Example sentences of "is much [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There is much great prose and poetry to be enjoyed in this way and to provide endless and valuable practice material , but it must be memorized first .
2 Although there is much current research effort directed toward standardising the design of dictionaries , there still remains a large degree of variability in the format and content of each .
3 To quote Piesse again , " If there is much legal jargon and intricacy of arrangement [ the client ] may feel he is the victim of some art practised perhaps for the draftsman 's own purposes or at least with neglectful indifference to its effect on ordinary people " ( p54 ) .
4 In cases of temporary distress there is much contemporary testimony that the local community could be an important source of support .
5 If the skin is healthy , it takes only a few minutes for the molecules to be absorbed ; much longer if the skin is congested or if there is much subcutaneous fat .
6 There is much abstruse learning on the subject ( see , in particular , the illuminating discussion by Windeyer J. in Mason v. New South Wales , 102 C.L.R. 108 , 139–142 ) , but for present purposes it is not , I think , necessary for us to concern ourselves with this point of classification .
7 If you are either , or both , and you feel that your time has come , then there is much relevant information for you in the chapters ahead .
8 The females within a harem form a team in which there is much mutual support for one another .
9 Although there is much mutual criticism in party speeches about ‘ triumphalism ’ , I detect precious little of this .
10 Of course , as I have already remarked , there is much that is wrong with their approach .
11 Unfortunately , there is much that is not understood about the history of the birds between Archaeopteryx ( see p. 101 ) and the good assemblages of fossil birds undoubtedly related to living species in the Eocene and Miocene .
12 Although the courtyard has an undoubted 18C feel to it , there is much that is modern , by Jože Plečnik .
13 There is much that is attractive about a French-style rationalization .
14 Fortunately , there is much that can be done at home to reduce the level of chemical exposure — for the majority of patients , these simple measures will be enough to alleviate the symptoms considerably .
15 There is much that can be said about the advantages of such a strategy , which is flexible and which can penetrate secular buildings with the salt of the gospel touching the lives of many who otherwise have no contact with the church .
16 They believe that in this passage , as with the rest of the chapter , there is much that is symbolism , used by Matthew to say what the birth of Jesus means to him .
17 They taught me what I still believe ( and no amount of misogyny or gynophobia or general bad behaviour on either side can shift me ) that though there is much that is different for lesbians and gay men , there is also much that is common .
18 However , there is much that is useful and original in them .
19 That is certainly a witness to the fact that there is much that is very fine in it , and it would be foolish to pretend otherwise .
20 There is much that is illuminating in Stevenson 's treatment of persuasive definitions , especially if we disentangle the essential points from the unsatisfactory notion of emotive meaning .
21 But there is much that can be usefully said about the way in which all governmental activities are controlled by law , particularly when considering the relationships between different branches of government .
22 Although there is much that is positive and encouraging , a sad picture emerges of a dwindling supply of musicians , a reduced use of other than congregational music , a considerable lowering of standards , and a lack of both resources and expectations .
23 There is much that unites our dedication to reducing avoidable disadvantage , distress , and handicap .
24 Of course there is much that is true , alongside much that is not .
25 One must , of course , be infinitely grateful for a source as detailed and informative as Ata'i ; but one must also be careful not to allow simply the approach to the writing of biographies to mislead as well as inform , and not to ignore , in the flood of welcome facts , the more personal , anecdotal material which is given or to be unaware that there is much that is not given , much that is unexplained and perhaps by now unexplainable .
26 Both in a general way and on the specific matter of Molla Fenari 's death there is much that is questionable in Husameddin 's account .
27 It should be clear from this article that a more multicultural approach would improve the quality of mathematics education , and that there is much that can be done to ensure that the mathematics we teach prepares children for our multicultural society .
28 And there is much that local authorities can do to advise informal workers of their rights , tax and social security matters and to explain how to become legal .
29 There is much that is unsatisfactory in the current convention for allocating women to a social class , and this project , which uses the Longitudinal Study , a 1% sample of the census , aims to develop a social classification scheme for women in and out of paid work and based on full or part time paid work and domestic responsibilities .
30 She affiliated herself more with the opposing camp of Impressionism — when a female caller at her studio who hoped to have a portrait done told Walker that she was regarded as having a ‘ Burne-Jones-face ’ Walker replied , ‘ what a damn sickly sort of face to have ! ’ 20 However , despite this aversion and the fact that her own women do not resemble the Pre-Raphaelite type , in her attitude towards her women there is much that is similar .
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