Example sentences of "[noun prp] be much " in BNC.
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| 1 | SelecTronic 's approach to marketing is broadly similar to Franklin 's except that SelecTronics are much more inclined to develop partnership arrangements with their licensors and utilise the marketing muscle of such companies as Random House , Zondervan and Berlitz to maximise international sales . |
| 2 | The high transverse velocities inferred for the three pulsars may be avoided by assuming that the pulsar and SNR are much older ( by 10 times ) than the characteristic spin-down time , so that the remnant is in the older radiative phase for which Shull et al. |
| 3 | Sufficient has already been said to suggest that Britain 's economic and financial ties with the EEC are much more complex than those of a simple trading relationship , even one which for a variety of reasons involves considerable net outflows of cash . |
| 4 | Beyond doubt the Maldive Islands in the Bay of Bengal were much the richest source in southern Asia at the time of the Arab and Portuguese domination of the Indian Ocean . |
| 5 | Whatever the differences among the Europeans themselves , those with the United States were much more important . |
| 6 | In the ‘ sting ’ ( never easily seen from England and the northern United States , and not at all from Scotland ) Lesath and Shaula give the impression of being a very wide pair , but they are not associated ; of the two Lesath is much the more luminous and remote . |
| 7 | A hundred years on and the scene at Balcombe is much the same ; trains faster and far more frequent are still thundering through the tunnel but without the cheering villagers to wave them on their way . |
| 8 | A job with the KGB is much sought-after by young Russians because it pays well , offers many special privileges such as housing and foreign goods denied to the ordinary citizen , and also gives the chance of foreign travel . |
| 9 | Iain Milne , Heriot 's much admired and respected Bear , was briefly an Anglo-Scot with Harlequins . |
| 10 | This did the trick : the boys now have a more distant friendship and David is much happier . |
| 11 | Graeme Hick is much younger , but what comparison can there be in terms of technique ? |
| 12 | The picture in extra-mural departments and the WEA is much the same , as the liberal tradition fights a rearguard collapse in the name of ‘ education for its own sake ’ in the face of enormous government and institutional pressure to become cost-effective . |
| 13 | The interior of Kevin Saunderson 's apartment in industrial , decaying , downtown Detroit is much like any apartment belonging to a young and moderately wealthy man . |
| 14 | Galicia was likened to Ireland ( green and wet ) with a quiet , spectacular coastline , while the interior of Portugal was much drier . |
| 15 | Everything about his later life shows that Richard was much closer to his mother than to his father . |
| 16 | The cryptosporidia was bad , the Jardea was much worse . |
| 17 | Edward was much more confused than Maurice and needed all the help he was getting as Maurice manhandled him to the top of the ladder . |
| 18 | ‘ I doubt if her attitude to Johnny was much different to Sarah 's attitude to her boy , but the old lady is a sight cleverer than Sarah ; she did n't let it show . ’ |
| 19 | Dana was much more experienced than I : he taught me a form of carezza by which we could indefinitely prolong erection and contain ejaculation . |
| 20 | The ceiling-hung , lint-bandage fronds by Stephanie Ireland provide a light airy , wind-blown introduction to Liam Hearne 's much darker , menacing subterranean rock cave . |
| 21 | Quite a different resort from Stresa , Baveno is much quieter and has more of a village atmosphere about it . |
| 22 | Currently , the NHS is much criticised because it does not have a comprehensive inventory of its fixed assets . |
| 23 | Recognising that the NHS is much more fragmented than a large company , it would be highly desirable to bring human resource professionals and senior managers together across London to think through how to share best practice and learn from one another as the changes unfold . |
| 24 | A recent book by Martin and Ekland-Olson is much less positive ( Martin and Ekland-Olson 1987 ) . |
| 25 | England 's much vaunted pack was firmly put in its place and this result raises serious question marks over such notables as Mike Teague , Wade Dooley and No 8 Ben Clarke , who was comprehensively outplayed by Robinson . |
| 26 | For all its great altitude , the view from the top of the Col du Tourmalet is much less open and memorable than many , blocked as it is to the south by a row of peaks and overpowered immediately to the north by the bulk of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre , which is a most assertive mountain . |
| 27 | Florence is much more romantic , but the most beautiful city in Italy is Bologna . |
| 28 | Boeing is much the largest and has an entire product range , from the relatively small twin-engined 737 to the massive 747 , the Jumbo . |
| 29 | The political culture in Scotland is much more confrontational on the constitutional issue than it is in Wales and the feelings run much deeper . |
| 30 | Odd-Knut is much amused by all this talk , and tells us that in Greenland the sledge dogs will eat it if they can get at it . |