Example sentences of "[vb -s] much [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book predates the 1986 Act and concentrates explicitly on management issues but it still contains much useful and relevant advice . |
| 2 | But this book contains much more than an exposition on the background to the Children Act and an explanation of the principles on which it is founded . |
| 3 | It may be true that the story of the English people is best seen in English literature , but English literature contains much more than the story of the English people . |
| 4 | I understand that the Minister is talking to London Transport about advertising the campaign , but it needs much more than that . |
| 5 | Welding trainee Paul Marlborough , 21 , of Moore Street , Hartlepool , said : ‘ The scheme has been told its funding is to be cut to £39,000 for a full year 's training , but it needs much more than that to survive . |
| 6 | A sensible aid policy — not just for Russia and Eastern Europe , but for the third world in general — calls for careful priorities , realistic goals and , above all , an understanding that the quality of aid matters much more than the quantity . |
| 7 | It matters much more if you have n't got children you 're talking about brothers and sisters and all their children . |
| 8 | It 's much , it holds much more than you 'd think does n't it ? |
| 9 | However , Ingleborough has much more than just an impressive outline ; geologically it is a fascinating place . |
| 10 | One supplier of this type of boarding , Caradon Celuform , now offers much more than just a maintenancefree material . |
| 11 | This is the point of view of one novice who discovered that diving offers much more than a free lunch , but should never be taken without tissues . |
| 12 | Less than a year later , Fuji seems more than willing to pay £100m for a minority share in the music arm which , with sales of £260m , represents much less than half of the Virgin empire . |
| 13 | Attaining maximum health involves much more than aiming for a low weight . |
| 14 | As a result , knowing ourselves involves much more than self-observation , or self-description . |
| 15 | Soil husbandry involves much more than mere ploughing and cultivation , although these are hard-won skills in themselves . |
| 16 | This involves much more than mere physical requirements . |
| 17 | THE Duchess of York 's desperate attempt to rehabilitate her public image involves much more than her recent glittering all-expenses-paid charity visit to Poland . |
| 18 | Sexuality involves much more than sexual intercourse . |
| 19 | That in turn involves much more than simply studying him as a figure of past history , or breathing in his historical influence . |
| 20 | The change to a community-based service … involves much more than a change to the pattern of service provision . |
| 21 | It is important to begin by recognizing that assessment is a process which involves much more than the collection of information and data . |
| 22 | Preparing for this Assembly involves much more than booking a few halls and sending out invitations . |
| 23 | A wealth of evidence exists to prove that reading involves much more than simply recognising the individual characters that form a word . |
| 24 | But negotiating a bank loan involves much more than agreeing an interest rate . |
| 25 | We are proposing , along with Cotte , that let evokes much more than merely the speech act of giving permission : it signifies giving an event access to existence , permitting something by not intervening to obstruct its being accomplished . |
| 26 | But most killers are not homicidal maniacs and the victim contributes much more than a mere coincidence of time and place to his own fate . |
| 27 | I walked — in amazing Cecil B de Mille film type downpour yesterday for tea with a young lawyer son of one of John 's contemporaries at Gordonstoun , so that he could help me finalise the leaflet for a seminar on 14th January in respect of INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY , which many think is akin to copyright and so on but it embraces much more than that nowadays , especially in respect of computers , TV and sound usage , collaboration in respect of research and development projects which eat investments budgets and so on . |
| 28 | She used her face and hands much more than the average Englishman , though perhaps not more than the average Italian . |
| 29 | Gliding costs much less than flying powered aircraft . |
| 30 | Toughened glass costs much more than normal float glass and it must be ordered cut to size . |