Example sentences of "much for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So much for the general account for how ( as I see it ) meaning is achieved in the natural use of language . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | so much for the new man … what about his partner … what made Glenn Hoddle leave Swindon |
| 4 | So much for the new cars . |
| 5 | So much for the normal life cycle of the virus in nature . |
| 6 | So much for the melodic line . |
| 7 | So much for the elementary properties of pencils . |
| 8 | So much for the self-inflicted handicaps . |
| 9 | So much for the third-party element . |
| 10 | So much for the perfect end to a perfect night , she thought resignedly as she walked up the path . |
| 11 | That two dozen of these interiors are in buildings statutorily ‘ listed ’ for their special architectural or historic interest say much for the low regard paid to pubs in the exercise of listed building control and indeed for the listing process itself . |
| 12 | So much for the various qualities of books . |
| 13 | So much for the radical conscience . |
| 14 | So much for the simple carbohydrates . |
| 15 | So much for the diplomatic niceties . |
| 16 | So much for the paperless office : Microsoft Corp claims that , stacked up , the manuals for the 100m copies of MD-DOS it has sold would reach to the moon and back — 10 times . |
| 17 | So much for the jerk-off theories put forward by the police , in which I figure as an adulterous version of George Joseph Smith — not the brides in the bath but the wittol in the water . |
| 18 | so much for the Italian job Gloucester are back home training this week and getting themselves ready for the first league match of the season … that 's against wasps at Kingsholm on saturday ( 1 ) |
| 19 | And thank you so much for the beautiful card , the towel and bookmarks . |
| 20 | So much for the permissive society . ) |
| 21 | There are interesting telescopic objects in Boo¨tes , but not much for the binocular observer . |
| 22 | So much for the bad news . |
| 23 | Mum said , ‘ Thank you very much for the driving bed , Mr Bennet , ’ but he shook his head . |
| 24 | So much for the basic laws . |
| 25 | So much for the basic qualifications of recruits into AIB . |
| 26 | It is a bit much for the hon. Member for Gordon to show a report and to say that it was compiled by Labour-controlled Lothian regional council . |
| 27 | So much for the big money . |
| 28 | So much for the bright side , against which is failure yet to isolate the endothelin-converting enzyme which cleaves the inactive big endothelines ( 38–41 amino acids ) in their active forms ( 21 amino acids ) . |