Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] much [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | An extensive art exhibition is going on through much of the region giving local talent a showing . |
2 | On the A four two three , the Kidlington to Banbury road , they expect delays still to go on through much of the evening due to the traffic lights at Bunkers Hill , and on the A four two one , just south of Bicester , the changes to the road layout at the new M forty interchange has made traffic fairly heavy still . |
3 | BP has considerable experience of rationalisation ; along with much of the rest of UK manufacturing industry it reshaped itself during the early and mid-1980s . |
4 | In the meantime it remains unused and sealed off for much of the year . |
5 | If neither Herbert Wilcox , Michael Balcon nor Victor Saville started off with much in the way of imaginative flair , they did at least know what was required to build successful enterprises . |
6 | I chose a man who massaged my bruised ego , made up for much of the emotional neglect I 'd suffered and made me laugh a lot . |
7 | Yet though the issue of unemployment exerted considerable impact upon British politics it does not appear that Britain 's political parties came up with much in the way of a meaningful solution to the problem . |
8 | Gillian Lacy and Roberto Mader 's Capoeira Quickstep is the most ambitious and also most disappointing of the collection , a ‘ fictional documentary ’ about the Afro — Brazilian dance-cum-martial art which sort of spins off from a relationship between a British girl and a Brazilian but meanders somewhat in sub-Terence Davies style without even coming up with much in the way of dance . |
9 | So erm National Savings again worth , worth mentioning those erm deposit accounts not really up to much at the moment . |
10 | Team manager Noel Murphy faces the press flanked by captain Phil Danaher ( left ) , who was ruled out for much of the tour by a knee injury , and coach Ciaran Fitzgerald . |
11 | Male and female waved albatrosses ( Diomede irrorata ) , which live on Isla Española of the Galapagos Islands , may court each other , with an extensive repertory of stereotyped movements of the neck and bill , for several hours a day , day in day out for much of the year ( Figure 8.1 ) . |
12 | This is in part a function of reduced manning levels on modern ships , particularly container vessels , but it also reflects the flagging out of much of the fleet to flags of convenience . |
13 | Our retina is sensitive to ultraviolet radiation , but the eye filters it out before it reaches the light detectors , so we miss out on much of the visual information available to other animals . |
14 | I do n't want to go out to much to the side there . |
15 | He also had to juggle the practicalities of being coach , going on part-time high-school teaching , and seeing if Otago Cricket Association would continue employing him in the off-season as executive director when he would n't be around for much of the summer . |
16 | The power-struggles which went on across much of the period were reflected right through society , and the surviving court rolls for Sussex often illuminate activities of considerable violence . |