Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] so much " in BNC.
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| 1 | The causes of economic and employment decline in the cities have been the subjects of the most extensive studies — no other area of urban research has received so much attention . |
| 2 | The reason that it has received so much attention is not primarily that it is of practical importance ( although it has applications , e.g. Sections 26.2 , 26.5 , 26.6 ) , but rather that it has become a context for the development of ideas about the consequences of instability and evolution towards turbulent motion . |
| 3 | Editor , — No other part of the body has aroused so much passion and misconception as the foreskin , mainly because both surgical and personal considerations are concerned . |
| 4 | Parallel computing has matured so much that users and manufacturers are beginning to discuss standardisation . |
| 5 | English is such a rich language and has gathered so much from many linguistic sources that you must consciously choose and reject words if you are to write well . |
| 6 | The Presidential Rally on Tuesday evening saw Dr Hugh Kennedy take over as President , a fitting tribute in this Bicentenary of the BMS to someone who has given so much of his life to serving God and others through the BMS . |
| 7 | Victor Mature , who has given so much pleasure in his day that nothing must be said against him , is , however , not wholly convincing sitting in a cell wearing a leather mini-skirt , reading Pythagoras . |
| 8 | It seems doubtful that any other photographer has given so much attention to the condition of trees growing in close proximity to urban man . |
| 9 | And the issue is not simply that of deteriorating staff-student ratios , which has attracted so much attention , but at least as much a question of capital investment . |
| 10 | And , given the much valued British tradition of attending a university or polytechnic away from home , who will fund the additional sleeping accommodation for students , the absence of which has attracted so much adverse publicity this week ? |
| 11 | Undoubtedly , part of the reason that this decision has attracted so much comment is that it was a rather " un-Gaullist " one : for once , the General took the route of facilité rather than that of inflexibilité . |
| 12 | Because trying to meet this criterion has occupied so much of my research time in the past two decades it is worth spelling out again that to adopt a reductionist methodology in research strategy — that is , to try to stabilize the world that one is studying by manipulating one variable at a time , holding everything else as constant as possible — is generally the only way to do experiments from which one can draw clear conclusions . |
| 13 | This explains the bardolatry which has dominated so much writing about Shakespeare . |
| 14 | He took the list , that list right there , and he went like this with it — I was sitting across the table — and he said , ‘ For someone who has seen so much war as you have , North , you should understand that I want to end the war on terms that are acceptable to Iran . |
| 15 | The result has been that a century which has seen so much development in terms of resources and method in historical research , has also seen a recurrent historical scepticism in theology . |
| 16 | Still popular , and made in new materials with plastic or nylon sail , the Peter Powell kite has introduced millions to the sight of its long tube tails following the looping flight pattern , and still , after over 15 years of its production when all else around has seen so much change , is a firm recommendation for anyone wishing to take up stunt flying for the first time . |
| 17 | It is particularly appropriate that this first annual review from the Institute and Faculty comes at the end of a year which has seen so much co-operation between our two organisations . |
| 18 | ‘ She is now so far up the beach and has suffered so much damage that it would be physically impossible to get her off , ’ said Orkney 's Marine Pollution Officer , Captain Bob Sclater . |
| 19 | The stone which the East Germans have lifted , however , has revealed so much that is nasty that many East Germans will never again live in comfort with neighbours , workmates , even close relatives . |
| 20 | The argument that public sector employment has expanded so much that it has absorbed too much labour and it has thus had an adverse effect on the national economy will be examined in the next chapter . |
| 21 | Luke Rittner , secretary general of the Arts Council , said inflation had outstripped grant aid by 6 per cent , and ‘ a failure by government to recognise this situation will be a cruel slap in the face to an arts world that has done so much to adapt to the market economy of the 1980s ’ . |
| 22 | It has done so much for us . |
| 23 | It may be appropriate to end this section with a quotation from H. C. A. Somerset whose research on examination and selection in African schools has done so much to clarify problems and suggest solutions : |
| 24 | My brother Dennis has done so much for me , too . |
| 25 | He 's a great leader and although he has done so much , he still has a great future in front of him . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Cooney , ’ she says by way of special tribute , ‘ has done so much for Irish music , with all that he 's brought from other cultures . ’ |
| 27 | The Duchess of Richmond and Gordon has done so much to build up these fine International Dressage Championships . |
| 28 | The self-styled Scottish convention was self-appointed and is unrepresentative , and the introduction of tax-raising powers for Scotland would make it the highest-taxed part of the United Kingdom and would destroy and inward investment that has done so much for its standard of life . |
| 29 | Is not my hon. Friend the Member for York ( Mr. Gregory ) , who has done so much to encourage the arts in York , absolutely right ? |
| 30 | That is what has done so much damage to local government . |