Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for much " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inspection has come in for much discussion today as a major part of the Bill . |
| 2 | Members of groups , especially those in their formative years , find themselves thrown into unnaturally close contact with one another , squashed together in the backs of uncomfortable vans night after night , obliged to eat , live and even sleep together for much of their time . |
| 3 | Pilot tests have been carried out for much of this year with both the Choice loans package and direct access , but TSB Direct was formally established on November 1 . |
| 4 | While councillors came in for much criticism for being representative , health professionals had similar difficulties . |
| 5 | He and the American senator greeted each other as old colleagues and they were to be seen together for much of the remainder of that day , laughing over reminiscences . |
| 6 | In the meantime it remains unused and sealed off for much of the year . |
| 7 | Wastell bought a house in Bury before 1490 and was living there for much of the remainder of his life . |
| 8 | I chose a man who massaged my bruised ego , made up for much of the emotional neglect I 'd suffered and made me laugh a lot . |
| 9 | Blockades of the city by pro-communist forces prevented food supplies from getting through for much of November . |
| 10 | Travelling strongly for much of the way , Ballystate had just moved ahead when belting the final flight . |
| 11 | Surveying the solitary chair and bare mattress , the missing lightbulbs round the mirror , you understand why for much of the time Newley keeps his eyes closed , picturing maybe the backstage steamrooms and personal barmen of American showbiz . |
| 12 | But the non-conformists did n't go in for much decoration . |
| 13 | Team manager Noel Murphy faces the press flanked by captain Phil Danaher ( left ) , who was ruled out for much of the tour by a knee injury , and coach Ciaran Fitzgerald . |
| 14 | People have expected to pay later for much of what they have bought , seeing this as ‘ bills ’ rather than as debts . |
| 15 | The schoolfellows had been appointed to the Racer together through the efforts of a family friend of the Rogerses , and they serve together for much of their time at sea , occasionally allotted to different ships so as to give the author freedom to range more widely in space and circumstance . |
| 16 | It is only in embryonic forms of thought , or professional fields trying to establish themselves ( paramedical areas ) , or subjects where there is a lot of infighting ( sociology ) , where the standards of critical judgement come up for much review . |
| 17 | Farming comes in for much criticism , largely it appears because farmers have responded to the need to make a livelihood from the land by producing more primary commodities using industrial techniques . |
| 18 | But in keeping with the Littlewoods culture , he was a local man , Liverpool-born and working there for much of his life . |