Example sentences of "a much [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mark Archer in the Financial Times thought he had written ‘ a marvellous account of a much misunderstood age ’ . |
| 2 | Hackneyed it may sound , but sensible sunning with adequate protection is the only way to achieve a much desired tan with minimum risk to your skin . |
| 3 | The England captain is a level-headed man , and Javed Mianded , who turns 35 on June 12 , is a much matured person with the added responsibility of leading his team to England for the first time , although he has captained Pakistan in 28 previous Tests , winning 11 and losing five , the rest being drawn . |
| 4 | Finally , while the agricultural industry has greatly increased its productivity since the end of the war , it has accomplished this with a much diminished labour force . |
| 5 | The major agent of erosion is water , especially during the summer months when two-thirds of the annual rainfall occurs in heavy thunderstorms and thus has high erosivity which is enhanced by a much diminished vegetation cover . |
| 6 | If you were talented or fortunate enough to write a much played work . |
| 7 | There is of course a much heard debate about the fees and the services of the church , with people holding different views about whether or not there should be a charge for functions like funerals , but for the moment we are more concerned with how the ‘ consumers ’ experience the way the church 's representative reaches out to them at their time of crisis . |
| 8 | In a much governed kingdom like England royal administration included control over the sheriff and other local officers ; in some kingdoms it included little more than the issuing of charters and the collecting of somewhat meagre taxes . |
| 9 | Excalibur Technologies Corp , which moves about a bit and is now headquartered in San Diego , has begun shipping its PixTex/EFS 3.0 document imaging software to a much broadened list of machines , including Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcstations , Hewlett-Packard Co HP 9000 Series 700s , IBM Corp RS/6000 , and Digital Equipment Corp Ultrix , VAX/VMS and Alpha AXP/Open VMS servers with Windows , X Window and Macintosh clients . |
| 10 | Excalibur Technologies Corp , which moves about a bit and is now headquartered in San Diego , has begun shipping its PixTex/EFS 3.0 document imaging software to a much broadened list of machines , including Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcstations , Hewlett-Packard Co HP 9000 Series 700s , IBM Corp RS/6000 , and Digital Equipment Corp Ultrix , VAX/VMS and Alpha AXP/Open VMS servers with Windows , X Window and Macintosh clients . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's all up with me , Maud , ’ was a much repeated line from Thurber . |
| 12 | The notion of what constitutes a just wage and a just price has in consequence been a much debated question in the history of the Church . |
| 13 | It is a much debated question whether those who voted for these resolutions were truly representative of their countries ' educators and whether the debate preceding them was fairly conducted . |
| 14 | The importance of statistical returns is a much debated issue with individual organisers . |
| 15 | Sheviock was then a typical Cornish church-town , isolated from the newer and busier settlement of Crafthole , which held a regular fair and was described as ‘ … a poor village but a much frequented thoroughfare ’ . |
| 16 | Satellite transmission soon added im-mediacy and a much extended range of sources and material . |
| 17 | Any number of things can create your buzz — a much touted line of original band T-shirts , well-attended ‘ happening ’ gigs , or something as basic as an unusual band name . |
| 18 | Havard , who came to be nicknamed ‘ Humphrey ’ ( because this was what one member of the group thought was his name ) and sometimes the UQ or Useless Quack , came to be a much loved friend of them all . |
| 19 | A much loved wife at home to keep , |
| 20 | A much loved man and most loyal of Tonbridgians , he served more than 50 years on the OF Committee . |
| 21 | King George VI was a much loved man . |
| 22 | Although the mischief in his personality occasionally overrides good sense , he has ‘ wormed ’ his way into our affections and is a much loved member of our family . |
| 23 | Burying a much loved pet at home can provide great emotional support at a distressing time , but it can also present practical problems |
| 24 | Ending the suffering of a much loved pet requires acceptance , compassion and a great deal of courage |
| 25 | In the words of a much loved hymn , Jesus is described as ‘ prophet , priest and king ’ . |
| 26 | Part of the explanation is that the strike had ( like previous disputes ) left a legacy of financial burden and division within a much weakened union . |
| 27 | But Harlequins , who have seven players in the England squad , will put out a much weakened side against Cardiff , who are also weakened , at the Stoop Memorial Ground . |
| 28 | A delicately graceful turtle dove fanned its tail and purred its soporific summer song — ‘ Rrroorrrrr , rrroorrrrrr ’ — from the top of an oak tree ; a much persecuted bird , it had run the gauntlet of continental guns and arrived safely . |
| 29 | In November I made a much delayed return to the Swanage area after a ten year absence . |
| 30 | The following month a much delayed fishing agreement was signed with the Soviet Union which gave Soviet vessels access to PNG 's 200-mile economic zone in return for a range of benefits including joint ventures in fish processing and the training of Papua New Guineans in the Soviet Union . |