Example sentences of "can [be] [adv] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from whether or not these exercises are effective ( they are certainly found to be enjoyable and relaxing by many pupils ) , they have given the teacher a secure base from which to work , for the teacher can be very much in charge , dictating the choice of exercise , controlling the length of time for each , selecting the background music where felt to be appropriate or even dictating the moment-to-moment activity within the experience . |
| 2 | By placing one foot behind the other , as in figure B , the standing position can be very much improved , resulting in our whole structure being much more at ease . |
| 3 | Second , the actual cost , both in time and money , can be very much less than might at first be anticipated . |
| 4 | In presenting yourself to the examiner , the skill with which you save time over small routine items can be very much in your favour , and this skill comes only with practice . |
| 5 | The probable penalty in packing density for a large file is of the order of 0.5 to 1 per cent , while for small files it can be very much more — 50 per cent in the most extreme case , when the file takes up only one data cylinder . |
| 6 | A child 's garden can be so much more than just a sandpit . |
| 7 | It can be so much more . |
| 8 | Such comments explain why there can be so much discussion of undergraduate courses within specific disciplines , and yet so little of the undergraduate curriculum as a whole . |
| 9 | There can be so much love huh |
| 10 | The daisies can be as much as 5 or 6in across and are carried in terminal branched heads , a truly remarkable sight . |
| 11 | The price per night in one of the best can be as much as £35 ; but it could be less than £25 . |
| 12 | The turbulent wind behind a sail extends about five boards length downwind and if you are sailing in this area your speed can be as much as halved . |
| 13 | A survey by NCC has revealed clearly that all of the woodland could regenerate itself naturally if sheep grazing was prevented or substantially reduced ; the cost of fencing for this purpose can be as much as £3,500-£8,000 for a 20 hectare wood depending on its shape and the terrain encountered , making the costs often prohibitive . |
| 14 | The lump sum paid on your death in service can be as much as four times your earnings , and is usually paid at the discretion of the scheme trustees . |
| 15 | Selecting bogwood and other decor can be as much fun as choosing your fish . |
| 16 | All experienced knitters know that different dyes knit up at different tensions ( I certainly know this from my experiments with the ballet cardigans — there can be as much as half an inch or about five millimetres difference in measuring the forty stitches ) . |
| 17 | Permed hair can be as much as 30% weaker than virgin hair , while colour-treated hair is eight to ten per cent weaker . |
| 18 | Prices have not fallen back much and can be as much as three times an equivalent property in France . |
| 19 | It follows that in complex animals in particular , the rules for learning the rules can be as much to do with social interaction as anything else . |
| 20 | Some of them have not handled light aircraft since they learned to fly , which can be as much as twenty years earlier . |
| 21 | As landfill prices rise , they influence waste-to-energy prices , since disposing of the ash generated can be as much as one-third of the operating costs of a plant . |
| 22 | It 's worth shopping around for one a few years old , after the initial sharp depreciation ( which can be as much as 70% over three years ) has levelled . |
| 23 | Compare that to the South East , where even in recessionary times , turnover of software staff can be as much as 30% a year . |
| 24 | In athletes , and Arctic explorers , there can be as much as a two-fold rise in metabolic rate , requiring the calorie intake to be doubled in order to maintain normal weight . |
| 25 | In alcoholics this can be as much as 50 per cent . |
| 26 | The larger generators are heavy and , with turbines that can be as much as 36in ( 914mm ) in diameter , can be very dangerous particularly in strong winds . |
| 27 | In many of Morton 's experiments , priming effects of much longer duration were observed : there can be as much as half an hour between the primer and primed , or sometimes a day or more ( Scarborough , Cortese and Scarborough , 1977 ) . |
| 28 | And er the sun can be as much as nearly twenty minutes slow or fast . |
| 29 | In good times , the timespan can be as much as three months . |
| 30 | The loss of efficiency can be as much as 30% in some cases . |