Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] much [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The physical care of frail old people necessarily involves much attention to food and to toileting . |
| 2 | This is not to say , of course , that there is no relationship at all between reading and spelling : but it does seem that teaching phonics may not necessarily have much effect on spelling ability . |
| 3 | An increase in money supply will not necessarily have much effect on spending ; instead people may simply increase their holdings of idle speculative balances , with a corresponding decline in the speed with which money circulates ( V ) . |
| 4 | One of the members [ almost certainly Francis Maginn ] intended to urge the adoption of the word " deaf " only at the Congress , but seeing that it would only cause much loss of time to no purpose he allowed his motion to drop for the present . |
| 5 | Analyses of Chinese statues and coins show that they did not make much use of brass until about the sixteenth century AD . |
| 6 | In theraps species the changes in colours and body pattern distinction are very noticeable indeed , whereas in others , like managuense , which do not display much variation in colour , the male will go very dark , jet black even , with the Jaguar pattern becoming very distinct . |
| 7 | And a representative of CBP , selling the idea at the Cannes Film Festival , has already reported much interest from TV companies in Australia , New Zealand and the United States of America . |
| 8 | Because I had not done much mathematics at school or at Oxford , I found general relativity very difficult at first and did not make much progress . |
| 9 | The failure of the 12 to act in concert does not give much ground for optimism . |
| 10 | In practice the low discounts on non-net books do not give much margin of flexibility . |
| 11 | ‘ The first chapter was enough , ’ snapped Mrs Frizzell indignantly , glad that she did not have to explain that she did not give much time to reading . |
| 12 | The history of attempts to control and regulate corporate crimes does not give much cause for optimism , and indeed the idea of it reduces radicals to knowing laughter . |
| 13 | ‘ It seemed at the time that he might not have much need of intimacy . |
| 14 | I am not quite sure who it was I sat next to because I am such a slow eater that I did not have much time for conversation . |
| 15 | But she did n't have to ask : Comrade Andrew did not have much time for Jasper . |
| 16 | I myself , not having much knowledge of computer electronics called for the services of a professional Computer Engineer , after explaining the symptoms he gave the PC a thorough check , he then informed me no fault could be found but suggested that as the problem was intermittent and the PC was somewhat old , it could be susceptible to noise not conducted but radiated at some external source , Radio Frequency Interference ( R.F.I. ) . |
| 17 | Family size at longer durations of marriage has been rather stable in recent years ; the similarity of family building of people born in the 1960s to that of the 1920s does not imply much reduction in family size . |
| 18 | However , the author does not leave much room for ambiguity . |
| 19 | Life as a lawyer in Kingston did not allow much leisure for hairdressing . |
| 20 | By temperament , not have much need of intimacy . ’ |
| 21 | In a recent letter to the 1,200 member schemes of the National Association of Pension Funds , the NAPF 's director-general , Michael Elton , warned that despite the issue in July of a guidance note by the independent advisers ' watchdog Fimbra to its members ‘ there still remains much evidence of scheme members being badly advised on transfers ’ . |
| 22 | However , you can still derive much benefit from self-massage with essential oils — though you will , of course , miss out on the deep relaxation engendered by receiving a good massage . |
| 23 | Not only did he do stupendous work in many areas of pure mathematics but he also devoted much time to probability , theory of errors , geodesy , mechanics , electromagnetism , optics and even actuarial science ! |
| 24 | Saxton Bampfylde and Baines Gwinner also put much emphasis on research in this way . |
| 25 | By birth she was a lioness , born under the ruling sign of Leo and proud of it , even if she did n't really set much store by astrology . |
| 26 | The principal movements that found their way into the full orchestral suite have ben heard too often to allow much deviation in interpretation , but in the other , rarer music , Pons is far freer with his tempi than Izquierdo , possibly because there is no narration overlaying the music . |
| 27 | Those of us who did n't join up until 1943 , either because we were too young or like me in a reserved occupation , did n't really stand much chance of promotion , not unless we were absolutely brilliant and not many of us were that . |
| 28 | It 's true , I have n't given much thought to Mummy . |
| 29 | ‘ At my age you do n't need much sleep by night , and I spend a good deal of time sitting by the bedroom window , smoking my pipe and watching the sea … |
| 30 | ‘ It does n't show much sign of injury , ’ he said , ‘ but as it was on the side of the road I think it 's safe to assume it 's just one more traffic casualty . ’ |