Meanings of devote so in English

Why then does he devote so much time and effort to his job?

It's really awfully good of you to devote so much time to my entertainment.

Why should he devote so small a proportion of his money to his expenses?

Although the men devote so much attention to their head-dress, the women are extremely simple.

Although the men devote so much attention to their head-dress, the woman's is extremely simple.

That's why people devote so much of themselves to it and gain such pleasure in it.

But it still telegraphs some sort of madness to devote so many hours to collating every single instance.

But what a pity it was that he should devote so much of his time to that woman!

It is very kind of you to take so much trouble and devote so much of your time to me.

Do you suppose it's good for the soul to devote so much of one's energy to obtaining something so basic as that?

Usually it was only the big universities-Harvard ,theU. of Chicago-thatcould devote so many classes to a rather obscure subject area.

This is the mysterious occupation to which our friends, countrymen and lovers devote so large a portion of their time and thoughts.

But if this were true, why did he willingly devote so many of his hours to squiring her about, substituting for her husband?

In this age of Minecraft and computerized avionics simulations, it might seem anachronistic to devote so much time to such a fussy analog project.

My divine father, because of age, illness, and perhaps priestly occupations, could not devote so much time to affairs of state as I can.

In other words, officials and their political masters devote so much time to crisis management that they never get around to doing their jobs properly.