Example sentences of "much to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , there is much to be lost by so doing because it hinders the conceptualising and hence the realisation of law 's distinctive contribution to peace . |
| 2 | Shipowners were accustomed to a bad press , a bad reception in parliament and unsympathetic public opinion ; the added threat from a militant seamen 's organization was too much to be tolerated . |
| 3 | Lucy is much to be pitied . |
| 4 | This , however , is not sexual deviance per se — it is a breakdown in human feeling and the perpetrator is almost as much to be pitied as the victim . |
| 5 | This recording is the product of thinking musicians aware that , in spite of the recent recorded outpouring of these celebrated trio sonatas , there is still much to be discovered about them . |
| 6 | There is much to be said for such a theory . |
| 7 | His finding was that the capacity to experience it was much more highly developed in wives who had indulged in intercourse before marriage than in those who had remained chaste — in short there was much to be said against chastity . |
| 8 | The envoy pleaded that there was much to be said for the Duke , to which Gustavus replied that there was much to be said for lice by those who cared for them . |
| 9 | The envoy pleaded that there was much to be said for the Duke , to which Gustavus replied that there was much to be said for lice by those who cared for them . |
| 10 | There is much to be said in this writer 's view for the encouragement of service to the community in these and many other ways , and for the encouragement of individual responsibility and parental control of their children : but the Conservative vision is essentially one-dimensional . |
| 11 | Although there is much to be said for freedom of information , it is not clear that it would greatly help individual aggrieved citizens . |
| 12 | If this is the case , rather than attempt to invent a new conceptual framework , there is much to be said for turning to marriage as the one , already existing legal concept which has the obvious potential for expansion so as to provide the institutional framework for such a union . |
| 13 | Yet there is much to be said for thinking of the general , the ‘ disinterested ’ , and what I have called the theoretical as one and the same . |
| 14 | There is often much to be said for trying to sort the matter out by pursuing your rights under your company 's grievance procedure . |
| 15 | In these circumstances there was much to be said for sticking to forms that were known and accepted ; and in spite of the great list of possible wordings in PS , the Digest does not give the impression that the more obscure terms were much used . |
| 16 | There is much to be said for interpreting a modality such as ‘ when he reaches the age of sixteen ’ as a condition rather than a term . |
| 17 | This approach has much to be said for it , and certainly makes for equal treatment for shareholders , creditors and third parties , and equal terms in these respects for establishment in each member state . |
| 18 | Dixon J ( one of the most powerful judges to have graced the Australian bench ) , however , regarded s.4 bluntly as ‘ a restriction upon British parliamentary supremacy of the law ’ , ( ‘ The Law and the Constitution ’ , ( 1935 ) 51 LQR 611 ) , and there is much to be said for preferring his view . |
| 19 | Such occasions will inevitably involve grief and the shedding of tears , but there is much to be said for that . |
| 20 | Perhaps after all there was much to be said for remaining independent , carving out your own orbit . |
| 21 | When there is disagreement , there is much to be said for retreating specifically to consider the model rather than the problem . |
| 22 | With mature fish displaying as much colour as juveniles , and adult sizes remaining at manageable levels for most marine aquariums , there is so much to be said in their favour . |
| 23 | The states which made it up can be classified in several ways , but there is much to be said for distinguishing European states which had already existed in 1815 from those which had come into existence later . |
| 24 | There is much to be said for this explanation . |
| 25 | None the less , there was a substantial majority in favour of accepting it as a basis for discussion , largely because there was much to be said about the interrelationship of pope , bishops and curia , and the draft provided this opportunity . |
| 26 | In instrumental terms there is much to be said for the informal approach . |
| 27 | The ‘ case-work ’ approach had much to be said for it in that it entailed a serious attempt to analyse the nature of the problem confronting the individual or family and to achieve a lasting solution without removing the clients from their familiar environment . |
| 28 | Unless , therefore , we decide to resist the proposal , however strong may be its supporters in the House of Commons , there is much to be said for taking the initiative and inserting in the Bill , as introduced , a clause for the abolition of the death penalty . |
| 29 | There is also much to be said for having a target for completion from the outset and for planning in advance the sequence of meetings that will result in that target being met . |
| 30 | There is much to be said for continuing the practice of reading to children right through the later primary years , letting them hear the cadences of book language and , where possible , letting them follow the text as well . |