Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] much [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think what we 'll do is one day we 'll weigh the amount of spaghetti and then we 'll know exactly how much to put in next time wo n't we ? |
| 2 | Thus one might treat it as an argument that is designed not so much to challenge the meaningfulness of applying identity to objects qua ontological existents " out there " as to expose the difficulties of drawing a clear distinction between the numerical and the qualitative ( or species ) identity in relation to such objects . |
| 3 | Diatryma seems , after all , to have been a meat-eater , its head reinforced not so much to cut through meat as to cope with the sudden shocks when its bite hit bone . |
| 4 | It is always difficult for a Cabinet minister to know just how much to say before a Budget statement . |
| 5 | As a result , Mr Jacobs says , it cost nearly as much to make an episode of Paradise , with relatively unknown actors , as an episode of Dallas , with its big stars . |
| 6 | The sense of outrage has almost as much to do with the invasion of a hallowed shrine of old Boston as with the robbery . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Thereafter , and notably from the 1780s , the company had to make recourse to fresh stock issue not so much to raise fresh working capital but to release it from debt . |
| 9 | D'Arcy savoured his brandy and studied Victor for a moment , before deciding exactly how much to tell the Frenchman . |
| 10 | I obviously I from what was coming out you probably could n't work out very much to help you but nonetheless I know that I would want to do that as a person . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , having had far too much to drink , Clare woke up the next morning in James 's bed , saw that it was nearly nine o'clock , fled to work in her crumpled clothes but arrived late again . |
| 12 | Greg Carey had had far too much to drink ! |
| 13 | She said tersely , ‘ It seems to me that Adam has had far too much to say for himself . |
| 14 | I 've got far too much to do . |
| 15 | although they know that it costs twice as much to try to collect it as the amount that they actually collect . |
| 16 | If it did n't cost quite so much to get there ( typical return fare London-Auckland is currently about £1,150 it would make good financial sense to use the excellent training facilities that exist in New Zealand to obtain a PPL , and it certainly is a wonderful place to build up low-cost hours among some of the world 's most magnificent surroundings . |
| 17 | Held up and then taken wide , Moscow Sea was given far too much to do . |
| 18 | She seemed to be asking not so much to save herself as because of some instinct for the men 's friendship . |
| 19 | Borrowing an idea from the fiercely competitive US market , ITN has made McDonald the sole anchorman but his role seems not so much to read the news as to make it simple for the viewer before the reporter fills the story out . |
| 20 | Charles was acting quite legally in initiating the quo warranto proceedings against borough charters , and his primary aim appears not so much to achieve royal control over the borough electorate — boroughs which did not return MPs were also subject to attack — but rather to drive Nonconformists and their sympathisers out of the local magistracy and to secure the empanelment of juries who would be prepared to act against the Dissenters . |
| 21 | Molly felt similarly safe , brought to this strange place about which she would have clearly so much to learn . |
| 22 | In this far corner of the Third World , we have known darkness and despair that at times seems almost too much to bear … |
| 23 | I do n't go out very much to spend my money , so I have some saved up . |
| 24 | You have refused to pay what has been asked for my return , but if you knew what I have become , a fearless old man with nothing left to lose , you would pay twice as much to have me kept away ! |
| 25 | One of Charles 's most fruitful contributions to knowledge of the wider world was his establishment in 1675 of Greenwich Observatory , which was intended quite as much to assist sailors with the problems of navigation as to carry on scientific research . |
| 26 | ‘ But it would n't have taken even that much to know that nobody is transparent — or translucent . ’ |
| 27 | There are a few examples of maverick programmes ( like Rapido ) selling themselves , so , encouraged , we decided we had not too much to lose ( more money … ) : we should check out the world 's biggest film and TV market , MIPCOM . |
| 28 | Harry , by contrast , had no intention of subsiding into forgetful slumber : he had far too much to occupy his mind for sleep to seem attractive . |
| 29 | I do n't want to die , I 've far too much to do . |
| 30 | And I 've far too much to do on the farm . |