Example sentences of "much to its [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the wheel has come full circle : the main feature in the design of the primitive sickle is included — much to its advantage — in the latest models of the combine harvester . |
| 2 | In Part Two I will suggest a way in which the important contribution that anomie theory makes to understanding crime can be reformulated in classical terms , much to its benefit . |
| 3 | The quality of even our grandest scenery owes much to its intimacy of scale . |
| 4 | It has been suggested ( Walker , 1982 , p. 11 ) that the popularity of ‘ community care , owes much to its flexibility and adaptability — the term can be used to describe a wide range of institutions and services ( and , critics would add , the lack of them too ) . |
| 5 | The art owes much to its predecessor , kung fu , which was the root of its modern development . |
| 6 | Birmingham 's popularity with meeting planners owes much to its ease of accesses from all parts of the UK and Europe . |
| 7 | He revised the work very thoroughly , and much to its improvement , in 1880 — two years after completing not only ‘ Eugene Onegin ’ and the Fourth Symphony , but his disastrous marriage as well . |
| 8 | it increases the complexity of the description without , in my view , contributing much to its value . |
| 9 | In turn , the types of constructions in which a verb may appear owe much to its meaning . |