Example sentences of "[verb] much [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wetness of the rags does not accomplish much but the wood gets heated and the rags may insulate the hot wood and prevent it from cooling too quickly . |
| 2 | Palin may not have travelled much as a young man , but he has now made up for lost time . |
| 3 | Although folk-dance is embedded in their way of life , ballet has long been regarded much as the diplomatic service is in Britain : good money , plenty of respect and no political controversies . |
| 4 | The papal curia acted much as the curia regis and the cardinals became primarily officers of state and administrators who could be used as ambassadors or legates — a position they had reached by the early years of the twelfth century . |
| 5 | British agents of government , whose primary responsibility was the collection of revenue , were given judicial duties , and the Board of Kandyan Commissioners functioned much as the Supreme Court in the Low Country , with the power to hear appeals and with original jurisdiction over serious criminal offences . |
| 6 | Nor did this distribution change much as the level of trade accelerated . |
| 7 | In the early stages of the war things went much as the Japanese had planned . |
| 8 | Nor did the Nonconformity which had survived the later Stuart period serve much as a form of social control , except for the small numbers it served . |
| 9 | The Committees behave much as a court would do in entertaining a charge and , in due course , make a report to the House in question , recommending a course of action if necessary . |
| 10 | Places had not changed much and the family still lived at Temple Stephen in Derbyshire . |