Example sentences of "[prep] much [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For much of the time , he is the achiever who tries for a reasonable percentage return . |
| 2 | To most people , a receptionist is an obstacle to be negotiated , and that was unfortunately how I was made to feel for much of the time . |
| 3 | Bears ragged yellow daisies for much of the summer . |
| 4 | The other game was far more interesting with Speelman looking for much of the time as though he was spending a very unhappy 33rd birthday . |
| 5 | Labour 's employment spokesman was blamed for much of the confusion which arose at the TUC on the issue . |
| 6 | But in a minority ‘ access to resources was unsatisfactory : apparatus was hidden in cupboards , stored haphazardly , scattered , or kept in rooms used for other purposes for much of the day ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Jane Bywaters , who has been responsible for much of the exhibition , said : ‘ We need to give people information so that they can make up their own minds about food and not be dictated to by the media and media events . ’ |
| 9 | Vivienne found Peters extremely boring , but the next day , Sunday , Peters and Eliot , who was looking very ill , went off to Greenwich , a choice of venue which suggests that the two men talked about sailing for much of the time . |
| 10 | For much of the 1980s there was also a growing concern among ministers about the mounting financial costs of the system . |
| 11 | In 1981 it cut the link between earnings and unemployment benefits and uprated benefits in line with price rather than wage increases ( which have been higher for much of the decade ) . |
| 12 | Politically there has been a shift to , or confirmation of , right-dominated governments for much of the 1980s in West Germany , Britain , USA , Denmark , the Netherlands , Belgium , Canada , and Japan . |
| 13 | For much of the period he discusses , it was far from easy to prove whether a couple was legally married at all . |
| 14 | He was also back to the daily pile of paperwork and would be closeted with secretaries for much of the day . |
| 15 | Diana had felt unwell for much of the early part of her pregnancy , and was not quite herself , which made the process of settling down to married life all the more difficult . |
| 16 | This proved to be the catalyst for much of the discussion and also shaped the questions which the self-selected interest groups chose to pursue . |
| 17 | And last night he eluded his two markers to decisive effect although they shadowed him well for much of the match . |
| 18 | For much of the post-war era , Nato and the Warsaw Pact provided the military and political framework for East-West relations . |
| 19 | For much of the time the only sounds were the chatter of birds and the humming of my bike 's knobbly tyres , but the wide panoramas changed constantly as the countryside unfolded around me . |
| 20 | To their great credit , Romania looked far from demoralised on the field , driving the Scots on to the back foot for much of the first half and restricting the scoreline to 3-0 until the 39th minute . |
| 21 | For their part the Brazilians want to play British oppositon to remind themselves of what it feels like to be searching for the ball in the air for much of the game . |
| 22 | There is still time for much of the Third World to be held back from taking the same course . |
| 23 | The Soil Association exists as a standards body for much of the organically produced food in the UK . |
| 24 | The revenues that washed over both for much of the 1980s flowed from the same wellspring . |
| 25 | To nudge Serbia , which can be blamed for much of the recent trouble , towards better conduct , and to discourage any thought of an army coup , the United States earlier this month cut off aid to Yugoslavia . |
| 26 | The consolidation of banking that started in the 1980s has paused for much of the past year . |
| 27 | For much of the 1970s he was Lloyd 's vice-captain and led the team once , against Australia in the first match after Packer 's ‘ circus ’ had left town . |
| 28 | A fine attacking batsman , he had been in the England team for much of the time since making his debut in 1982 , but after his four centuries in the summer of 1984 he had disappointed too often and his average scarcely reflected his ability — in 57 Tests he had made just over 3,000 runs at 34 before the tour began . |
| 29 | On the second of these , the captain , Leslie Ames , was injured for much of the time and Worrell was appointed his deputy . |
| 30 | Faced with a massive majority in the House of Commons and racked by their own internal problems , for much of the decade the opposition parties had a distinctly toothless appearance . |