Example sentences of "much [adv] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ generally speaking a prosecutor has as much right as a defendant to demand a verdict of a jury on an outstanding indictment , and where either demands a verdict a judge has no jurisdiction to stand in the way of it .
2 However , we remind ourselves of the principles outlined earlier in this judgment and the observation of Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest in Connelly v. Director of Public Prosecutions [ 1964 ] A.C. 1254 , 1304 , that ‘ generally speaking a prosecutor has as much right as a defendant to demand a verdict of a jury on an outstanding indictment , and where either demands a verdict a judge has no jurisdiction to stand in the way of it . ’
3 The depreciation of sterling should help to bring this about and , although there might in time be scope for some further slight fall in interest rates , it is doubtful if there is much more that the Chancellor can do .
4 The depreciation of sterling should help to bring this about and , although there might in time be scope for some further slight fall in interest rates , it is doubtful if there is much more that the Chancellor can do .
5 Early microprocessors ten years ago were erm nothing much more than the calculator type of erm performance .
6 The proportion of out-of-wedlock births has increased so much mainly because the number of births to married couples has sharply declined .
7 Shutting his eyes , he stopped and was there the one he always remembered from his childhood polish , dust , though not so much now as the smell of books .
8 None of us has time for much else but the work in hand . ’
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