Example sentences of "much time and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly some of the largest companies think so — those such as Forte , Allied Lyons , Grand Metropolitan , McDonalds and Kentucky Fried Chicken spend much time and money developing brands which they are now franchising . |
| 2 | ‘ It would be extremely sad to see this railway go to the wall , after so many volunteers have put in so much time and money to keep steam travel alive in Hampshire . ’ |
| 3 | The price of cobalt soared and the industry suddenly had to pour much time and money into redesigning the magnets in loudspeakers , using less expensive ceramic materials instead of cobalt . |
| 4 | ‘ My policy saved me so much time and money , ’ he says . |
| 5 | Reveals a source : ‘ Chris reckoned he deserved the best as he was spending so much time and money in the place . ’ |
| 6 | Many local authorities are issuing court summonses and spending much time and money trying to persuade them that the poll tax has not been abolished and that it will be with us next year and possibly the year after . |
| 7 | The pattern is that an innovative company , after spending much time and money on a technically successful development embodying new technology , puts a first generation product on the market . |
| 8 | The pattern is that an innovative company , after spending much time and money on a technically successful development embodying new technology , puts a first generation product on the market . |
| 9 | Torquay were given too much space and too much time and striker Adrian Foster made the most of it . |
| 10 | There can be no doubt that much time and skill would have been required to produce such an ornate and complex piece of metalwork ; the investment required was no doubt matched by the importance of the person for whom it was made and with whom it was buried with coins dated AD 622–629 at Sutton Hoo ( Brown 1981b ) . |
| 11 | OO am and would have saved several people much time and hassle . |
| 12 | You ca n't afford to give goalscorers like Gary Bennett too much time and space . |
| 13 | So much time and thought was spent in working these out and building up a satisfactory order of phases . |
| 14 | We could have saved ourselves so much time and grief . |
| 15 | The slow business environment there was cited as a reason for closing while director Lawrence Salander felt that too much time and input was required of him and his partner in order to get the project up and running . |
| 16 | Pasta is quick to prepare , and provides a substantial , tasty meal without too much time and effort . |
| 17 | His older colleague , a veteran IBM-er , notes that the store 's big challenge will be to provide enough information to the inexperienced buyer without expending too much time and effort . |
| 18 | The talent he has encouraged and given much time and effort to , includes the 1986 Club Champion , 20-year-old Simon Barrington who was twice Junior Champion ; Michael Orris , the Joint Course record holder and County Alliance player ; Guy Phillips , still 17 , the Junior Champion and Captain ( handicap 5 ) and who whilst competing in the Daily Express Ford qualifying round at Royal Mid-Surrey in 1986 played to level par and went on to play in the finals in Spain ) ; Henry Bareham , also handicap 5 , who played for English Schools and Graham Booth , the Thames Valley League Junior Champion . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It has saved much time and effort in the long run . |
| 21 | the task is so vague and ill defined that there is a strong possibility that subordinates or others will waste too much time and effort trying to decide how they should proceed . |
| 22 | It is not long , however , before the reader realises that in investing so much time and effort in a small number of individuals . |
| 23 | I have felt considerable moral pressure to take part in organisations helping people with AIDS/HIV , especially when I meet those apparently unaffected by the disease giving so much time and effort to those who are . |
| 24 | This is why all those scientists have given so much time and effort to such apparent trivia as Fermat 's Last Theorem and the advance of Mercury 's perihelion . |
| 25 | It may seem risky to start investing so much time and effort to obtain a better quality of life for a person at the margin of coping , but once the framework of social care planning has been established other aspects of social work and health service provision can be woven in . |
| 26 | For several years , in the late 1960s and the early 1970s , sociologists seemed to spend as much time and effort arguing about how they should be thinking about and studying the social world as they did in actually doing research . |
| 27 | The money was n't the problem though , the real pisser was investing so much time and effort for zero return and knowing we deserved more . |
| 28 | A comprehensive study ( although highly desirable ) would involve much time and effort , and is outside the considerations of this thesis . |
| 29 | Imagine how much time and effort would be required if each speaker had to establish the denotation of each term he produced on each occasion of use . |
| 30 | Much time and effort is spent on getting the front page to look inviting . |