The phrase "and devoting a few" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the allocation of time, resources, or attention to a particular task or activity.
Example: "I have been working on several projects, and devoting a few hours each week to volunteer work has been rewarding."
Alternatives: "and dedicating some" or "and allocating a few".
Sometimes she sat on her back porch in the evening and devoted a few moments of her pondering to imagining fates for Jason.
I then spent the better part of 10 minutes clicking through hundreds of channels and selecting which ones I have on my television, and devoted a few more minutes to selecting my favorite genres.
In addition, every day, a monk chants scriptures in the 'protector temple' (gon-khang) of Bengpo monastery and devotes a few minutes to entreating the worldly gods to protect the earth from natural disasters.
Sit down with no distractions and devote a few hours (or days) to truly nailing down just what your passion is.
Reiken explores the shocks and aftershocks of these developments from multiple perspectives, devoting a few chapters to the point of view of each major player.
I adore this look and the laid-back pace of a North Carolina summer makes it well worth devoting a few extra minutes to achieve.
James Gandolfini may be a man of few words, but when he returns to the cable channel that made him, it's worth devoting a few words to.
Epstein: All organizations, large and small, should devote a few hours with their senior management team brainstorming about goals and activities and then developing a clear logic model that carefully defines their inputs (resources and constraints), processes (organizational activities), outputs (results), outcomes (intermediate effects), and impacts (progress on social issue).
And while he does devote a few chapters to population trends, social changes and religious or cultural movements, the mundane problems that preoccupy ordinary citizens much of the time – work, school, marriage, childrearing, boredom – receive scarcely a nod.
So most mornings and some afternoons, I'd devote a few hours to the small garden next to the house, aided by Filippo Bozotti, the handsome, animated, 33-year-old former documentary maker who co-founded and now runs Monestevole.
