Example sentences of "much [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Could de Valois have thought that it would be too much to risk giving chances to two hardly known South Africans in one production ? |
| 2 | How much reflecting goes on depends upon the reflective capabilities of the child and also on the strength and direction of the beam which we , the adults , determine . |
| 3 | There are many rumours that people in other countries are reproducing test-tube fusion , but in American government labs they are getting nowhere ; however , many people do not believe them and assert that the big laboratories are seeing the phenomenon and keeping quiet because the oil companies with so much to lose have bought their silence . |
| 4 | But I mean th th the rich peasant has n't got much to lose has he ? |
| 5 | In particular , Bede had a direct influence on the Carolingian renaissance of the ninth century through his pupil Egbert , who became Archbishop of York and trained Alcuin , who under Charlemagne founded the Frankish schools that did so much to stimulate learning on the Continent . |
| 6 | He is homesick and very much wants to return to the church . |
| 7 | One example : black churches , which organise services from financial credit to remedial education , carry enormous influence in poor black neighbourhoods , and offer the kinds of local leadership that Mr Kemp so much wants to nurture . |
| 8 | although they know that it costs twice as much to try to collect it as the amount that they actually collect . |
| 9 | All this is now history , and the Authority , to its credit , has done much to try to repair the damage done during this period . |
| 10 | But however much he hated the thought of allowing Sara to commit herself to a man she had never met , he knew her too well and loved her too much to try to keep her at home against her will . |
| 11 | There 's a tremendous er community of purpose amongst the groups , we 've very much enjoyed working together , it 's been one of the most fun things I 've done in politics , er and I think that all the other young people on the committee agree . |
| 12 | erm I 'm very sad to be leaving Oxford , I 've very much enjoyed working here , and it 's been good to work for a council with such a high commitment to H I V , and to fighting Aids , and erm I very much the support I 've had from the committee and I hope it will continue erm in this way . |
| 13 | IF THE PLAN has been for the Europeans not to show their strongest hands in the Freeport-McMoran Classic at English Turn , which takes its name from one of the sweeping bends in the Mississipi River , much has gone according to plan . |
| 14 | Nothing much has gone right for me since January when I was injured in a car crash . |
| 15 | They 're offering a gift , you know … the fact that each one is a piece of work , so much has gone into it that it 's something very special , and I understand that it 's very nerve-wracking for them to offer it , to perform it … |
| 16 | I think one is largely on judging people in the hands of the media , looking at it from an ordinary party member I think it 's the air he gives , whether it 's an air of confidence competence and perhaps and air of confidence , the way he handles himself in the House of Commons , the things that he actually says , because within that time you 're not able , in fact , to have achieved much erm parliamentary wise , one very much has to judge a person by what he has . |
| 17 | Not too much has appeared in the public prints on the conference , but Reuter reporters Russell Blinch and Judith Crosson have been on the spot taking it all down ; this page is compiled from their reports . |
| 18 | Much has to do with the context in which the data is interpreted . |
| 19 | The quality of Bohemian work , up until the Hussite Wars , is superb and much has survived . |
| 20 | That so much has survived , despite Lanfranc 's hostility , is due first to the tenacity of the surviving monks , and then to the encouragement given to them by Anselm . |
| 21 | TOO much has become public about the personal lives of Prince Charles , Princess Diana and Camilla Parker Bowles for the Palace to remain silent any longer . |
| 22 | So much has taken place in so little time , it is hard for us to really grasp the rapid pace of development . |
| 23 | Much has changed since he was at the Academy in 1959 and he will soon see just how much When he makes a personal tour of the Academy . |
| 24 | For the All Blacks , nothing much has changed since that dank November day as they put various British sides in their place . |
| 25 | In the first Elizabeth 's time the superpowers were France and Spain ; but , while much has changed , Britain is still an island upon which no other nation has any territorial , ethnic or political claim . |
| 26 | Thanks in part to the sportsmen 's pressure , much has changed in South Africa . |
| 27 | The last comprehensive study by the government of the case for forestry expansion was in 1972 , it says , since when much has changed , in agriculture , in appreciation of the environment and in the understanding of the uses of forests and woodlands . |
| 28 | In truth , not much has changed . |
| 29 | Today 's caddie will probably tell you that nothing much has changed since 1560 ! |
| 30 | Much has changed in the European energy picture over the past decade and much will change over the next two , yet one central preoccupation persists and will persist , and that is Europe 's dependence on imported oil . |