Example sentences of "much for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 So much for a passing game — hoof the ball into the other half and see what happens .
2 So much for a progressive education .
3 So much for a blatant attack , but what about the friendly stranger who suddenly comes too close for comfort in the car park outside the local pub ?
4 So much for a daring display of primitive combat !
5 Thank you so very much for a lovely evening on Friday , it really was delightful .
6 ‘ Been waiting all the morning for a bit of attention from my only daughter , not much for a sick mother to ask , is it ? ’
7 So much for a romantic myth that has given Hollywood scriptwriters a nice living .
8 So much for the general account for how ( as I see it ) meaning is achieved in the natural use of language .
9 so much for the new man … what about his partner … what made Glenn Hoddle leave Swindon
10 So much for the normal life cycle of the virus in nature .
11 So much for the melodic line .
12 So much for the third-party element .
13 So much for the perfect end to a perfect night , she thought resignedly as she walked up the path .
14 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 .
15 So much for the radical conscience .
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 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 )
18 And thank you so much for the beautiful card , the towel and bookmarks .
19 So much for the permissive society . )
20 There are interesting telescopic objects in Boo¨tes , but not much for the binocular observer .
21 So much for the bad news .
22 Mum said , ‘ Thank you very much for the driving bed , Mr Bennet , ’ but he shook his head .
23 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 .
24 So much for the big money .
25 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 ) .
26 So much for an early start .
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