Example sentences of "[adv] much [vb -s] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | " So much seems to have happened while you have been away . |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Mediocrity seeks to endure by every means , ’ he said of these lions , and in a country where so much has disappeared the lions remain , unferocious , glum , like doped circus animals . |
| 6 | So much has taken place in so little time , it is hard for us to really grasp the rapid pace of development . |
| 7 | I know that it has only been a couple of weeks but my word , it does seem longer , and so much has happened to you , has n't it ? |
| 8 | ‘ I know I am only 20 , but some days I feel about 30 so much has happened to me . ’ |
| 9 | We have not made any far-reaching contingency plans for after 1997 ; indeed so much has happened in China in the last two years that has shifted the mood from gloom to optimism ; today Hong Kong is a booming economic zone and is regarded as the mediator between the Western and Chinese economies ’ . |
| 10 | So much has happened since then . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ So much has happened , these past six months . ’ |
| 12 | Since I last wrote them , so much has happened . |
| 13 | Oh my darling , I am too happy and excited to be able to write all the things I want to say to you , so much is crowding in , so much has happened in such a short while and I want to pin down some of this marvellous feeling before it all rushes by and becomes more accepted — because , Betty , I do feel that we accept each other , there is a tolerance , a straightness between us that makes it all possible . |
| 14 | She said : ‘ I still ca n't believe so much has happened . |
| 15 | ‘ After all , so much has happened to us both in the last five years , has n't it ? |
| 16 | So much has changed in the life of the farm worker , especially the nature of his work ; yet so much , as we shall see , has remained resistant to change . |
| 17 | ‘ So much has changed , Yuan . |
| 18 | So much has changed , but for many women writers that cry is eternal . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , sir ; but not much has happened since then , has it ? |
| 20 | It seems not much has happened in that period . |
| 21 | In truth , not much has changed . |
| 22 | As the years have gone on not much has changed around Clacton and at Highfield Holiday park , the people there are all still friendly , it is still a very tidy and clean place to visit . |
| 23 | What I do n't quite understand is what was the legal basis on which they went ahead with this despite the objection , presumably as some of the trustees as to what was being done , I could hear we 're talking of er a deficit of one point seven billion appearing or it a surplus disappearing into a deficit , which is actually four times as much has disappeared out of Maxwell . |
| 24 | Knowing how much was there to start with and how much remains determines how much time has passed . |
| 25 | I mean , I I I I wonder how much does go on , of that nature . |
| 26 | But just how much does depend ? |
| 27 | What we wanted to know was how much does offset come to ? |
| 28 | There should be suggestions on how much time to spend with the language assistant ; how much times to spend drilling with the aid of a tape-recorded ; how much time to spend on any necessary " book-work " ; how much time to spend on practising in the community . |
| 29 | The obstacles are considerable when one considers how much has to change in managerial attitudes , skills and in the internal control systems . |
| 30 | 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 . |