man 's heir or slave he proudly describes himself as he tells us that he 's willing to lash out at even the most eminent public figures . |