Example sentences of "it [verb] much of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Barclays Managed Rate Facility gives you the best of both worlds : it offers much of the flexibility of an overdraft both with an interest rate comparable to Money Market rates . |
| 2 | Understand what it is we are trying to achieve by cutting off a lot of top growth , and the where , when and how of it lose much of the mystery . |
| 3 | War was declared in August 1914 but it was not until the following year that it made much of an impression on the affairs of the Union . |
| 4 | It made much of ‘ flexibility ’ but in a way which implied that only certain versions of flexibility were permitted , and it failed to treat the notion of ‘ good practice ’ as the problematic issue it manifestly is . |
| 5 | As a baby brother to the all-singing and dancing Publisher 's Paintbrush , it maintained much of the functionality of the more expensive product , but at a vastly reduced cost . |
| 6 | With the river , the hemmed-in churches , and certain pubs , it provided much of the raw material of The Waste Land . |
| 7 | The nature of the diary is such as to feed twentieth-century nostalgia , and there is no doubt that it owes much of its popularity to this . |
| 8 | This is savannah ; and it covers much of Africa , India , and Australia . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , it contains much of value and of topical interest , and an extensive bibliography . |
| 10 | This was a remarkably-thorough and penetrative survey of the WEA 's work in a predominantly-rural area ; worth citing at some length because it encapsulates much of the spirit of the Eastern District at this time . |
| 11 | Though it captured much of the dynamic of British and American FDI in the pre-oil shock world , it failed to anticipate subsequent developments in corporate strategy or indeed what had motivated investors from other countries . |
| 12 | This is a truly radical development for the church , because it takes much of its thinking from Marxism . |
| 13 | Nor does it have much of a view , since it looks down into the stable . |
| 14 | It lost much of its roof during the great storm of 1987 which devastated large parts of Kent and turned Sevenoaks into Oneoak . |
| 15 | Within the confines of a shorter timescale , it lost much of its effectiveness . |
| 16 | While moral suasion had been favoured in the War ( in preference to rationing ) as a means of restricting domestic demand , and had for a time been partially successful , as peace returned it lost much of its impact . |
| 17 | This is much more effective at muting impacts than any breast shield and though it is not allowed in competition proper , it removes much of the risk from pre-competition training . |
| 18 | It saw much of the fighting between Moors and Christians during El Cid 's lifetime . |
| 19 | As this was a continuous problem it dominates much of the book . |
| 20 | It contained much of what the country needs to get out of recession but not enough to give any of us the confidence to believe that the recovery is about to begin . |
| 21 | It took much of the fiery energy of Mr Brian Peckford during a decade as premier to regain full say over the development of the vast Hibernia oilfield . |
| 22 | A considerable number of the newly enfranchised capital class now ally their interests with the top echelons of society , rather than help sustain the old political coalition of interests , encompassing as it did much of the working class , and significant parts of the lower-middle and middle class . |
| 23 | This is important since it informs much of the discussion of substantive methods which , these days , are associated with this mode of social research , namely the survey and the interview . |
| 24 | Today it retains much of its charm and is a lively place full of good restaurants , cafés and pubs . |
| 25 | The building dates back to 1510 and , whilst it has been sympathetically modernised , it retains much of its original character . |
| 26 | It retains much of its old-world charms but a newer half of town offers all modern amenities . |
| 27 | This sparrow-sized bird is dull brown and grey in colour , and since it spends much of its time scurrying around on the ground , it often looks more like a mouse than a bird . |
| 28 | It is pale , with very small eyes , suggesting that it spends much of its time underground . |
| 29 | While it makes much of the commitment to solving the Cyprus and Kashmir problems , presumably in deference to immigrant communities , it says rather less about what the Tory party plans to do about the greatest immediate challenge it will face , the level and duration of the commitment to the Iraqi Kurds . |