Example sentences of "have much the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They should have been negotiating over the location of the European monetary institute and of a subsequent European central bank in the City of London , but they have never even raised those questions , despite the fact that , of all the countries of the European Community , the location of the central bank has much the greatest importance for Britain . |
| 2 | Indeed , the party might well stay in power unless the Liberals win outright since it has much the better chance of putting together a coalition with other parties . |
| 3 | For those who want to make a choice or are for some reason coming new to Ferrier , I would recommend the fifth disc with the unforgettable Chausson and Brahms , the sixth , which has some of her best and most lovable performances of British song , including Purcell 's Mad Bess of Bedlam preciously available only in an EP , allied to some precious Wolf , sung with new-found subtlety of nuance , from a Norwegian Radio recital , and the ninth disc , the Edinburgh recital with Walter , which has much the more telling of her two accounts of Frauenliebe und -leben . |
| 4 | The mechanism of change , the cultural ‘ instruction ’ as Cloak ( 1975 ) calls it , has much the same function in the historical process as genes have had in biological evolution , but the ‘ instruction ’ in cultural change is usually an acquired behavioural injunction existing in a world of meanings : the cognitive , although not always conscious , appreciation of their social environment by a human community . |
| 5 | Figure 5.13 shows the same data for the Focused model which , although it has much the same proportion of grid squares with differences in excess of 1000 people , now gives a total range from -4799 to +8339 . |
| 6 | It has much the same sort of fascination as a dictionary , or a encyclopedia . |
| 7 | Technically the Flydaway has much the same characteristics as a tram . |
| 8 | Today the express coach has much the same sort of function In the first years of the century the number of interurbans grew rapidly . |
| 9 | Indeed , much of the evidence suggests that , even if Mansell had not actually braked early , he had perhaps lifted his foot from the throttle , which has much the same effect in an F1 car . |
| 10 | RCT , based in Arizona , is a non-profit making trust fund , and has much the same relationship with US academic institutions as BTG has with UK ones . |
| 11 | ‘ First general circulation ’ has much the same meaning . |
| 12 | Mr Irvine has much the same difficulty within AT&T as the management does . |
| 13 | They do not suddenly appear out of nowhere or on the pages of a language textbook — which has much the same effect — but in varying sizes and on varying materials : out of ticket machines , on computer screens , under windscreen wipers , on hoardings . |
| 14 | The fact that ‘ emergency cases ’ apart , no medical treatment of an adult patient of full capacity can be undertaken without his consent , creates a situation in which the absence of consent has much the same effect as a refusal . |
| 15 | However , there is also in English a more substantial effect on linguistic form for all the separatives ; they are ungrammatical in predicative position , even when qualifying the same nouns that they can accompany fully acceptably in attributive position : ( 47 ) the king is/will be future fortunately , Dostoievsky 's execution was mock Likewise , in the attributive phrases in ( 48 ) , possible and occasional are separative , qualifying the relationship between the entity of the noun phrase and the descriptions RIVAL and SAILORS respectively , rather than directly qualifying the entity itself : ( 48 ) a possible rival now came on the scene Wilkes and Andersen are occasional sailors ( the last pair of words has much the same meaning as the phrase week-end sailors ) . |
| 16 | The to infinitive has much the same expressive effect in : ( 23 ) Certainly I looked for no such friendship as you have shown . |
| 17 | Such a clause has much the same effect as one which excludes liability for breach and in Anglo-Continental Holidays Ltd v Typaldos Lines ( London ) Ltd [ 1967 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 61 Lord Denning MR indicated that he would not be prepared to allow a party to rely on such a clause to change the whole nature of the contract . |
| 18 | 2 Two or more words normally associating with each other and having much the same meaning as the nominal phrase , eg the very poor , a summit meeting . |
| 19 | David Feherty , who , like Richardson , has received his first Masters invitation , had much the same experience . |
| 20 | ‘ The man on top of the wedding cake ’ , as Dorothy Parker called Governor Dewey , with the snobbery of the rich left , had much the same experience of fallacious exaltation at the hands of the polls as poor Mr Kinnock . |
| 21 | This solution was applied both to aircraft and to Motor Torpedo Boats , which had much the same troubles as wooden aircraft . |
| 22 | Some had much the same sales after forty years as before . |
| 23 | Arthur Scargill had much the same idea , arguing that pits could only be saved by strike action and taking the battle to the streets . |
| 24 | Aubrey had much the same rather dry sense of humour . |
| 25 | Charlotte did not phrase her response as a rebuke , but it had much the same effect . |
| 26 | Colonialism had much the same impact on the traditional political systems with which it came into contact , especially those which were hierarchically organized for the purpose of a feudal mode of production . |
| 27 | Juveniles and non-breeding adults have much the same colour , being pale silver with a black stripe running from the eye to the caudal peduncle . |
| 28 | In the heat , a woman golfer could move from her normal 80 compression ball to a 90 , and an average male form his normal 90 to 100 , and still have much the same feel as usual , but with added distance . |
| 29 | Luckily we have much the same tastes in television . |
| 30 | Living side by side with them in those forests are a great many extremely interesting creatures that are not unique to the Oriental Region but have much the same lifestyle and some of the same physical characteristics . |