Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] much [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not just an historical curiosity , although for much of the fifth century Sparta and Persia had no attested dealings . |
| 2 | If for much of the last 50 years the Russians were almost invisible , and those whom we did see were either the brilliant defectors or carefully hand-picked stars , it is hardly surprising that the British public swallowed the myth . |
| 3 | These incidents are rare not only because national emergencies are mercifully infrequent , but because for much of the time there is an instinctive understanding between the governors of the broadcasting organization and the government of the nation , as the corporation 's behaviour on issues like appeasement demonstrates ; Reith succumbed to the same collective delusion that had seized Chamberlain , his foreign secretary , Halifax , and most of the population . |
| 4 | But Pete said that it was n't , because for much of the hour he 'd been doing the same . |
| 5 | Yet in a way it is a simple but effective means of analysing the subject since for much of the postwar period Britain was the leading spokesman for a particular point of view . |
| 6 | Lisa Robertson is wearing diminutive pink rock boots that Andy had ( as with much of the other gear ) bargain-hunted in local shops : and which the others take it in turns to wear . |
| 7 | In the Third World , as in much of the Punjab and Sudan , such salination is of critical significance . |
| 8 | As in much of the previous century , during the early seventeenth century the English church was obliged to define itself in relation to the rival religious power blocs within continental Europe . |
| 9 | The forehead is usually divided by a central ridge or furrow as in much of the Negroid work . |