Example sentences of "in much [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Liberals had powerful grass-roots strength and an historic identity in much of the Scottish Highlands , rural Wales , and especially Devon and Cornwall . |
| 2 | The glossy shops and building societies of towns like Swindon and Basingstoke , the proliferation of ‘ leisure centres ’ and recreational amenities in much of the south , appeared to be firm signs of the enjoyment of the good life . |
| 3 | The setbacks include mass unemployment , decline of Labour , loss of members , privatization of parts of the public sector , cash limits in much of the public sector , which limited opportunities for bargaining , government initiated incursions into their internal affairs , and minimal access to Whitehall . |
| 4 | The clash between Balcon 's nationalism and the Ostrers ' requirement that he pursue international popularity led to the signs of strain that are evident in much of the Gaumont-British output , and it is easy to understand why Balcon became so disillusioned with the idea of international production . |
| 5 | Motor traffic was paralysed in much of the city . |
| 6 | A stained glass window lights the stairs , his initials in Gothic lettering appear in much of the decoration , and dark woodwork pervades all . |
| 7 | In much of the West where productivity has been high and population increases relatively small — in some countries zero — the problem confronting agriculture has been how to control expensive surpluses . |
| 8 | But in a world where nature left to its own devices is as grim as it is in much of the Soviet Union , the belief that you can bend it on the heroic scale is unlikely to go away . |
| 9 | It is the essential ingredient in much of the best Italian cuisine , whether it is cooked in the dish , sprinkled onto the food just before serving , or eaten as a table cheese . |
| 10 | State law forbids the insurance of punitive damages in much of the country , including California , New York , Illinois and Pennsylvania . |
| 11 | This notion is intriguing , and acknowledges the fact that carbon is actually more common in much of the rest of the Universe than it is on Earth . |
| 12 | In the Third World , as in much of the Punjab and Sudan , such salination is of critical significance . |
| 13 | In much of the discussion it has been assumed that it is a parent who seeks the information . |
| 14 | Professor Blumler emphasised that although Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet Members figured prominently in much of the television coverage , with the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition naturally to the fore ( they received 28% of the coverage on ITN 's News at Ten , but less on the review programmes and still less in regional coverage ) , ‘ Parliamentary television was nowhere merely a Neil and Maggie Show ’ . |
| 15 | The irony is that , in much of the Western world , urban traffic congestion is getting worse , not better . |
| 16 | Trivial issues like ‘ factual inaccuracy ’ no longer matter in much of the British press . |
| 17 | The ambiguities and sub-clauses to be found in much of the press coverage during 1980–1 had at least acted as a countervailing tendency against the more extreme forms of discourse which blamed the riots completely on black people . |
| 18 | It is scarcely conceivable in the political climate of the time that the alternative would have been adopted as a matter of policy , but that it was avoided at the cost of serious reductions in the level of policing in much of the country suggests a conscious choice . |
| 19 | In much of the montagne zone there are natural limitations on agricultural development and intensification ( see later ) so that significant losses of semi-natural vegetation/wildlife habitat are less likely in any case . |
| 20 | This may in part be due to the similarity of styles used in much of the genre fiction , and the fact that readers ' expectations in terms of style are therefore rarely disappointed . |
| 21 | This species is the main alternative to spruce in much of the Uplands but has a much reduced capacity to take up sulphur compounds than any forest when assessed on the basis of weight per unit area . |
| 22 | Sabbath observance is held most strictly in much of the Outer Hebrides , travelling amongst the locals being limited with little or no public transport . |
| 23 | Before that time , knowledge and wisdom were passed on through the spoken word , as they still are in much of the world . |
| 24 | Typhoid : The illness which produced the Widow of Windsor , from an insanitary state of the drains there , which has not been greatly improved upon in much of the world . |
| 25 | In much of the animal world night is the time set aside for sleep — pure and simple . |
| 26 | In much of the work Rachmaninov used a ‘ concerto for orchestra ’ style scoring and this allowed for some fine solo playing . |
| 27 | Comprehension of the modern city 's altered state is rarely apparent in much of the verbiage currently expended on urban architecture . |
| 28 | Something on that scale , or beyond , will be needed if the lethal cocktail of growing populations and diminishing harvests is not to create further tragedy in much of the third world . |
| 29 | The same ‘ conversational ’ blank verse is used in much of The Prelude and it is noticeable that after Coleridge 's influence lessened ( during the next decade ) Wordsworth 's blank verse begins to revert to eighteenth-century and Miltonic mannerisms . |
| 30 | The troubles had deep roots in the previous hundred years and represented a breakdown in much of the aristocratic social order which the classical forms of houses and estates concealed rather than coerced . |