Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [adv] much [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up an abrupt conical escarpment dotted with modern but pleasant villas was an olive-scattered plateau and as much tranquillity as you could wish for . |
| 2 | There was plenty of food , fresh water and as much freedom of movement as was possible in such circumstances . |
| 3 | ‘ You know , I have this feeling that too much introspection will get us nowhere . |
| 4 | ONCE UPON a time The Face was the style bible not of gits in fake fur-trimmed parkas and yups looking for new big ties , but of crazy over-made-up early '80s youth , for whom mum 's old curtains and too much eye-liner signified SEX and REVOLUTION . |
| 5 | Not enough clear information or too much pressure |
| 6 | Commercial taramasalata is often spoiled by the addition of too much bread or too much oil . |
| 7 | I mean , we do n't stand still at this because what will seem a very good service this year will look like a lousy service in five years ' time so let's not pretend the fact that we have n't achieved everything we 've achieved this year in some previous years means that we have n't made any improvements because I think one of the key areas where in fact er improvements have been made in previous years , and to a certain extent , one could say reading this I was worried by an apparent admission of very much reference or very much expenditure on them in the provision of day centres , because I think that a key element in care in the community and the fact that today so successfully this year has been the fact that a major number of th and I do n't think there 's any disagreement over this , a number of day centres , very efficient and very effective day centres , were developed , funded , provided mainly in the conurbation areas and I think Mr is right to highlight the fact that , as so often happens in these instances , it 's people who live in conurbations who get the best deal because it 's , it 's more economical , it 's easier to provide a centre for a large number of people than it is for a small number of people . |
| 8 | And er you ca n't really do much because of the stone walls and there 's too much window and too much noise , and you get quite a few insects in them , and they 're just generally not very nice at all . |
| 9 | But nobody else , to the best of our knowledge , gave so much attention and so much space to Rome as Timaeus ; and nobody else was so influential . |
| 10 | This Norton-Taylor has attempted to do , but his book betrays too much anger and too much cynicism to be wholly effective . |
| 11 | But whereas junket is made with great rapidity and is eaten almost as soon as the curd has set and without being drained , soft cheese takes longer to turn because less rennet must be used and the milk is barely heated , too much rennet and/or too much heat producing a leathery and acid curd . |
| 12 | Too much space and too much light in this courtyard : it made me think of the difference between his face and mine . |
| 13 | Torquay were given too much space and too much time and striker Adrian Foster made the most of it . |
| 14 | There , he and thirty other children rolled around the floor all day , without the inconvenience of too much food or too much clothing . |
| 15 | He had so much excitement and so much energy , and a wonderful voice too . |
| 16 | JOHN SMITH , lecturer in the Law Department , warned Marian Jackson at the beginning of her second year that too much time spent with Dram Soc would prevent her from getting a first class degree . |
| 17 | There they find all they need-food and water , protection from too much heat or too much cold , space to live in , a place to hide away from animals which might eat them , and a good chance of meeting other animals of the same kind as themselves so that they can reproduce . |
| 18 | Ireland has had so much , she thought ; there has been so much magic and so much strength , and now all of it has gone . |
| 19 | The lasting impression of last week 's London International Book Fair , to an antipodean publisher and book marketer who was not emotionally or financially involved in proceedings , was the niggling worry that so much time , money and energy is poured into books that the world does n't need or — if the buzzing basement gathering of remainder specialists is a useful gauge — actually want either . |
| 20 | It makes us feel better about our own humdrum lives that too much fun is so clearly bad for the health . |
| 21 | Labour 's consumer affairs spokesman Nigel Griffiths said last night : ‘ This is a matter of national concern as so much money is spent by parents and children on these games . ’ |
| 22 | With so many mountains and so much snow , it 's not surprising that the Swiss have become expert skiers . |
| 23 | Having so many bends and so much climbing in the thin air however , it is quite demanding on vehicle and driver . |
| 24 | In such cases too many frills and too much frivolity would be all wrong . |
| 25 | Usual stuff — you arrange that on such-and-such a day you 'll turn up with so many people and so much luggage and he 'll transport you to the next place and when you turn up he pretends things have changed and you did n't say fifty but fifteen and anyway the price has gone up and so on and so bloody on until he gets the backhander he wants . |
| 26 | It is only too easy to find minor errors in a publication which contains so many names and so much information , but these are the very features likely to lead to the book being treated as a reference by local historians for years to come . |
| 27 | However , an overcrowded room with either poor lighting or too much glare from unshaded windows and haphazard storage of materials adds to the daily problems of self-organisation and comfortable study habits that can be particularly important for children with visual problems . |
| 28 | Her the narrow lanes are most pleasant for cycling , horseriding or even driving out in a pony trap for there is so little traffic and so much nature to be observed . |
| 29 | Unable to concede just how disturbed he had become , Waugh put the whole affair down to temporary pharmaceutical poisoning and too much alcohol . |
| 30 | I knew of the need for fibre , fresh fruits and vegetables — even if I did n't much like them — and I knew of the dangers of saturated fats and too much salt . |