Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [adv] much [art] " in BNC.

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1 The lulling cushion of blood-heat saline solution I floated on did help me to neglect those bodily fears that were so much a part of me .
2 She had grown used to the tiny sounds that were so much a part of Seawitch , just as she had grown used to the boat 's continually changing motion .
3 Strong and brave — his 110 against Lillee and Thomson on an uneven Brisbane pitch in 1974–5 was an innings of real courage — he loved to drive off the front foot , could hit the ball vast distances and was very much a crowd-pleaser .
4 It was constructed by Telford ( q.v. ) in 1796 to carry the Shrewsbury Canal over the River Tern , and was very much a piece of engineering experiment at the time , to be carried to glorious triumph in the simultaneous building of the great aqueduct at Pont Cysyllte ( q.v . ) .
5 She says : ‘ She was very shy , blushed easily and was very much the younger sister .
6 Raglan Castle belongs mainly to the 15th century and was as much a product of social grandeur , as it was military necessity .
7 Coopers deplores what has occurred and was as much the victim as everyone else ’ .
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