Example sentences of "much of [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not that she was parsimonious or disapproving of alcohol , simply that she knew it had adverse side-effects on Liza and , not being much of a drinker herself , she only kept a small supply in the house . |
| 2 | But it has n't given him much of a clue about setting up a restaurant . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , get up , ’ said Angalo , embarrassed at the Abbot acting like that in front of someone who , however much of a friend he was , had n't been born a Store nome . |
| 4 | No matter how much of a slavey she might really be , a chambermaid never thinks of herself as a maid . |
| 5 | ‘ Did the messenger put up much of a fight ? ’ |
| 6 | I consulted my conscience but it did n't put up much of a fight . |
| 7 | That seemed to me to be a fairly convincing argument , and I was too tired to put up much of a fight . |
| 8 | By the end of that first evening I 'd discovered that , however much of a rebel your younger sister might be , you were made of tougher , truer steel . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Is there much of a beach ? ’ |
| 10 | However much she might have set herself up to be hurt , she told herself defiantly , selecting white Bermudas and a cool Chinese-style silk blouse from her small selection of clothes , however much of a fool she might have made of herself , she would n't change a thing . |
| 11 | Not that that promises him much of a life , ’ she added , jutting a doubtful lip , ‘ now he 's getting over his saintliness . |
| 12 | But neither of them worked up much of a sweat . |
| 13 | Leonora doubted that biscuits were much of a cure for what ailed her , but she bit into one meekly , deciding that the best policy was to fall in with Penry Vaughan 's wishes whenever possible , to keep the peace . |
| 14 | ‘ And I 'm not turning out much of a substitute by the looks of it , am I ? ’ |
| 15 | I can easily walk out onto the streets to do some shopping : the centre of the town is crammed with funny little shops of all kinds , bars , cafes , etc. , many of them open to the street , there was even a shop selling nothing but plastic bags ( they did n't seem to be doing much of a trade ) . |
| 16 | No matter how much of a crisis . |
| 17 | But that 's all much of a muchness is n't it ? |
| 18 | ‘ Was it much of a gash ? ’ |
| 19 | Detailed data takes up space so it can not be presented in a volume of this scale , yet without it much of the theorizing of social anthropologists seems trivial and obvious or merely boastful . |
| 20 | At ground-floor level she discovered a games-room , a large slate-bed billiard table taking up much of the space , and a selection of tennis racquets and other games equipment suggesting that there were the courts and space for all these things . |
| 21 | In 1873 much of the mill was destroyed by a huge boiler explosion . |
| 22 | The foregoing illustrations emphasise problems of interpretation across cultures , however much of the teaching of Scripture is so plain and obvious that no great intellectual capacity or specialist training is required . |
| 23 | The direct application of normal sociological categories can take us much of the way in these relatively explicit , but also relatively local and shifting , cases . |
| 24 | Up until that time much of the work in steel-making had been done by individuals or groups of steel-making master craftsmen on a jobbing or sub-contracting basis . |
| 25 | Doubtless many iron workers put in a few days at a time on different sites ; until quite recently putting out much of the work to contract in small stints on a ‘ labour-only ’ basis was a regular practice in mineral extraction , so leading tax collectors to class earnings as profits rather than wages . |
| 26 | In my apprenticeship days ( I am now 82 ) much of the work in the smaller workshops was made entirely by hand from deep sawing of heavy timber to cutting out dovetails and sticking mouldings . |
| 27 | … the work done should not simply start from the book , but should constantly return and refer to it , … much of the work , including writing , should involve small group work and … books should involve us in ‘ improvising upon representatives of reality ’ |
| 28 | Now sitting at the back of the room is Sandra , who does much of the work . |
| 29 | Administration takes up much of the day , especially if there are a lot of patrols . |
| 30 | For her actions point up much of the absurdity that underlines the whole concept of monarchy . |