Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1868 Valuev admitted as much . |
| 2 | It is a special occasion as it coincides with a lovely Flower Celebration and we have Canon Harney to thank very much for allowing this to happen in our lovely Cathedral . |
| 3 | Therese admitted as much . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman 's hon. and learned Friend has as much right to express his views as the hon. Gentleman had . |
| 5 | This is perhaps the most important reason why Marx and Engels concentrated so much on Morgan 's work , and by and large accepted the main lines of his account of the early history of mankind . |
| 6 | She was silent except for little violent outbursts about capital punishment and Iris Murdoch writing too much . |
| 7 | I think a lot of commentators were surprised when Arsenal paid so much money for Ian but his phenomenal strike-rate for them is probably why transfer prices have gone through the roof . |
| 8 | But in the aftermath of the bid , while suggestions that TI paid too much for Dowty were still flying around the City , the group won praise and respect from many analysts when it released a detailed account of the provisions it would be making in connection with the takeover — £87.1m in all , of which £41m represents asset write-offs and £46.1m additional expenditure that TI will have to incur . |
| 9 | He said to one of his chaplains that Ramsey spent too much time theologizing up in York instead of tackling problems practically . |
| 10 | This could mean Eleanor gets as much as a million pounds . |
| 11 | Er , but , you know , Freud discovered so much about consciousness and unconsciousness that erm , you ignore it , strikes me as just silly . |
| 12 | And yet Ken kept very much to himself . |
| 13 | the old Anti-Slavery Society committee [ was not prompted ] to make a vigorous opposition to the grant of Twenty Millions and one parliamentary leader T. F. Buxton felt so much doubt upon the propriety of turning the attention of the country prominently to it that there was on this subject a want of cordial cooperation with those who wished to make use of it to its full extent . |
| 14 | It 's tricky , as someone who skis and mountaineers , to whine about the encroachment of ski developments in Scotland , especially when the developers of Aonach Mor spilt so much ink about how they were ‘ conservation friendly ’ , they could have made a major motion picture out of their press releases . |
| 15 | There was a moment during the shooting of Midnight Cowboy when Dustin gave so much energy to the character 's cough that he fell down in the street vomiting . |
| 16 | Penny means so much to her . |
| 17 | It seems clear that Branwell had so much potential , he might have been as successful as his sisters . |
| 18 | ‘ Surely only Mr Chatterton had as much to lose as you , Colonel Fagg ? ’ |
| 19 | These were just dreams ; foolish , romantic dreams ; and Johnny had as much need of them as anyone else . |
| 20 | The lack of apparent activity in the factory was startling at first , but not when you remember that Caterham makes as much money in a year as General Motors does in half an hour . |
| 21 | The Neighbours cast Kylie missed so much . |
| 22 | This last element , perhaps more than any other , is crucial for understanding why Marx and Engels attached so much more importance to the work of Morgan than they did to the work of the other evolutionist anthropologists whom they read . |
| 23 | ‘ I hope I do n't upset Glentoran fans too much by joining their biggest rivals . |
| 24 | In response to Labour questioning , Mr MacGregor said : ‘ Without any question I am keen to ensure that both from the passenger and freight point of view the north of England and Scotland gain as much benefit as possible from the Channel Tunnel and the Channel Tunnel high-speed link . ’ |
| 25 | The Earl of Exeter owned so much property in Stamford ( Lincolnshire ) that he was able to keep its 2,500 electors firm to the Tory interest without a contest during the reign of Anne . |
| 26 | But parts of Liverpool and Glasgow and much of rural Scotland lose as much as 50 per cent of the water . |
| 27 | Though I believe that Darwin laid too much stress on biotic interactions as a promoter of evolution and extinction , to the extent of substantially dismissing changes in the physical environment , there is no justification for going to the other extreme , as several examples will illustrate . |
| 28 | ‘ Only from the sort of dry texts that Benny hates so much . |
| 29 | Toyota has so much cash that it could be mistaken for a mini-bank , not a carmaker . |
| 30 | I welcome the fact that the hon. Gentleman has brought to the attention of the House and of the world outside the fact that Northern Ireland has so much to offer as an area for investment , both from the rest of the United Kingdom and from beyond . |