Example sentences of "be [adv] much [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would have been much surpris 'd to know my true Opinion on these matters , but I did not chuse to let him be so much familiar , I kept mum , and smiled and nodded as best I might , keeping my Thoughts to myself . |
| 2 | In these cases , some of the ‘ care ’ required may not be so much nursing care as a constant or regular presence of another person who will ensure their safety . |
| 3 | Moreover , goals relate to situations , so arousal may be as much situational as internal ; we may be aroused by the presence of others and the knowledge that other people are evaluating us , thereby linking goals or values important to us to the situation in which we find ourselves . |
| 4 | Moreover , at least since the nineteenth century there has been a spillover into the State schools of the ethos of the independent boarding schools , the purpose of which was understood to be as much moral as academic , with character-training high on the agenda . |
| 5 | A child who cries is undoubtedly afraid , but a child who looks away may be as much indifferent as wary . |
| 6 | The safety of an army in the field is dependent not only on defending itself against direct attack but also on its maintaining open communications with its base … we should be as much concerned with threats to the rear as with threats to the front . |
| 7 | The difference illustrated here could reasonably be said to be as much attitudinal as grammatical . |
| 8 | These can be as much responsible as actual content of teaching for the development of dogmatism . |
| 9 | If you 've got the ears to know what sounds good you 're going to be pretty much alright . ’ |
| 10 | Likewise it is often not sufficiently recognised that the ‘ state ’ which would supposedly execute the progressive measures might be very much disinclined to do so and anyway may be the object of considerable public mistrust . |
| 11 | I 'm calling of the C E C. Whilst is coming to the rostrum , just make the point colleagues that it 's nearly ten years since G C H Q and a massive demonstration is planned when that particular date occurs and we 're gon na be very much involved in it . |
| 12 | If they were , he was going to be very much odd man out , he feared . |
| 13 | I 'm sorry to intrude on you at this hour , but if you can give me a few minutes of your time you may be able to help me , and I 'll be very much obliged . ’ |
| 14 | So composite fifteen , energy policy to be moved by Southern region , Midlands region to second and again colleagues if supporting speakers could come down the , the front I 'd be very much obliged . |
| 15 | Priority in debate to Southern and Northern regions so if all the additional speakers could come down to the front , be very much obliged . |
| 16 | You must still be very much preoccupied with domestic matters and seriously considering your long-term position . |
| 17 | I have hopes that this bill will very much , will be very much amended , er , when it comes to the Commons . |
| 18 | ‘ They both tend to be very much one-man dogs . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I think I am beginning to be very much afraid of what Raynor is taking me to . |
| 21 | Again Yorkshire and Humberside er Scotland and Wales tending to lead that erm all of them as I said have got strong output trends erm in terms of Yorkshire and Humberside the orders er seem to be very much domestic rather than export but widely spread between sectors which gives |
| 22 | The French government tried to save money by accrediting the consul-general it sent to Japan in 1858 also as chargé d'affaires ( a device quite often used outside Europe , mainly in minor Latin-American states where it was expected that political relations would be very much subordinate to commercial ones ) . |
| 23 | These outcomes will also be very much dependent on the personal , social and material resources available to the individual . |
| 24 | Instead it turns out to be very much concerned with rhetoric , which can hardly be said to be new for this age or even essentially syntactic . |
| 25 | Jack would be very much surprised if his friend would n't be living in one of those houses in Ploughman 's Lane like the one where he sometimes did electrical jobs with real old French furniture and real oil paintings and the kind of china you looked at but did n't eat off . |
| 26 | True , it may well be that much good has come for women from Christian history and from Christ 's moral teaching . |
| 27 | There ca n't be that much wrong with her . |
| 28 | PAMELA : [ delighted ] A generous man and a man of sense can not be too much obliged . |
| 29 | Once the outside interest and stimulation of a full-time job has gone , the greatest enemy can be too much unfilled time . |
| 30 | No cos it , it was straightforward I think and does n't look to be too much wasted , you , you know they leave all that so I 'll just it a quick , a quick , really a very quick hoover but I ca n't get to the bit where the waste carpet is but er yes it looks nice I think . |