Example sentences of "in much " in BNC.

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1 In much of this there is the deepest kind of hypocrisy .
2 But , to the contrary , Singer finds that in much of post-war British life it is applauded and rewarded .
3 The Liberals had powerful grass-roots strength and an historic identity in much of the Scottish Highlands , rural Wales , and especially Devon and Cornwall .
4 In much of southern England , Labour hardly existed .
5 The Democrats now seemed in much disarray , and presented a dismal prospect for their new leader , Paddy Ashdown , who had succeeded David Steel .
6 The glossy shops and building societies of towns like Swindon and Basingstoke , the proliferation of ‘ leisure centres ’ and recreational amenities in much of the south , appeared to be firm signs of the enjoyment of the good life .
7 EVOLUTION and the transmission of cultural forms , topics much discussed in Eliot 's youth , continued to concern him in much of his later work , and he retained a profound distrust of the idea of evolution as progress .
8 Meanwhile , though , his interests in much of his prose gravitated towards the city and the consideration of social order .
9 The setbacks include mass unemployment , decline of Labour , loss of members , privatization of parts of the public sector , cash limits in much of the public sector , which limited opportunities for bargaining , government initiated incursions into their internal affairs , and minimal access to Whitehall .
10 Evolutionary theory gave a natural origin to human institutions instead of the supernatural origin which was the received and legally sanctioned view in much of nineteenth-century Europe , and if institutions and ideas had a natural historical origin they could be changed in changing conditions .
11 ‘ Not in much pain , sir , I hope ? ’
12 The clash between Balcon 's nationalism and the Ostrers ' requirement that he pursue international popularity led to the signs of strain that are evident in much of the Gaumont-British output , and it is easy to understand why Balcon became so disillusioned with the idea of international production .
13 Motor traffic was paralysed in much of the city .
14 A stained glass window lights the stairs , his initials in Gothic lettering appear in much of the decoration , and dark woodwork pervades all .
15 In much of the West where productivity has been high and population increases relatively small — in some countries zero — the problem confronting agriculture has been how to control expensive surpluses .
16 But in a world where nature left to its own devices is as grim as it is in much of the Soviet Union , the belief that you can bend it on the heroic scale is unlikely to go away .
17 The conflict between abhorrence of the institution and the political expediency which obliges Greens to seek seats in it leads to a rather antiphonal quality in much of what the Greens have to say on Europe and the devolution of power to the regions .
18 But here too , room for manoeuvre is limited : the long-term nature of most major weapon programmes is such that few can be brought to a successful conclusion in much less than a decade , and in some cases even longer .
19 It is the essential ingredient in much of the best Italian cuisine , whether it is cooked in the dish , sprinkled onto the food just before serving , or eaten as a table cheese .
20 Destruction of the dolphin 's mangrove habitat in much of its Asian range may be a particularly grave threat .
21 In much of Asia one answer is Islam .
22 State law forbids the insurance of punitive damages in much of the country , including California , New York , Illinois and Pennsylvania .
23 From The Childhood , and even more from some conversations I recorded with the poet 's second cousin ( T. Trehame Thomas ) in 1966–7 , there are hints that Mrs Thomas 's family proudly preserved the memory of Alderman Townsend and his descendants : the Tedmans at a vicarage in Much Birch , near Hereford ; another great-uncle at Limpley Stoke near Bath with an interest in the development of Edward 's French grammar ; and many more who had either been abroad and returned to moderate affluence in the Border counties ( according to Mr T. T. Thomas 's recollections ) or had settled abroad in Africa or in the USA , like Edward 's aunt Margaret .
24 We will not follow Gassendi in much of this , but it will be of interest to note what he says in so far as it relates to experience .
25 The last dying patient I 'd been to visit in this hospital had been the caretaker of our Health Centre , in much pain from a carcinoma of the pancreas .
26 But getting the chemical into the tank is now done in much less time , says Mr Doig , and the 2,500-litre sprayer can be filled with water and the contents of nine or ten packs of typical wheat herbicide in less than 15 minutes .
27 Newspapers do develop the discussion in much more detail , but people are more likely to be turned off by newspapers than
28 Mr Budgen was generous in his admiration for Mr Powell — ‘ You are the great don of parliamentary debate ’ — but not in much else .
29 The operation of the mythic DNA affects not only Shakespeare 's plots but contemporary history as he interpreted it ; so chaste women wronged by their boar-driven husbands include not only such fictional figures as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing and Imogen in Cymbeline , but also Katherine of Aragon ( in Henry VIII ) .
30 But the main deterrent is that in much of Russia and Ukraine the bureaucrats , Servicemen and scientists who rode roughshod over the locals while living ‘ abroad ’ can not find homes or jobs .
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