Example sentences of "[verb] much [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't need much to start people talking . ’ |
| 2 | THE TORY party has much to thank tycoon Lord Hanson ( above ) for . |
| 3 | Thus , the western part of the English Channel coincides approximately with a basin of deposition of this age , although it is unlikely that the detail of the landscape owes much to desert erosion in that period . |
| 4 | Although information can do much to foster debate , it can not replace judgment . |
| 5 | They may do much to restore self-confidence . |
| 6 | Yet a full rice crop this next rains would do much to restore Burma 's economy and help save India from hunger . |
| 7 | Schools can do much to improve discipline in schools without the use of sanctions — by motivating pupils ( emphasising and rewarding achievement ) , improving the physical environment , giving pupils more say and more responsibility , involving parents , and so on . |
| 8 | Even British participation in the new South East Asian Treaty Organization ( SEATO ) , formed in September 1954 , did not do much to reassure Washington . |
| 9 | But he also pointed out that if this information could be included in the published part of the report , it would do much to reassure members of the public who feel uneasy about interception . |
| 10 | Cooling gels with aloe vera can do much to relieve discomfort . |
| 11 | A more rational discussion could do much to change public opinion . |
| 12 | A sensible recruitment and selection policy that is familiar to the staff and adhered to be the company — ie the authors of the policy — will do much to keep staff morale high . |
| 13 | The Youth Training Scheme has done much to educate employers about the importance of training a workforce to meet the challenge of the 21st century . |
| 14 | Another try this afternoon could make him only the second Englishman to score in all four internationals in a season ; COULD , because Dewi Morris , whose mobile scrum half play has done much to transform England this season season is also on course to match the feat Carston Catcheside of Percy Park achieved in Wakefield 's 1924 side . |
| 15 | Nor does codetermination appear to have done much to improve work conditions . |
| 16 | He has already done much to improve support for local action , encouraging and advising our many active volunteers . |
| 17 | There is no doubt that the FMC which , by 1980 , represented over 80 per cent of Cuban women , has done much to improve opportunities for women and , above all , to give them dignity and respect in society . |
| 18 | None has done much to ease Africa 's long-term debt burden . |
| 19 | Down here it 's strictly hardcore and , as EPMD say , you can keep the crossover : local heroes Das EFX have , along with dancehall reggae , done much to take hip hop back underground . |
| 20 | Economists are nothing if not ingenious , however , and in their ingenuity they have done much to deflect attention away from searching investigation into the nature and operation of organised labour within individual firms and industries . |
| 21 | This neglected village has not done much to draw attention to its grand literary connections , though it has quite a prepossessing seventeenth-century church with a delightful octagonal tower and a two-storey cloister . |
| 22 | This , coupled with cognate developments such as the dispersion of departmental functions to semi-autonomous agencies , has done much to extend cost consciousness and value-for-money considerations down the management line in accordance with the FMI 's underlying principles . |
| 23 | They say he has ‘ done much to enhance England 's profile ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Sir Andrew has done much to enhance England 's profile , ’ he said . |
| 25 | The areas involved are small , but there used to be many unsightly corners in the mining villages near St Austell and , by making improvements here and there , English China Clays has done much to make life more pleasant for local residents . |
| 26 | In Australia , for example , there is no doubt that the Aboriginal people have done much to encourage grassland these past 40 000 years , by their use of fires , which they light to encourage new growth and attract animals for hunting . |
| 27 | The British ‘ G ’ blades , produced by brothers Phil and Dave George , have done much to bring quality GRP blades within the reach of the average modeller . |
| 28 | Trevor , who enjoys joining in with Northumbrian folk fiddlers such as Alistair Anderson , believes the Swaledale Festival has done much to revive Dales music-making — by choirs as well as instrumentalists . |
| 29 | Centralized , computer-based management information systems have done much to help people to manage resources . |
| 30 | I am sure that the Minister is aware that the Midland bank , which has done much to develop child care , has said of the Government recently that they keep calling its representatives to conferences at which they urge the importance of child care , but they do nothing . |