Example sentences of "much [prep] it [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | of crime relates to property , much of it to burglary and breaking into people 's homes . |
| 2 | One pointer was the way that a growing percentage of the work-force was employed in the various activities of tourism , much of it of necessity on a shortterm or seasonal basis . |
| 3 | The National Trust owns a considerable land area , much of it of importance for nature conservation . |
| 4 | For example I often paint an area with retouching varnish mixed with pigment as a glaze , then I absorb much of it with newspaper dabbed onto the canvas . |
| 5 | Er so , that task , much of it under legislation , is carried out by fire officers and much of it as I say by good will and erm er advice to householders and bodies and erm big concerns and so on . |
| 6 | A lot has happened in the seven months since Ford unveiled its new Escort range — and not much of it in accordance with its £1 billion master plan . |
| 7 | Deep-sea fishing had entirely disappeared , but there was some expansion in the inshore sector , much of it in fishing for prawns . |
| 8 | There was no longer just the promise of investment , but much of it in place . |
| 9 | This journal fills 24 volumes--6,000 pages , much of it in code . |
| 10 | Since January American banks have offloaded around $1 billion of commercial real estate and loans , much of it in bulk to single buyers . |
| 11 | The stress laid by profiles on a comprehensive statement of achievement , much of it in prose , is presented as an argument for their value in acknowledging success and encouraging pupils in their development in particular subjects as well as in their personal growth . |
| 12 | It was a mammoth undertaking involving digging into the side of a sheer cliff face , much of it by hand since the proximity of buildings made the use of explosives hazardous . |
| 13 | We can get rid of much of it by subduction , but certain Orogenic episodes ( notably the Hercynian ) seem to have very little to show of the ocean floor . |
| 14 | Other high figures come from Central America and Mexico , where 24 per cent of soils are seriously degraded , and Africa , with 14 per cent soil loss , much of it from wind erosion from overgrazed pastures in arid areas such as the Sahel and much of South Africa . |
| 15 | With government grants and private sector donations of £100,000 , much of it from paper and plastics group Bunzl , NI set up a series of programmes to clean the estate and create more jobs . |
| 16 | My right hon. Friend referred to the Chancellor 's views but , when we asked him that question in the Select Committee , it became clear that he was not so much against it in principle as uncertain in his own mind what he should do . |