Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] much [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do ye know what it is , Mr O'Malley , ’ he said , ‘ I seriously think we attach too much importance to this question of ages between man and wife . |
| 2 | Most non-fishkeepers add too much food to the pond resulting in polluted water and the loss of your fish . |
| 3 | Our members have had enough of repressive Tory employment laws that give too much power to unscrupulous employers and no protection for the workers . |
| 4 | I draw so much attention to myself that they wo n't dare touch me . ’ |
| 5 | In other words , pay as much attention to the owner/manager as the yard when choosing premises . |
| 6 | I 've never noticed you or your mum pay that much attention to old Vi 's opinions up to now . ’ |
| 7 | I must try to think for myself , she went on , and not pay too much attention to the arguments overheard in the bread queue . |
| 8 | In eating , if we pay too much attention to the delicacy with which we handle the cutlery , our own enjoyment of the food and our hostess 's feeling of pleasure in that enjoyment will be impaired . |
| 9 | Equally , corporate managers must be sensitive to the powerful inertial forces inherent in organizational cultures and ascribe as much importance to indicating a culture of change throughout the organization as to their marketing or investment strategies . |
| 10 | If they saw him in a play , they saw a middle-aged man pretending to be young , in an outdated vehicle that bore as much relation to their reality as crinolines and penny-farthings . |
| 11 | ‘ For heaven 's sake , ’ cried Babs , ‘ you 've as much right to be here as we have . ’ |
| 12 | We 've as much right to be here as they have . |
| 13 | I do not know whether my hon. Friend read Gavyn Davies 's recent article , which showed that what most greatly influences investment is availability of markets and demand , and that running costs come very much second to those factors . |
| 14 | They say the new road will just create more traffic and bring too much development to the area . |
| 15 | They have as much right to their lives as we have to ours . |
| 16 | However , if a people sacrifices all strangers to the sun , because it will burn out unless nourished by human blood , it would be unduly humble to think that they have as much right to their opinion as we have . |
| 17 | Homosexuals have as much right to be understood , to be treated with compassionate love as the rest of us . |
| 18 | After all , it is hardly a shocking suggestion any more to propose that dialects and slangs have as much right to be " English " as the official or received version ( again , Derrida comes to mind here . ) |
| 19 | ‘ You have as much right to be here as anyone . |
| 20 | I 'm sure you have as much right to be here as anyone . ’ |