Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he snarled. –Does it mean that much to you ? ’ |
| 2 | I just had to tend to him when it got too much for someone who is not that involved in drugs . |
| 3 | Third , as the powers of the national park authorities are limited to the normal development control procedures , agriculture is excluded , although it contributes so much to the valued cultural landscapes of the parks . |
| 4 | So , while in 1814 the prime criticism of the idea was that it expected too much of human nature , too much of the people who were to live in the communities and of those who were to put them there , while then it was in short a social criticism , by 1832 the idea had become an economic nonsense . |
| 5 | It 'ad so much of the happy juice inside him , it took the hare three laps to catch it up . |
| 6 | The CAP is significant in what it represents as much as in its own failings . |
| 7 | This is undoubtedly the most tiring skill to learn since it involves so much swimming . |
| 8 | WAD general secretary Margaret Williams , said : ‘ At present , a lot of disabled people are unable to go to Grange Road because it involves too much walking . |
| 9 | It involves , it involves too much work , that 's why she ca n't do them like you . |
| 10 | It became too much trouble sometimes even to go to the Camp Cinema . |
| 11 | It was not appropriate for the son to care for her but it became too much for the daughter-in-law , who was admitted to psychiatric hospital with a nervous breakdown , and the problems were referred to the local area social service office . |
| 12 | ‘ We started off doing everything ourselves but it became too much . |
| 13 | Eventually it became too much , and one afternoon we looked down to see the bowwab moving out . |
| 14 | Erm and it became too much for them because people were working more efficient , and therefore there was a an increase in the productivity level , and so they had to increase the number of foremen and chargehands , which was n't a bad thing because it was always our members that got made up to these respective er positions . |
| 15 | ‘ Will it hurt too much to tell us about him ? ’ |
| 16 | And why should it hurt so much , be so unutterably wearisome , to say goodbye to death , to the dark passion that had consumed her ? |
| 17 | And if that word , if that tiny little word did n't really mean anything , why did it hurt so much that he had n't used it ? |
| 18 | It 's quite rare , which is why it made so much publicity . |
| 19 | I would n't believe it made that much difference do you ? |
| 20 | Why , then , has it given so much trouble to so many ? |
| 21 | Thirdly , as most of this century has produced a managerial literature based on a fervent belief in rationality and structure in organizations , power as a subject of investigation goes somewhat against the trend because it incorporates so much that is irrational , indefinable and not easily structured into neat manuals of best practice . |
| 22 | It 's grown up over the years erm in fact I do n't think it counts as much , nearly as much now , as it used to . |
| 23 | It covers as much ground as must be possible within the covers of a manageable book . |
| 24 | But with its space shuttle fairground rides and souvenir shop selling a variety of space junk — black hole jelly beans , lunar juggling balls , astronaut snacks , holographic jewellery — it looks pretty much like a theme park . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , it looks very much as if he was able to help young Ben out a bit : probably by employing him as a commercial traveller in his own drapery business . |
| 26 | And it looks very much as if he will not just be his mother 's champion — but also Britain 's , and maybe even the world 's . |
| 27 | After the event it looks very much as if his campaigns overstrained the resources of his empire and made it impossible to hold together , but at the time he was seen as the greatest of conquerors . |
| 28 | It looks very much as though this option was ruled out by entrenched feeling on the men 's side and inadequate appreciation of their position by the women . |
| 29 | It looks very much as if the version in the manuscript came first and Purcell did some polishing before the piece was printed — in the treble clef , of course , with an eye to the market . |
| 30 | In spite of what Eddie said , it 's possible that Angy gave it to Delia but if Eddie 's right , then it looks very much as if Delia — or someone else — took it . |