Example sentences of "[verb] much [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't need much to start people talking . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ John is gone across the Liverpool Plains to the Namoi ’ , wrote Eliza to her mother on 6 December from Yarrundi , ‘ he expects to find much to interest him there . |
| 3 | It was a long while since she had heard Con laugh like that ; lately , he never seemed to find much to laugh at . |
| 4 | On the other , different strata among the middle classes found much to object to in the status quo . |
| 5 | Indeed , the author of the work was so outraged by the Government 's claims about what was said in the work that he wrote to the Evening Standard on 1 October and said : ’ We found much to criticise about the British arrangement for training young people . |
| 6 | Cornelius found much to observe in the cafe . |
| 7 | Although he found much to admire in the oriental-megalomaniac architecture of Kim 's Korea or Mao 's China , in his quest for a style suitable for a monumental Bucharest he looked to precedents closer to home . |
| 8 | The play itself was panned by critics , but they found much to praise in Crawford 's performance . |
| 9 | In The Times , Joan Bakewell found much to praise . |
| 10 | The report of this inquiry found that some ill-treatment of patients had indeed taken place but also it found much to criticize in general : lax standards of nursing , inadequate medical care , poor conditions and bad management . |
| 11 | Two and a half months of a ‘ non-campaign ’ had changed nothing , and few expect much to change after the election either . |
| 12 | ANY FILM which begins with two partially-clothed women flashing their breasts and pubic hair while burying a wounded man alive has much to live down . |
| 13 | But after the relativists ' case is built up in the first two articles , no one has much to say for it , at least not the strong version that splits systems of thought into watertight compartments . |
| 14 | Though she has much to say of brokenness , my problem with her book is precisely that , through her swift movement to a triumphant conclusion , symbolized by the resurrection and the unity of humanity , she does not allow there genuinely to be brokenness . |
| 15 | Neither Leland nor Camden has much to say about industry in England ; and there was nothing that could be specifically called an industrial landscape . |
| 16 | For the moment , classical Corinth , like archaic Chalkis and for the same reasons , has much to say but stays silent . |
| 17 | Thompson has much to say about law . |
| 18 | Bede has much to say about Sigeberht 's Christian patronage within his kingdom ( HE 111 , 18 ) but nothing of Ecgric 's , and the probability is that Ecgric was and remained a pagan . |
| 19 | The solo madrigals lean now toward declamatory monody , now toward coloratura song , often fusing both as in ‘ Amarilli ’ , and in his preface Caccini has much to say about the types of graces — trilli and gruppi-which can heighten expressiveness . |
| 20 | The ‘ parson 's freehold ’ has much to justify it . |
| 21 | The really vulnerable man is one who has much to defend . |
| 22 | As The Economist put it : ‘ Mrs Thatcher has much to thank the capital for ’ . |
| 23 | THE TORY party has much to thank tycoon Lord Hanson ( above ) for . |
| 24 | The world has much to thank the Chinese ancients for , do n't you agree ? " |
| 25 | ‘ Because Edwin , as Gifford 's art executor , was very astute and Marcella has much to thank him for . |
| 26 | But the editorial method which is applied to the data has much to display that is well-spoken . |
| 27 | ‘ And yet , ’ went on Malik , ‘ the holistic nature of the Hindu world-picture still has much to teach us . |
| 28 | The many criticisms that have been made of this body of work will be recognised , but again we will be arguing that it has much to teach us , especially as regards incorporating an understanding of instinctive behaviour into an understanding of social relations and moral careers . |
| 29 | So , although this perspective still has much to teach us , we shall subsequently be combining it with the broader explanations offered by later urban social theorists . |
| 30 | Fisher Row is a special case , but Dr Prior 's fascinating study has much to teach us about other occupational groups within our urban societies . |