Sentence examples for considerable time as from inspiring English sources

He fared poorly in his early 2009 starts; his ERA mushroomed; and he spent considerable time as an inactive player on the disabled list.

Although he spent considerable time as a student and traveled briefly to Paris on a diplomatic mission, most of his early years were spent juggling a variety of business ventures.

There is a warlike aspect to fighting wildfires, and the fire behavior specialists have all spent considerable time as grunts, digging trenches, chopping down trees and setting off controlled burns to keep runaway flames in check.

For all of their elite achievements, the seven brothers also spent considerable time as teaching pros at New York metropolitan area clubs, a tradition carried on by Jim, Chris, Mike Jr. and Mike III.

In announcing the cuts, Fassel said that the rookie Cornelius Griffin, the team's second-round pick, who was expected to see considerable time as a third defensive tackle, would begin working full time as a defensive end because the Giants have no experienced backup at the position.

The Channel 4 board contains a number of highly skilled people who have notched up considerable time as public service broadcasters, including deputy chairman Barry Cox, contemporary of John Birt and Greg Dyke at LWT, and member of the Blair circle.

Whitehouse had spent considerable time at the conference this year, as he did a year ago, speaking from the big stage but also chatting with conference attendees and with reporters and bloggers, even showing up on a Sunday morning to greet Netroots attendees who did some community cleanup the day after the convention ended. .

Her main base is Paris but she spends considerable time in Berlin as well as England, Spain, Italy and Japan.

Accomplishing these intermediate goals would require considerable time and energy as well as a degree of good fortune.

Finally, there is often a considerable time lag, occasionally as much as several centuries, between the introduction of non-native species and their spread.

These outcomes showed that the inhibitive effect of MPA may be maintained for a considerable length of time, as long as guanosine is not provided from outside sources.