Example sentences of "much [adv] [adj] to say " in BNC.

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1 They were much less likely to say there were laws or regulations protecting people who take out credit agreements , and much more likely not to know whether any action could be taken over some credit agreement which they had signed but later felt was unfair .
2 Although it does not in fact provide a justification , we are much less inclined to say that it does not .
3 Now it 's actually much more scriptural to say we have sinned against our neighbours .
4 Iraq would be much more justified to say that she spent lots of money on military equipment so that she could invade other countries like Iran to gain more land .
5 In the detailed cross-tabulations for our main survey ( not always included in Appendix I ) , we found that women were much more likely to say they did not know what sort of interest rate to expect , and to say they did not understand interest rates well .
6 Those who did respond were much more likely to say that little or no contribution was fair .
7 Hough and Mayhew ( 1988 ) regard these figures as underestimates and Worrall and Pease ‘ s ( 1986 ) re-analysis of the BCS data which looked at all crimes , and attempted crimes , involving contact and where the victim could identify whether or not they knew the offender , found that women were much more likely to say that they knew the offender well and that the offender was a spouse in nearly 40 per cent of cases .
8 Upper socio-economic single girls were much more likely to say that they did not use soap and water because it would ruin their skin .
9 More non-enrollers than migrants said they intended to do a course in the future ( 63% compared with 40% ) and the non-enrollers were also much more likely to say they wanted to start the course very soon and had made enquiries about it .
10 It is much more satisfactory to say that these statements show what the speaker believes or feels , if he is speaking sincerely and correctly .
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