The doctor devoted a great deal of effort and the patient recovered.

A considerable amount of time and effort have been spent already.

You need to be able to do something with it.

These are not risk takers You spent so much time with other people, you spent so much time trying to get people to like you,

It's a dead world.

living in these countries.

He devoted much time to study.

He devoted a lot of time to study.

(Laughter)

Charles and Ray were a team. They were husband and wife.

Many of the supplies and aid you see are the result of my efforts.

Right now we spend three billion hours a week playing online games.

Trying to.

I tried.

Allan... ( sighs ) ...I've tried.

He put a lot of time and effort into preparing for the exam.

They did not want to spend much time talking about it.

He did do it.

The company spends a lot of money on advertising.

I do not want to exert myself in vain.

Oh, not a quitter, Mr. Walker.

I tried!

I tried.

Well, it was worth a try...

We spent a lot of time looking for a parking lot.

Why? Because now the builders loved it even more. (Laughter)

A student spends a lot of time studying.

Students spend a lot of time playing.

Many efforts have been make to develop market for imports.

Now, in Texas, we believe in the rugged individual.

I spent a great deal of time dealing with that problem last week.

What happens if it's minus 1.5 ?

You did all sorts of work putting that meal on your table.

NGOs and governments spend a lot of time and energy and resources in a few small areas, usually.

Use what you have sparingly, but keep them up there.

Try harder.

You've spent a great deal of time in this region of space.

A large amount of money was spent on the bridge.

And if more data is available, we should always use it.

We tried.

A lot of time was wasted.

You know, we spend a lot of time trying to organize the world.

They valued my efforts.

Or did you have to work on it?

looking for those tiny things that may or may not work, but which, if they do work, can have a success absolutely out of proportion to their expense, their efforts and the disruption they cause.