All that time and effort were spent debating the wrong problem.

Which took care of the hours they could have spent debating things like that.

How much time the parties spend debating the central issues remains to be seen.

Much of the 1994 campaign will be spent debating that proposition.

The Senate spent much of last week debating the annual budget bill for the federal transportation program.

"How long will we spend debating whether or not a schoolteacher should be asked to give up a year of school time?"

The first two days were spent debating the cost of the lodge which many considered extravagant.

On Sept. 6, the board spent six hours informally debating whether to fire him.

At first, much time was spent debating logistics, like how to alert people to meetings on short notice.

Ms. Kinlaw said the group would not spend very long debating abstract issues.