Example sentences of "devote much time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They devoted much time to the investigation and publication of wage rates ( A. L. Bowley was recruited for this purpose ) and investigation of labour conditions , including those in the sweated trades . |
| 2 | Not only did he do stupendous work in many areas of pure mathematics but he also devoted much time to probability , theory of errors , geodesy , mechanics , electromagnetism , optics and even actuarial science ! |
| 3 | In 1904 he sold part of his collection of eighteenth-century English water-colours to ( Sir ) Edward Marsh [ q.v. ] and thereafter devoted much time to his Botticelli studies , from 1905 living mostly in Florence , where he bought and restored an old palazzo , which became the Museo Horne after his death . |
| 4 | He was chairman of the finance committee of the royal jubilee exhibition in Manchester in 1887 , a JP for the city of Manchester and the county of Lancashire for over thirty years , and with his wife ( the daughter of William Crippin of Manchester ) devoted much time to philanthropic and charitable undertakings . |
| 5 | Over the next few years , it is true , both the Eden and Macmillan governments devoted much time and energy to schemes for partial demilitarization , disengagement , or confidence-building measures in the heart of Europe , schemes which were sometimes linked to the question of German reunification . |
| 6 | But the most ingenious theory is from Bishop Auckland historian John Land , who devoted much time to the Eden Theatre 's history and particularly its links with Stan Laurel . |
| 7 | Instead Mr Clinton devoted much time to a nightmare scenario of an America in the year 2,000 , struggling under huge interest payments on an escalating government debt . |
| 8 | Indeed , traditional archivists devote much time and resources to providing users with a description of the administrative framework that gave rise to the generation of a particular record or class of records . |
| 9 | Sociologists and political scientists have devoted much time to developing a variety of theories on the determination of public sector expenditure . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Hence he never bothered to devote much time to Spanish affairs ; wishful thinking and ignorance exposed his views on the value of Spain to a series of disillusionments . |
| 12 | For many teachers the self-appraisal failed to be a major event , either because they were not required to participate in any review activities or because they were unable or unwilling to devote much time to it . |
| 13 | Menshikov could not afford to devote much time to his Finnish duties , but " identified Finland with his own authority " . |
| 14 | The adoption of the idea that housework is a process analogous to manufacturing production led architects to devote much time , in the 1920s , 1950s and 1980s , to studying the logical sequence of work processes in the kitchen . |
| 15 | Also thanked were Robbie Winters , a very efficient bookings secretary , and secretary Margery Harley who devotes much time to the association . |
| 16 | Banks , Harris and Sinclair were probably elected because of their trade-union connections , but precisely because of these existing responsibilities , the first two could not devote much time and effort to what appeared to be a marginal group making little impact . |
| 17 | He need not devote much time to the programme once it is up and running , since most of the work performed by a rehabilitation programme can safely be delegated to nurses , clinical assistants , physiotherapists , occupational therapists , psychologists , dietitians and others . |
| 18 | But er , because we were , see we , I always had a uphill struggle for many years , so that it was n't er , tell you the truth I did n't erm devote much time towards the children , it is their own effort really that er they did very well . |