Sentence examples for i needed to devote from inspiring English sources

I needed to devote all my resources to, at the time, one of the best games ever made.

Seeing the massive changes in the girls, their improved confidence and ability to effectively handle the ups and downs in friendship, I knew I needed to devote my life to this.

I realized I needed to devote time to doing something with the inspiration I had tapped into, so I quit the job and drove out to a cabin with my dog on a little lake outside of Syracuse, New York, where I grew up.

As a father and a husband I need to devote time to deal with family matters.

In retrospect, Mr. Lindstrom said, the company needed to devote all of its resources to fixing its technological problems.

Mr. Giuliani said he needed to devote all his energy to deciding on a course of treatment and running the city.

According to the N.A.R.'s housing affordability index, families earning a median income of $62,141 needed to devote only 13.6 percent of that to housing in October.

By 1991, the average household needed to devote only 38% of its income to the basic necessities, and was able to spend 6% on recreation.

The Llanrumney councillor said it had been a "difficult decision" but she needed to devote time to husband Lyn.

Luckily it turns out I have part A in front of me, when I should be using B. I am still only inches away from complete disaster, but pleased with myself, for not having to take the whole thing apart to start again - even if I do still need to devote what seems like the rest of my free time over the weekend to finishing the job.

But given the compelling evidence that considerations of fairness matter for wage setting, I would argue that we need to devote more attention to the erosion of the norms, institutions and practices that maintain fairness in the job market.