Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] much [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All those people cheering us on made so much difference . ’ |
| 2 | Moreover , criteria such as ‘ fraud ’ or ‘ exercise of authority ’ are exceedingly vague and arguably provide too much scope for judicial interpretation . |
| 3 | The East German power station of Janschwalde burns 30 million tonnes of coal per year and annually emits as much sulphur dioxide as Sweden . |
| 4 | An artist has perhaps given as much time to a single major work as a composer might have given to a sonata or whatever it may be . |
| 5 | The alienation of groups among the younger voters has perhaps received too much publicity but it is an attitude which is shared to some degree by other sections of the community . |
| 6 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that one of the most important subjects on which he obviously made so much progress with President Yeltsin was that of non-proliferation ? |
| 7 | ‘ This only aroused so much attention because of the press reports that we were meeting the Broederbond . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You can only experience so much fame , ’ he says . |
| 9 | Perhaps the reason that tail shapes have wrongly received so much attention in the past is that they are the most obviously visible difference between boards . |
| 10 | For this she naturally needs as much information as possible , but is always happy to guide families through what is needed , or to undertake research . |
| 11 | ‘ It seems that he reversed his car rather quickly and in doing so he inadvertently used too much gas , ’ said Mr Tweddle . |
| 12 | Mrs Fox added : ‘ The NHS only has so much money . |
| 13 | such as f er for example a word processor clerk or may not saying , may not necessarily need so much training as |
| 14 | Much to my shame I knew nothing of the Cambrian Railways as most of my interest up to then had been in the Southern Railways and to a greater extent industrial railways , and so decided that much research was necessary , which along with the commencement of renovations will form part of our next episode : - ‘ A NEW STATION IN LIFE ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've only got so much will-power . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The catch in this heaven , ’ she went on , ‘ is that the brain has only got so much dopamine to offer , and once the cocaine has used it all up , then that 's the end of the pleasure . |
| 17 | I told her she could have my one cos it only had that much ink in it . |
| 18 | Susan had insisted on doing all the washing up by herself ; they 'd all had too much wine and might break something , she said . |
| 19 | Er they perhaps spent too much money that way , but to be fair , the Railway was the biggest Well the Railway er on amalgamation in nineteen twenty three , was the biggest company , and biggest employer in this country . |
| 20 | Only a certain amount of this can be directed through the handlebars because the front end will only take so much input before the bars turn towards full lock , and the rider crashes . |
| 21 | Because he only had to be in the same room for her nervous system to run haywire , and she could only take so much punishment . |
| 22 | Christian 's a fine man , but I can only take so much religion in a week . |
| 23 | er Parents predicament is understandable , there have been many tragedies in the past where local authorities perhaps took too much notice of the parents and too little of the children . |
| 24 | But this is to assume that humans have a natural capacity to recognise and reflect on their interests , and that they will only stand so much injustice . |
| 25 | A country can only stand so much excitement . |
| 26 | Liverpool continued to power forward , but in doing so left too much room at the back — a foolish thing to do when they know just how Beardsley can exploit space . |
| 27 | ‘ Britain can only support so much research , ’ he says . |
| 28 | He drank with Brendan Bracken , the red-haired Irishman who many thought was Churchill 's bastard , and slept more than once on a settee in the great man 's flat in Morpeth Mansions when they had all drunk too much whisky — although never while Churchill was in town . |
| 29 | Ship-building was a great consumer of steel ; by 1914 Great Britain alone had as much steam tonnage as had the whole of Europe in 1880 and was launching another 2 million tons a year . |
| 30 | ‘ I only have so much godfather rank . |