Sentences with phrase «spent considerable periods»

Bacon spent considerable periods of time in Paris during the 1970s, and his biography on his life and work was first published in 1975.

You could be arrested and spend a considerable period of time in jail.

Chitraker spent a considerable period dealing with the Bell bureaucracy and in pursuing his claim.

Not exact matches

She had spent a considerable amount of time in long - distance relationships as a result, and had worked out that, for her at least, maintaining a long - distance relationship where you have consistent periods of more than three months apart, was impossible.

We boys spent much of our considerable energy trying to get our girlfriends to abstain from abstinence — measuring our progress in the smallest of increments over the longest periods of time.

The Expeditioner: Why do you think guide books so often contract - out writers who are just passing through a place for a short period of time, instead of finding a local or expat who has spent a considerable number of years getting to know a place?

Goldberg and Umlauf also began spending long periods of time in Tuscany, during which Goldberg would drive to Siena and spend an afternoon looking at the frescoes, paintings and considerable architecture that dominate the city.

Job applicant spent time abroad: International background screening is necessary when an American company is considering a job applicant who spent considerable time abroad in another country and the employer wants to obtain data for that time period.