Example sentences of "much [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Honestly , I was very interested ; I 've never thought much about the Roman invasion , but you bring it to life . ’ |
2 | I ca n't remember much about the second Arse goal , scored by Merson ; maybe Sunil on the north bank can say what happened . |
3 | Tells you nothing about Ancient Egypt but much about the nineteenth century . |
4 | There may lurk some consolation for punters in this innovation , as those determined to have a bet in the Lincoln proper will learn much about the current trend of Town Moor 's wayward draw advantage . |
5 | ‘ I think you 're worrying too much about the religious aspect of it , ’ he said . |
6 | This book is all about defending yourself against baddies but , so far , I have n't mentioned much about the specific types of this particularly unpleasant breed . |
7 | Yet , although both sets of protagonists had much to say about how a scientific theory should be constructed , neither said much about the substantive assumptions that underlay inquiry or the types of questions with which the study of international relations in particular should be concerned . |
8 | Yet the right to dominate , the unquestioned superiority of the bourgeois as a species , implied not only inferiority but ideally an accepted , willing inferiority , as in the relation between man and woman ( which once again symbolises much about the bourgeois world view ) . |
9 | The reactions of Lev Tolstoy , who sympathized with Tocqueville 's admiration of paternalism in the French countryside , and Chicherin , who admired the French centralization which Tocqueville found distasteful , said much about the two men 's very different attitudes towards the quandary in which Russia found herself , but turned on the second rather than the third part of Tocqueville 's study . |
10 | It seems to have been unusual for any girl to go beyond straight typesetting to learn much about the other processes at this stage : a crucial point . |
11 | These correlations , while of interest , do not tell us much about the political substance of the ‘ class'/party link , but Butler and Stokes pursued this further by soliciting ‘ free ’ responses concerning the reasons for identification with one or other party . |
12 | The discovery of even a few of these objects could tell us much about the early history of the Solar System , perhaps more than we would learn from the elusive ( or illusory ) Planet X. Gerald D. Quinlan is at the Lick Observatory , University of California , . |
13 | In recent years we have learned much about the internal anatomy of cephalapsids and galeaspids which had a bony skeleton surrounding the brain and gills . |
14 | This is not telling me much about the far side of the hill , he thought . |
15 | We have learnt much about the possible pitfalls of a flexible approach . |
16 | Yes , yes , he was a poor little sole all the way through was n't , but , erm , she does n't sort of tell you much about the good times at the end |
17 | There is likely to be a far greater appreciation of home comforts but there may also be a reluctance to answer the barrage of questions or to say much about the new life . |
18 | Do n't worry too much about the occasional hiccup in your emotional state — it is the repetitive pattern we are looking for . |
19 | Thus , it is not possible to say much about the post-redundancy experience of older women previously employed in this sector of industry . |
20 | Analysis of police culture is therefore particularly suited to the anthropological method , for it requires an extended field study to reveal much about the unspoken agenda which determines many aspects of police practice . |
21 | Never one to believe in quick or facile solutions , he cared very much about the national welfare ; and as he was one of the few British writers whose word carried any weight with the authorities — in contrast to such authors as Priestley who carried more weight with the public through his remarkable war-time broadcasts — he gave the impression of a certain helplessness in face of government policy which appeared to lack resolution . |
22 | We hear much about the supposed benefits of object-oriented technology : shorter product development times , easier maintenance , better portability , all purportedly resulting in better quality products . |
23 | But do n't worry too much about the massive effect of these clouds over Arizona ; these are local and temporary , produced while the cloud was compact and before it spread to produce a much smaller effect over a much bigger area . |
24 | At the initial planning stage there is probably no need to worry too much about the three attainment targets . |
25 | The home of the world 's oldest surviving lifeboat tells us much about the maritime traditions of Captain Cook Country . |
26 | The vicar had two sons much about the same age as my brother and myself , so we were often invited into the vicarage to play . |
27 | They say there 's too many children with problems round here to worry much about the old well , they 'd damn well have to worry if I was n't here doing all the work would n't they ? |
28 | So much for the general account for how ( as I see it ) meaning is achieved in the natural use of language . |
29 | So much for the ancestral sources of signals : let us consider the evolutionary process by which they are modified from ancestral behaviour to elaborate signal . |
30 | so much for the new man … what about his partner … what made Glenn Hoddle leave Swindon |