Example sentences of "much time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's Iris 's turn to call us really but , but I , I did think about Iris earlier and I should really phone just to see how your dad is , Bobby because it 's really up to her just to see about the weekend and much times that I 've phoned the hospital recently . |
| 2 | How much time to I need to give ? |
| 3 | There is not much time for academic work , though some courses include lectures on theatre history . |
| 4 | Whether there is any social morality or justice in such a system is not a matter which the detectives are given to question ; nor do they spend much time in reflecting on why some dubious property acquisition is outside their terms of reference , or what the relationship is of such practices to the maintenance of position and power . |
| 5 | Leonard also had a little room in the basement in which a piano was kept , where they spent much time together . |
| 6 | They do this because they are not as quick as the opposition and want to give themselves as much time as possible to play the ball , no matter that they also give the other player more time . |
| 7 | The great thing about drilling is that it can be fun , but remember not to spend too much time on one particular drill , since boredom can easily set in and have a disruptive influence . |
| 8 | Much time was spent in the formulation of rules to lay down the alignments and éaulements which would best display each movement from the audience 's point of view . |
| 9 | Nevertheless every choreographer creating this kind of romantic ballet today has to spend much time creating the proper gestures to replace the words , which in such ballets are never spoken but must be understood . |
| 10 | Brunel of course was deeply involved in the completion stage of the massive ‘ Great Eastern ’ — the largest ship the world had so far seen , and could not devote quite as much time to the project as the others . |
| 11 | Neither the captive nor her would-be liberator wasted much time complaining : these were the rules of the game , and the two of them could only be patient . |
| 12 | Yet Barclays and Lloyds have spent much time and energy privately rubbishing Switch , in efforts to promote their own debit cards . |
| 13 | Administrative support is inadequate , so that inspectors spend too much time on routine , low-level , clerical tasks . |
| 14 | Mr Young does not have much time for fancy patterns with three dimensional ‘ fiddly ’ bits . |
| 15 | Mr Liljeros has maintained that too much time has passed to make it possible for Mrs Palme to point out her husband 's murderer . |
| 16 | The field-worker was able to spend as much time in the field as the principal investigator thought necessary , and no restrictions were placed on her going out on patrol , travelling in vehicles , or going to incidents of routine police duty . |
| 17 | Neighbourhood police are supposed to spend as much time as possible per shift walking their beat , even taking tea-breaks at some appropriate place on the round , returning to the station only for their main meal break and when a criminal , such as a shoplifter , is apprehended , although this is rare . |
| 18 | The calculations are , as you will see from the examples in this guide , simple to make and should not take much time . |
| 19 | If a family held a small amount of land and was in a village with a large number of households , its strips could be so small and scattered that too much time was spent in travelling between strips . |
| 20 | He continued to conduct retreats : the old students at Cuddesdon , clergy at Pleshey in Essex , the Franciscans at Cerne Abbas in Dorset , the nuns at Whitby ; probably he was the first archbishop in the history of the see to make so much time for such days of peace , even though , for the conductor , they were days of intellectual and emotional effort . |
| 21 | He said to one of his chaplains that Ramsey spent too much time theologizing up in York instead of tackling problems practically . |
| 22 | History knows a cynical law : that in all lands politicians dislike ecclesiastics who interfere and therefore , when influencing who is to be a new bishop , prefer not to have bishops too practical and too effective ; and a respectable way of having ineffective bishops , the only respectable way , is to have otherworldly bishops , who live to God and spend much time in prayer and are not well informed on matters of this world . |
| 23 | Bands spend too much time chasing A&R personnel and other industry figures , and not enough time chasing punters , developing a following and creating a ‘ buzz ’ . |
| 24 | Ideally , all that needs to be said can be said in an hour , and if you think the journalist is genuinely interested in your work , try to give him or her as much time as required — it is appreciated . |
| 25 | Mrs Thatcher did not have much time for the body and abolished it after the election victory in 1983 — an example perhaps of her dislike for so-called ‘ professional ’ advice that purports to be above party politics . |
| 26 | A party leader who hopes to reach 10 Downing Street has to devote much time to party management , and policies and appointments have to be made with an eye on the reactions of party factions . |
| 27 | It is a tribute to the importance of her personality that her advisers have spent much time on her image . |
| 28 | I think you 've got to be fair about how much time you give the family . |
| 29 | I had so much time to look at him I can hardly believe it still , pushing the trolley , standing up in Nibs 's clothes . |
| 30 | Less sleep is needed by the elderly , but the habits of a lifetime might not be changed automatically , with the result that individuals retire earlier than necessary and too much time is spent in bed . |