The phrase 'occupy much time' is correct and it is commonly used in written English.
You can use it when you want to express the idea that doing something takes a lot of time. For example: Writing my thesis paper has occupied much of my time lately.
"I don't think this issue will occupy much time or focus," he said, regarding the meeting.
Mr. Cui played down Mr. Chen's escape, saying, "I don't think this issue will occupy much time or focus".
At a briefing for reporters on Saturday, China's vice foreign minister, Cui Tiankai, said the conference would go ahead as planned, adding "I don't think this issue will occupy much time or focus".
In the only comment by a Chinese official so far, Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai said Saturday that he did not believe the Chen case would "occupy much time" at the talks.
"The fact is that exercise, even at very high doses, does not occupy much time in most people's days," said Dr. Whitfield, who himself used to train for triathlons.
Such a scene may be shown from different angles or from a distance and then close up, and it may occupy much more time on the screen than would the actual event.
The blotch inpainting phase costs most of the processing time while the de-noising and de-scratching phases occupy much less processing time.
Black officials occupy much of their time with such humdrum issues as balancing the books and meeting payrolls.
In 1950 Albers began his "Homage to the Square," which was to occupy much of his time until the end of his life.
Polls show that 82% think the PP leadership knew what was going on.Mr Rajoy claimed the case did not occupy much of his time.
In Isaías Medina Angarita, however, neighborhood defense or populist ideology do not seem to occupy much of the time of those who plant flower gardens or paint stairwells.
