Example sentences of "much [prep] it [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None the less , large sums of public money are still being spent on drainage , much of it to improve farmland . |
| 2 | The report contains comments from policymakers in borrowing countries , much of it criticizing Bank officials for ignoring local input while implementing policies decided at Bank headquarters . |
| 3 | This growth has accelerated in recent years , much of it taking place in the 1970s and it has been concentrated more in the higher levels of the education system . |
| 4 | The diversity of material was due to the fact that much of it came courtesy of local mill-owners . |
| 5 | In 1898 the Great Western Railway conveyed 5,978 tons of broccoli from Cornwall , much of it going north via Didcot , Birmingham , and Crewe . |
| 6 | The CAB has developed considerable skill in training , as this chapter has demonstrated , and much of it has relevance outside the CAB as well as inside . |