Example sentences of "did so much [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We would also like to record publicly our overwhelming sense of gratitude to all the hospital staff who did so much to save Jo 's life , skilfully repair the dreadful injuries and to effect a good measure of rehabilitation . |
| 2 | The Futurists , however , undoubtedly had an influence on the terminology of French painting and literature , and the bewildering mass of ‘ isms ’ springing up in 1913 and 1914 reflects also some of the spiritual restlessness which Futurism did so much to engender . |
| 3 | In particular , Bede had a direct influence on the Carolingian renaissance of the ninth century through his pupil Egbert , who became Archbishop of York and trained Alcuin , who under Charlemagne founded the Frankish schools that did so much to stimulate learning on the Continent . |
| 4 | He was a rugged but skilful wing-half , first for Oxford City where he had his roots , and latterly for Corinthian Casuals , a club embodying the Corinthian spirit he did so much to preserve . |
| 5 | But crowning all Carole Ann Ford 's reminiscences are the classic ‘ Hartnellisms ’ that did so much to inject notes of levity into a very hard working production cycle . |
| 6 | Batty Langley , whose pattern books did so much to disseminate Palladianism , suggests in 1728 that ‘ such Walks , whose Views can not be extended , [ should ] terminate in Woods , Forests , mishapen Rocks , strange Precipices , Mountains , old Ruins , grand Buildings , & c . ’ . |
| 7 | It is ironic that the man who did so much to revive Gothic design , Thomas Rickman , was himself a Quaker . |
| 8 | It did not display , perhaps could not have done so , the depth of biblical scholarship that the later encyclical did so much to encourage . |
| 9 | SIR — Maurice Weaver is wrong to suggest that James Callaghan 's phrase ‘ Crisis , what crisis ? ’ , which did so much to bring down Labour in 1979 , was simply a misleading paraphrase by the tabloids ( April 6 ) . |
| 10 | The exhibition has brought together a well-chosen and representative selection of the art which Susan Beattie did so much to bring to critical attention with the publication of her book The New Sculpture in 1983 . |
| 11 | Chancellor Metternich , the reactionary old fox who did so much to determine the shape of Europe 's political advances after the downfall of Napoleon , did not like parliaments and , so far as possible , did without them . |