Example sentences of "much [prep] the [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faced with a massive majority in the House of Commons and racked by their own internal problems , for much of the decade the opposition parties had a distinctly toothless appearance . |
| 2 | The ascent of Whernside from the north has two advantages over other routes : first , for much of the journey the lovely valley of Dentdale remains in sight to counter the increasing harshness of the terrain and , secondly , an alternative route of return is available . |
| 3 | The profit per tonne in Aegina is falling , because trimming the trees and picking the nuts is a laborious business that modern workers can insist on being paid more for , and much of the water the trees need has to be brought in from the mainland . |
| 4 | For much of the time the only sounds were the chatter of birds and the humming of my bike 's knobbly tyres , but the wide panoramas changed constantly as the countryside unfolded around me . |
| 5 | Much of the time the principal performers were not even aware of what we were doing for them . |
| 6 | A blustery wind made control very difficult and for too much of the time the ball was high in the air . |
| 7 | The secretary of each level of the party had quasi-absolute power over the members below him , and Elena had a double advantage : not only was she the Party secretary able to veto or grant small privileges for her colleagues , her husband was much of the time the Second Secretary in the Party at large , controlling the day-to-day business of the Romanian Communists under Dej 's supervision . |
| 8 | Much of the time the problem is eased by set rules for encounters and by rituals . |
| 9 | As Stoker and Wilson note ( 1986 , p. 292 ) while ‘ over many issues and for much of the time the group may simply endorse decisions taken elsewhere , at the very least senior councillors and officers must be careful not to offend the core political values and commitments of backbenchers ’ . |
| 10 | Much of the time the narrative is weighed down by the Boehemer 's perceived seriousness of the subject matter — politics , race and violence in South Africa give new meaning to the phrase ‘ well-worn themes ’ — so that the characters are simply vehicles for the points she wants to make . |
| 11 | He said the existing system was a throwback to the days when each borough ran its own affairs and added that for much of the time the heavy rescue unit could only be used if firemen were taken off other machines . |
| 12 | Their quarrels with one another did not really compromise these benefits , any more than quarrels between European nations prevented colonial administrators from giving much of the world the framework of European law and order . |
| 13 | And people are making much of the fact the Apple 's John Sculley said he expects to sell a million PowerPC Macs next year . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | 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 . |