Example sentences of "give so much " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remark could only be made because Ashton had given so much thought to how the music could be given shape in dance . |
| 2 | Rather I cite it here as a historical antecedent whose very strangeness alerts us to several facts relevant to what follows : first , and most obviously , that sexual difference is not a biological given so much as a complex ideological history ; second , that current theories of sexual difference are of relatively recent origin , and quite probably still haunted by older views , including this one ; third , it suggests that ‘ before ’ sexual difference the woman was once ( and may still be ) feared in a way in which the homosexual now is — feared , that is , not so much , or only , because of a radical otherness , as because of an interior resemblance presupposing a certain proximity ; the woman then , as the homosexual in modern psychoanalytic discourse , is marked in terms of lesser or retarded development . |
| 3 | There was much wrath that he had been meaninglessly sacrificed and a Test career that had given so much pleasure needlessly brought to a premature end . |
| 4 | Never in the history of human seduction has one man given so much attention to the cause of international womanhood as the former roadsweeper from Milton . |
| 5 | Then you were given so much time to get back home again . |
| 6 | Pastor Gunn and his fellow associates have given so much to us through their encouragement of truly living the Scriptures . |
| 7 | The Presidential Rally on Tuesday evening saw Dr Hugh Kennedy take over as President , a fitting tribute in this Bicentenary of the BMS to someone who has given so much of his life to serving God and others through the BMS . |
| 8 | But in fact , Jackie had by then given so much thought to the sport , to its rules , its techniques , its politics , its characters , that he was unendingly fascinating . |
| 9 | This is why all those scientists have given so much time and effort to such apparent trivia as Fermat 's Last Theorem and the advance of Mercury 's perihelion . |
| 10 | I know how much thought and care you have expended on this wonderful work of art which is such a joy to look at , and I , as the proud possessor of this house , can never be sufficiently grateful to you for having given so much of your time in order to give me pleasure . |
| 11 | Victor Mature , who has given so much pleasure in his day that nothing must be said against him , is , however , not wholly convincing sitting in a cell wearing a leather mini-skirt , reading Pythagoras . |
| 12 | The new audience was a mass audience but no previous audience in history had ever been given so much careful attention . |
| 13 | From whatever angle you look things are wrong : even if Froggy had n't been murdered , it was unheard of that he should be given so much money up front to caddie for Harley . |
| 14 | Why , then , has it given so much trouble to so many ? |
| 15 | It seems doubtful that any other photographer has given so much attention to the condition of trees growing in close proximity to urban man . |
| 16 | Melanie had never been given so much as a sixpence for herself all the time she had been at the shop . |
| 17 | Given so much free choice , he had melted immediately , and by good fortune they had several hours alone on the boat . |
| 18 | He said he felt for the staff who had given so much for Timex , then added : ‘ I also feel sad for the strikers . ’ |
| 19 | Seldom can a chancellor have been given so much advice , some of it sought , some of it gratuitous — and , as is the way with this subject , much of it conflicting . |
| 20 | Seldom can a chancellor have been given so much advice , some of it sought , some of it gratuitous — and , as is the way with this subject , much of it conflicting . |
| 21 | The attitudinal function has been given so much importance in past work on intonation that it will be discussed separately in this chapter , though it should eventually become clear that it overlaps considerably with the discourse function . |
| 22 | The couturier could only give so much . |
| 23 | John Wallace , one of the magistrates of the burgh of Arbroath , explained his reasons for seeking a sinecure appointment worth £50 or so for his son , by emphasising his fear that ‘ the lad will turn out but indifferently qualified for business otherways I should not give so much trouble in asking something for him … |
| 24 | It was strange that a man of considerable intellect could give so much attention and attribute such importance to a press which was wholly influenced at all times by political considerations . |
| 25 | But it actually formalizes I think saying that you know , We 'll we 'll give so much funding where they 're wholly related to the business , and then whatever . |
| 26 | Say , you wanted find out something and you , you 've got ta one , one 's got ta give so much weight away to something well gallop me galloping them in extraordinary ways to find out whether he 's any good or not . |
| 27 | I think erm I think is quite fair maybe if concessions could be raised to one fifty or two pounds but overall I think that people who can afford it spend such a lot of money on the raffle and we therefore give raffle tickets to those who can afford it could jealousy and on the raffle generally about a hundred pounds is made and if there , if there was more charge for tickets , people might not give so much for the raffles and also if you give but if you charge them a nominal sum and then shove other things at them on their options they might be more willing to give to optional choices like a raffle . |
| 28 | Sometimes it gets to me , I give so much time and energy to everyone else , that there is nothing left for me . |
| 29 | Does the change of carburettor give so much of an advantage that the expense of about £70 is worthwhile ? |
| 30 | They give so much joy and then you can always hand them back when you 've had enough . ’ |