Example sentences of "spend much time " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 What they do n't spend much time on is the way in which you are supposed to approach learning the new skills .
3 Nor do I spend much time listening to jazz .
4 But he did n't spend much time here . ’
5 Although we need not spend much time on it , it is important to be clear that Marxism is atheistic .
6 So really , I do n't spend much time on it at all — five minutes maximum !
7 Feminist psychologists acknowledge that low-status , female-identified traits , like nurturance and sociability , are also important for both sexes ; but they do not spend much time comparing men with women on these traits .
8 Finding no answers , partly because they do not spend much time looking for them , they assume that it can not be true ; the differences must be ‘ sufficiently deep and of sufficient significance to warrant , at least in a literate society , the continued emphasis on schooling and the acquisition of literacy ’ ( ibid . ) .
9 " I do n't spend much time thinking about liking or not liking , " he said .
10 It is a Did you spend much time on that ?
11 As a profession , we in medicine do not spend much time thinking about our philosophy .
12 So do n't spend much time on that .
13 They might spend much time , therefore , patrolling their school and its classrooms , talking with children and offering comment to teachers .
14 ‘ Did you spend much time there ? ’
15 ‘ You do n't spend much time here either , ’ she commented .
16 ‘ Well , I did n't spend much time in Trob .
17 We could spend much time analysing the possible reasons for the failure of classroom multimedia in the 1970s .
18 He died in his studio ; did he spend much time there ? ’
19 Please feel free to comment , I did n't spend much time on it and I 've still got that bloody hangover ! !
20 So this is a digression just gon na whizz through it very quickly , we do n't really need to er , spend much time on it .
21 We will not spend much time on the syllabic pronunciation of these consonants .
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