Example sentences of "[det] [vb -s] [adv] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it is this policy making , often particularly that which occurs at the highest level , that receives very much more attention . |
| 2 | Essential to this is making the measurement and reporting of performance against plan meaningful — and that goes as much for the board as the managers . |
| 3 | The measure of that lies as much in the minor elements as in the headline-grabbing reforms of taxation and expenditure policy . |
| 4 | This has as much to do with the aural texture of guitar-based rock as with funk or soul , and their records often fail to gain airplay on rap specialist radio shows . |
| 5 | This places too much burden on others . |
| 6 | This owes as much to the country 's past success as to the ruling party 's new tact . |
| 7 | This owes as much to the location of the ring , as to the size of the stones : given the view across the countryside , with nearby lower hills , and distant smooth green fields , a full moon over Strichen will have conveyed powerful mystery . |
| 8 | If it is felt that this smacks too much of the ‘ green shield stamp ’ approach , it should be realized that it is intended that the scheme will operate with a substantial element of vocational and tutorial guidance using specialized staff . |
| 9 | AD 695 that travellers from afar , or foreigners , are instructed to shout or blow a horn before leaving a road , to avoid being treated as a thief or worse ; this says as much about the controls placed on the English population as the desire to protect foreigners . |
| 10 | This says as much to me as any artfully contrived moussette . |
| 11 | This depends very much upon the individual , but peer-group support is often invaluable . |
| 12 | To unlock this requires as much knowledge of the Vedas , the ancient holy books of the Hindus , as The Satanic Verses does of the Koran . |
| 13 | This applies as much to the terminally ill patient as to any other . |
| 14 | This applies as much to business organizations as it does to public sector organizations . |
| 15 | This applies as much to external users of the information as it does to internal users . |
| 16 | This implies that much of the geographer 's hydrological endeavour is directed not towards the solution of a specific hydrological problem but towards a more complete understanding of the landscape … |
| 17 | Apparently none of this means too much to the East Germans at the moment , but we 're sure it 's just another barrier that they 'll soon surmount . |
| 18 | Golding and Middleton argued that the " focusing of moral outrage on items like this does as much to create concern as to reflect it . " |
| 19 | This poses as much of a challenge for a future Labour government bent on reform as for Kenneth Clarke and his colleagues . |
| 20 | This proves too much . |
| 21 | This suggests as much as a triple purpose in Kant 's analysis of our concern for animals . |
| 22 | None of this comes as much surprise to sausage supremo Bill O'Hagan . |
| 23 | Alas that the RIBA 's garden design book had taken away garden architecture , for that encapsulates so much characteristic of the Regency . |
| 24 | Without even being aware of it , tension ‘ collects ’ there — so when it all gets too much for your , you can slip off your shoes and unwind with a little self-massage , without getting too many strange looks from colleagues . |
| 25 | Anyway , when it all gets too much and you ca n't bear the thought of writing another Christmas card or eating another mince pie just sit down and have a quiet read of your NCT newsletter ! |
| 26 | If it all gets too much for me , I go to church . ’ |
| 27 | Remember that there is a snack bar in the Tower for sustenance , if it all gets too much . |
| 28 | Stress is something most people have to cope with , but sometimes it all gets too much . |
| 29 | There have been umpteen books on the subject before , but Ferris brings such sly humour , such a floodgate of poignant details , and such a tone of innocent surprise to the proceedings , that it all reads as much more than a round-up of the usual phenomena . |
| 30 | Just occasionally , as in the orgiastic masquerade — complete with jazz band — near the end , it all becomes too much and one slumps back in exhaustion , but for the most part the show 's farcical delirium is irresistible . |