Example sentences of "[noun] much [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A direct question may not always be the ideal approach — a hint or oblique reference can sometimes be better — but a direct approach will gain response much more often than people think . |
| 2 | It followed the discovery that many old people metabolise the drug much more slowly than normal . |
| 3 | These measures , derived from the basic data , contrasted the two groups much more clearly than did simple counts of frequency of behaviour in the original catalogue of 120 categories . |
| 4 | And banks reckon they can distribute life products much more cheaply than big insurers , which have costly and old-fashioned national sales networks . |
| 5 | Modern publications were consulted by readers much more frequently than older material : 85% of all issues were twentieth-century publications , and 42% had been published only since 1970 . |
| 6 | The pattern recognition should also be able to identify the beginnings of words much more accurately than at present , and more investigation of the efficacy of some measure of word length would be useful . |
| 7 | Subjects woken during an REM burst have been shown by S. Molinari and David Foulkes to report highly vivid visual experiences much more frequently than when woken from periods of REM " quiescence " . |
| 8 | Born in the North at Cesena 56 years ago , he fits the stereotype of rational northern European much more comfortably than that of fiery Latin . |
| 9 | Born in the North at Cesena 56 years ago , he fits the stereotype of rational northern European much more comfortably than that of fiery Latin . |
| 10 | Consistent with this , the homologous Vmw175 DNA binding domain , and also intact Vmw175 , recognize the gene 62 binding sites much less efficiently than the 140k DNA binding domain . |
| 11 | The other European countries acted much more like the Romans : they had conquered large existing populations in the territories to which they had gone , and had established substantial colonies that were ruled by the sovereign power at home much more directly than was the case in the English colonies . |
| 12 | Recent reports on current or just completed land-drainage schemes emphasize the trend whereby large farmers accrue the benefit much more commonly than small men . |
| 13 | Nephrite pebbles show up by their colour and translucency much more clearly when viewed through flowing water than they do when dry . |
| 14 | I 'd rather not talk to the guests much beforehand simply because I find it works better just to say hello , and thanks for coming , and leave it at that . |
| 15 | As Dr O'Brien has recently pointed out , in effect British governments between 1714 and 1815 constructed a revenue system from component parts which enabled them to increase tax revenues per head from Europe 's most rapidly growing population much more successfully than the French from the end of the eighteenth century , despite having been less heavily taxed up to then . |
| 16 | We are funding prison security much more excessively than in the past . |
| 17 | Also , the drug seems to inhibit the viral DNA polymerase enzyme much more effectively than it does the DNA polymerase used by the cell to copy its own DNA . |
| 18 | Unlike the personal care between spouses , these patterns of support here are highly gendered , with daughters and mothers being carers much more commonly than sons and fathers ( Bayley , 1973 ; Wilkin , 1979 ; Glendinning , 1983 ) . |
| 19 | A position which provides shelter from wind is almost more important than one which receives all the sun available ; wind is excessively drying and moisture is transpired from plants much more quickly than is realized , along with the essential oils , relatively " heavy " though they are . |
| 20 | Fluid balance is an extremely delicate indicator of health and as such , can warn of serious problems much more quickly than pulse and respiratory rates . |
| 21 | As the authors state , such letters are also of benefit to hospital clinicians , who can focus on the problems much more quickly than by scanning notes ( often untidy or illegible ) plus related correspondence and results . |
| 22 | ‘ I play a lot of hockey as well and that 's all bending down , so I can approach the ball much more fluently than a bigger guy . |
| 23 | Despite assurances from US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney that only the Okinawa and German weapons would be destroyed at Johnston , the fear persisted in many Pacific countries that the USA would abandon plans to build incinerators on the American mainland and would use the Johnston facility much more widely than had been hitherto suggested . |
| 24 | Courts would be involved in pre-trial procedure much more actively than at present in attempting to keep the parties to proposed new timetables , whilst allowing for a realistic degree of relaxation by the court , and permitting the parties to vary particular time limits by agreement , subject always to the obligation to have the case ready for trial and set down within the overall timetable . |
| 25 | The result was to draw the boundaries of certain knowledge much more narrowly than before . |
| 26 | We should be using e-mail for internal communications much more widely than we do at present , in order to reduce the amount of paper we currently distribute , and to send specific messages to individuals and groups . |
| 27 | Sometimes an open-palm block can deflect a hard , solid punch much more easily than , say , a forearm block . |
| 28 | These were an improvement during dry weather conditions since the metal penetrated the ground much more easily than the wood , but there were disadvantages too . |
| 29 | We could say that having lost these illusions in socialism we have studied economic theories much more thoroughly than Western intellectuals have done . |
| 30 | This season Fergus — Gus to his friends — Aherne has warmed the bench much more assiduously than he has passed the ball from the base of the scrum . |