Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] much [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Due to the very nature of vigilance , the tests to measure it must take much longer than is required for the other tests above . |
| 2 | The definition implies that the tendency must go much further than merely shocking or disgusting readers . |
| 3 | The person who creates a crisis in a relationship which is not going well such that the two part company and he or she is able to establish a more suitable and rewarding partnership may do much better than the person who avoids crises and settles for a far from ideal partner . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't need it but I 'll do much better than that . |
| 5 | ( This process , incidentally , may begin much earlier than many secondary teachers suppose . |
| 6 | Even if a business was very efficient , he said , it was difficult to generate gross margins of more than 28% , whereas an efficient company in the fast-growing network market could do much better than that . |
| 7 | I could go much faster than they could . |
| 8 | If she stayed in England with him , she 'd learn much faster than shovelling horse-shit in New Zealand and being made to get up early in the morning . |
| 9 | Again , it would adapt much faster than a legal body . |
| 10 | The use of the ‘ Fax Box and Jargon Box ’ is good and the general attempt to imitate the Windows desktop is a good idea but would work much better if less cluttered . |
| 11 | " I would work much harder if you came now and then so that I could tell you of my progress . " |
| 12 | He was taken out of the garden at put on trial , all the others were gathered together swiftly Normally a Jewish trial would take much longer than this . |
| 13 | An intensive conditioner will work much better if you cover hair with a polythene bag after applying to seal in body heat . |
| 14 | The culprit is the G string slot , which has been cut away at too sharp an angle , leaving the string supported on a tiny knife-edge ; this slot will wear much faster than the others , which will eventually call for a premature nut replacement , or at least some fancy manoeuvring with superglue and baking soda . |
| 15 | An advantage of this system is that work can commence much earlier than in the traditional system because much of the design work will take place at the same time as the actual construction . |
| 16 | Trained keyboard users can type much faster than humans write by hand , but speech is much faster than either of these for the majority of people . |
| 17 | Mr G Douglas Vaisey also suggests that others should start setting the comps : ‘ I 'm sure we [ we ? ] can do much better than Katie Mallett . ’ |
| 18 | Hypnosis , however , can go much further than just improving the patient 's self-image . |
| 19 | Once a bat has detected a moth it has the advantage , because bats can fly much faster than moths . |