Example sentences of "much [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results are sought not so much to enrich the domain of research with fundamentally new findings as to demonstrate the validity of some new form of automatic processing . |
| 2 | Even so , it would be too much to claim that the government possessed a carefully considered industrial strategy . |
| 3 | It was the many and varied invaders who did much to overlay that consciousness in complex and competing ways . |
| 4 | Aye , but it would n't cost very much to carpet those two areas . |
| 5 | With boys in unskilled employment , the intention was not so much to impart skills , ‘ as to retain [ them ] at an impressionable age and to mould and discipline their character ’ , and in such cases specialization or technical training would be out of place . |
| 6 | The primary function of the teacher is not so much to impart information as to help the student to assimilate the course of reading and lesson notes and to stimulate the questioning attitude of mind by every means at his/her disposal . |
| 7 | This week 's gathering at Greenmount College brought together some of the best brains on the poultry scene and they had much to impart to the industry . |
| 8 | We are looking forward to a visit from prominent physiotherapist Vivian Grisogono , who , with her vast and expert knowledge of treating sports injuries , has much to impart about the way we enthusiastically drive our bodies on to perform at a pace that often proves harmful . |
| 9 | The image of youth associated with regeneration ( to be accomplished by Urwick 's ‘ skilled hand ’ ) did much to categorize adolescents as ‘ pupils ’ , and was used to compel those who refused to accept their new status . |
| 10 | At the same time she remains ‘ isolated from the very social structure which her courage and vitality have done so much to enliven and renew ’ ( Rose , ‘ Women in Men 's Clothing ’ , 389 — 90 ) . |
| 11 | ALTHOUGH three English Commonwealth Games representatives , Peter Elliott , Derek Redmond and Phil Brown , have withdrawn , Linford Christie 's presence should do much to enliven the Scottish Indoor Championship in the Kelvin Hall , Glasgow , today and tomorrow . |
| 12 | I do not think this reversal did much to uphold the seriousness or credibility of the sporting authorities ; it did , however , solve certain in-house problems and — until Monza — lower the temperature in the great debate about Ferrari ‘ influence ’ . |
| 13 | Answer guide : In this case the problem is not whether to include the office conversion in sales but how much to include . |
| 14 | Answer guide : In the first two of these cases the question is how much to include , not whether the expenses should be included . |
| 15 | None of this suggested that the English would go forward to build up the most wide-ranging empire that the world had ever seen , and even if Hakluyt had added that the English had made some attempts to settle in North America and had organized themselves for trade in the East Indies he would not have much altered the case . |
| 16 | Could de Valois have thought that it would be too much to risk giving chances to two hardly known South Africans in one production ? |
| 17 | Although there is much to support this view of the origin of our modern idea of time , it is now realized that it can only be adhered to with some reservations , as we shall see . |
| 18 | On these occasions , the clinical teacher can do much to support the student and advise her about the organisation of priorities in care . |
| 19 | In his collection of essays on genius the distinguished neurologist , the late Sir William Russell Brain , concluded about Smart that ‘ clearly he suffered from manic-depressive insanity or cyclothymia ’ and there is much to support that diagnosis . |
| 20 | There is nothing to contradict that view and much to support it . |
| 21 | Indeed , one of the most disgraceful things that we have seen in the Chamber this week was the Maastricht agreement which , in terms of social policy , means that the opportunity to do so much to support the family , children and working mothers has been lost . |
| 22 | So while there is much to support er we do none the less Mr Deputy Speaker , need to draw attention to the Conservatives half heartedness in one particular area and that is registration and the registration of voters . |
| 23 | It 's that sort of change that I think is extremely significant , and I think it happens for women very much at that stage , when they have been through those sorts of experiences themselves , so one way in which I think that we can change things is — and help people to change things for themselves — is very much to support and develop those kinds of second change erm access , returning to education , returning to work , type projects as very much part of mainstream education and employment , and I would like to see a much greater range of those sorts of projects available for people and erm a lot more government resources into supporting that kind of provision . |
| 24 | R. W. Dale 's son became a fellow of Trinity Hall , Cambridge , and one survey of leading Victorians noted , ‘ As the elder Dale did much to spiritualize the business men of the Midlands , the younger carries on his father 's work in traditionally the most [ sic ] liberal of our two national seats of learning ’ . |
| 25 | Financial decisions — how much to borrow , how much to lend , at what price — made under one set of rules and incentives go wrong when the rules change . |
| 26 | Not much to report this week on the home front , except that I have a sneaking feeling I may have broken a bone in my right hand . |
| 27 | Tomorrow was her day off ; she would have much to report . |
| 28 | Their role is not so much to perform on their own as to lead and embellish the chants . |
| 29 | They 're not really severe at all , I mean , they 're very much intended for , you know , the weekend er type of people , you know , somebody that just wants to get out on a Sunday afternoon with the children . |
| 30 | And it is very much intended to be an educational experience for people as well as fun . |