Sentence examples for spending a portion of from inspiring English sources

They show the government spending a portion of the Social Security surplus each year for at least the next decade.

So in an attempt to justify spending a portion of the workday outside, tick sweeping was added to the to-do list.

These days, however, 42-year-old MacIntyre is a confirmed city-dweller, having settled in London after spending a portion of his thirties in New York.

— COLIN MOYNIHAN After spending a portion of the morning at Canal Street and Avenue of the Americas, the Occupy Wall Street protesters marched back downtown to Zuccotti Park shortly after 10 a.m., under police escort, Matt Flegenheimer reports.

But, trusting in the liberal sentiments of the great, who shut their eyes to the faults of their inferiors and abstain from divulging the crimes of humble men, we have in this book recorded, by way of abridgment, some rare events, stories, poetry and accounts about ancient kings, spending a portion of our precious life in the task.

Writing in Bird-Lore, the precursor of Audubon magazine (motto: "A bird in the bush is worth two in the hand"), he urged readers to make the count a success by "spending a portion of Christmas Day with the birds and sending a report of their 'hunt' to Bird-Lore before they retire that night".

They might be surprised to see how he spent a portion of their money.

Like me, George has spent a portion of his life writing newspaper articles.

But Picoult has also spent a portion of her postcollege life thinking about children more formally.

"I spent a portion of my life under that system," he said.

Canada geese and white pelicans also spend a portion of the year in the region.