Example sentences of "more time to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How would you apply the principles of horizontal and vertical equity in deciding how much to tax two people , each capable of doing the same work , but one of whom chooses to devote more time to sun-bathing and therefore has a lower income ? |
| 2 | Although the time spent teaching was said to be similar on most wards , the trained staff on a good ward devoted more time to supervision , practical demonstrations and participation in ward reporting sessions . |
| 3 | Mr. Gow : While recognising the undoubted right of all members of the General Synod to deeply held views for or against the policies of the present Government , would it be helpful if my right Hon. Friend were to point out to the General Synod that its reputation would be enhanced if its members , when in Synod , devoted more time to matters spiritual than to matter political ? |
| 4 | Priorities were changed ; more importance was attached to paid work and hence they were willing to give more time to union affairs . |
| 5 | Primary schools ‘ must devote more time to science ’ |
| 6 | Success allowed Frith to devote more time to leisure and to his family ; he remained a convinced Quaker . |
| 7 | Paul Morris , a Birchfield triple jumper , reckoned that , after he and some others at his Handsworth school dropped some sports in order to devote more time to GCE preparations , the PE teacher reacted angrily : ‘ He thought we were ganging up on him as most of us were black . ’ |
| 8 | Some former social therapy clients describe being asked to inform NAP of their whereabouts at all times so they could be contacted for party activity , or to hand over their children to the party 's care in order to devote more time to politics . |
| 9 | Russia asks for more time to phase out ozone depleters |
| 10 | Russia has asked fellow participants in the Montreal protocol for more time to phase out use of ozone-depleting substances . |
| 11 | She has in recent years been able to devote more time to dressmaking and tailoring — arts which she has perfected to professional standards . |
| 12 | When I saw the potential ability of so many of my opponents and how young so many of them were , I realised that I would have to devote more time to practice than there was in a day just to become a moderate professional . |
| 13 | ‘ We can give more time to patients who are terminally ill in an environment which is purpose built to provide the support they need . ’ |
| 14 | Melba Maggay has left her position as director of the Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture in Manila , Philippines , in order to dedicate more time to writing . |
| 15 | There , he and his fellow students ‘ often gave more time to books than drawing ’ , and his life became an attractive combination of early-morning reading , architectural work in the day , and evenings playing the violin with his father at festivities in and around Bockhampton . |