Example sentences of "much of our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , there is enormous potential for social power at the base of the hierarchy and much of our industrial relations experience has demonstrated the collective power of a disenchanted workforce when it decides to withdraw its labour . |
| 2 | Rycroft argues against relegating so much of our mental life to the status of pathology , preferring to liken dreams to waking imaginative activity , such as creative writing . |
| 3 | Both of us have full day-time employment which is also fairly demanding of much of our spare time . |
| 4 | Much of our existing knowledge has been gathered from descriptive studies which lack controls and proper sampling procedures . |
| 5 | Going from the ridiculously sublime to the sublimely ridiculous , another visionary — this time very much of our present day and very well known indeed — shows up this month on Greene St. He is , of course , Saul Steinberg , Horace of the high-heeled , poet of the pot-holed urban scene , cicerone to the foibles of the national consciousness . |
| 6 | Yes , I would like to see this specious form of brewery advertising eradicated for all breweries by legislation but I would also like to see as much of our present brewing heritage as possible preserved intact . |
| 7 | Much of our present activity is directed towards building upon these solid foundations — the ultimate aim always being to strive for the best interests of the general public concerned . |
| 8 | The following is one of many references to him in the Society 's centenary history : Undoubtedly the activity of Mr E J D Abraham , with his fund-raising ability and flair for promoting the organisation , has led to much of our present security . |
| 9 | Although the details of their theory are now seen to be clearly wrong , their insight , that different parts of the brain are responsible for different processes , has stood the test of time and research and informs much of our current understanding of the brain . |
| 10 | This apparently simple concept of cause and effect will be at the root of much of our early work on narrative in drama . |
| 11 | We decided that we would like to spend much of our available time in the far north , beyond the Arctic Circle so , taking turns at driving and stopping only for fuel and occasional snacks , we thrashed on up the ‘ spine ’ of Norway through spectacular mountain scenery to Trondheim . |
| 12 | I compare the Alvey proposals with the Concorde because I felt that as with the Concorde project too much of our limited resources are being put into one programme . |
| 13 | Since so much of our emotional energy , often subconsciously , is spent dealing with this fear , it 's important to have control over how we choose to confront it . |
| 14 | Much of our extensive information on spots has come from such experiments . |
| 15 | Much of our recent research has been directed to testing this idea , which we have shown to be incorrect . |
| 16 | Much of our political life is founded upon assumptions grounded in our monarchist heritage . |
| 17 | Much of our previous discussion has concerned the outward features of BSL , its linguistic structure as seen in communication and the measurement of skill in the language . |
| 18 | Much of our raw materials and our food must be purchased in world markets and imported . |
| 19 | If the politicians were to take the drastic action that many voices are calling for , much of our motorised transport would not even get out of the garage . |
| 20 | However , in the midst of a changing countryside , it is rural and suburban gardens rather than fields and hedgerows that now provide some of the best havens for these mammals , as they do for much of our native wildlife . |
| 21 | But the underlying mathematical theories of radar and sonar are very similar , and much of our scientific understanding of the details of what bats are doing has come from applying radar theory to them . |
| 22 | Last year we launched a plan to devote much of our charitable budget to supporting four specified areas . |
| 23 | Much of our daily work was ten years in advance of the official police community involvement programmes and yet our actions were only an extension of those social welfare activities the police have been heavily involved in for generations , but which are never given status as ‘ real police work ’ simply because of the institutional emphasis placed upon summons lists , numbers of arrests , crime detections , and other statistical returns . |
| 24 | It remains the case that for much of our constitutional history the Cabinet and its forerunners were never greatly liked by Parliament which was at times bitterly hostile to it and tried to stamp it out . |
| 25 | We grow much of our own food , and our weather is neither too hot nor too cold . |
| 26 | first , that much of our day-to-day conversation is built on messages and devices to do with status . |
| 27 | They would make it impossible to fund clubs and societies and would inevitably suppress much of our vital welfare work . |