Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] much [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHEN John Boorman took on the job of co-editing this anthology , which is intended to be an annual event , and writing the chronicle of 1991 which comprises almost half its contents , he can not have imagined that he would be revealing so much about the reasons for his own creative decline . |
| 2 | After contributing so much to the proceedings in the Finnish capital , and to the 30,000 words of the final act , Romania became one of its victims . |
| 3 | I mean I sometimes when I 'm performing on stage and people are laughing so much in the audience I think god , you know why ca n't I go and sit in the audience and watch this , they 're laughing so much . |
| 4 | Alain said nothing at all and Jenna had to think fast , keeping as much to the truth as possible . |
| 5 | My reporting for the Times-Herald under the avuncular guidance of Fred Workman ran the whole spectrum of events , incidents and activities : I spent days at the annual Wild West Rodeo and Stampede absorbing as much of the cowboy lingo as possible ; I acted as Master of Ceremonies for a fox trot competition sponsored by Cal Temple and Trudie , his business-like wife ; I interviewed all visiting celebrities including MacKenzie King , the Prime Minister , and R.B. Bennett , the Leader of the Opposition in Ottawa ; I interviewed Jimmy Gardiner as Minister of Agriculture , after he gave up his post as Premier of Saskatchewan ; I covered celebrity concerts and the annual Chatauqua programmes , among many other things . |
| 6 | His head was itching too much from the dreadful old grey wig . |
| 7 | She stared up at the granite-harsh features , trembling as much from the insidious effect of his hands on her back , pressing her against the male strength of his body , as from her growing anger at his arrogant , hurtful lack of confidence in her … |
| 8 | There may still be some possibilities , however , perhaps by filling as much of the waking day as possible with exhausting and demanding activity to reduce the time which can be given to introspection . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , one does not have to be a hedonist to agree that a person is somehow impoverished by living too much for the future or for other people , and ‘ Be aware ’ can show us why . |
| 10 | But was she sacrificing too much on the altar of women 's equality ? |
| 11 | Norman Lamont , out of government and now just plain old MP for Kingston , Surrey , accused the Prime Minister of ‘ short-termism ’ and listening too much to the opinion polls . |
| 12 | Fleischmann has been particularly worried about possible strategic implications of their research , believing that much of the negative reactions to it are prejudiced by this and that national security interests have orchestrated attempts to suppress or trash their work . |
| 13 | ‘ The knowledge of the works of God proportions our admiration of them , they participating and disclosing so much of the inexhausted perfections of their author , that the further we contemplate them , the more footsteps and impressions we discover of the perfections of their Creator . ’ |
| 14 | Yes , that 's one of the blessing of people not parking so much down the road now , they do n't empty out their ashtrays and their junk from time to time . |
| 15 | I was shaking and sweating so much in the confessional I thought I was going to faint . |
| 16 | Round NME way the jury 's still out on their Jamie Reid-inspired stencils and spirit of '76 obstructionist shenanigans , suffice to say they 're not The Clash ( the on-stage aesthetics are all wrong for starters ) , owing as much to the confusion politics of glam as they do the confrontational blitzkrieg that was punk . |
| 17 | I looked up , shaking my head , wondering as much about the English teacher 's two personae as the article , not knowing what to think about either . |
| 18 | As he had finally got back to Mrs Lorimer 's and was washing his face , he was wondering how much of the dirty water of the drug scene had washed over Rose and Steve . |
| 19 | Some argue that valuations may yet fall further and that care is still needed to avoid paying too much for the wrong deal . |
| 20 | It says Morland is paying too much for the new pubs and that it 's ’ the latest in a series of flawed actions by an increasingly desperate board . ’ |
| 21 | It says Morland is paying too much for the new pubs and that it 's ’ the latest in a series of flawed actions by an increasingly desperate board . ’ |
| 22 | this proved to be a pretty good compromise sack for mixed daywalking and light load carrying — the back system and simple frame helping out when needed without adding too much to the weight the rest of the time . |
| 23 | The chorus sound is sweet and clean and even the analogue distortion and overdrive , while sounding very much on the processed side , are very responsive to programming . |
| 24 | So what , when you 're paying that much for the hi-fi you do n't expect sound quality you 'll get from a tape to tape , it 's thought , the sound quality is so crap you might as well just do it on a shit thing |
| 25 | He 's still dwelling too much on the past , in my opinion . " |
| 26 | However , it seems likely that this burden can not be lightened without forcing too much of the decision-making task onto the focusing component of a system , with consequences such as those we saw earlier . |
| 27 | In a new report it complains that ‘ it is disappointing that much of the information the Inspectorate has expected to receive by now is not yet available to it … . the Inspectorate is still finding it particularly difficult not having a schedule and specification for the complete protection system ; this is basic information which should have been provided in the Pre-Construction Safety Report ( PCSR ) which will not be available until September 1983 ’ . |
| 28 | It has been argued also that if the president and the Congress are to work well together , each branch must respect the other 's legitimacy and competence ; however , Nixon and his aides made no pretence of granting that much to the legislature . |
| 29 | Oh it was just sold we were getting as much for the wool then as for . |
| 30 | But I I could n't get over you know , I say , I had a quick look the other at Marks you know , to even do the Christmas serviettes they 're doing a lot more and they said if people are n't buying as much on the clothes side erm so they they 've come down , I mean now I can get erm come over , and I said you 've never looked at Marks I said you never buy clothes , I said have a look in Marks , I said they do some really lovely |