Example sentences of "much to " in BNC.
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| 31 | You have , Ladies and Gentlemen , to give this much to the Luftwaffe : when it knocked down our buildings , it did n't replace them with anything more offensive than rubble . |
| 32 | A book by Mother Teresa has said much to us about how we are to be for Jesus in this situation . ’ |
| 33 | Second , he was speaking as much to the American people as to the citizens of the divided Germanys . |
| 34 | Much to the alarm of narcotics agents , cultivation is spreading as farmers seek cash to protect themselves from the hardships of war . |
| 35 | That cabinet came as a huge disappointment to the public and opposition , contributing much to the present unstable atmosphere . |
| 36 | Much to their credit in launching a spirited assault on the Neath lead , Bridgend did attempt to spread the ball wide . |
| 37 | But their old propensity for self-destruction surfaced again , much to the joy of Adrian Davies , and an exciting though careless game ended as it began — with Cambridge on top . |
| 38 | The sudden , sharp increase in cross-Atlantic skiing traffic owes much to the claims of some American resorts that they can guarantee snow cover , even if as much as 75 per cent of it may be man-made . |
| 39 | She made a very positive effort to be the right kind of person to be around — in other words , she was not a liability , she was an asset , an extremely good cook and a very good organiser , and having discovered that we both went to the same school in Switzerland where French was the main language taught , we would enjoy talking to each other in French , much to the annoyance of David who could n't understand the language . ’ |
| 40 | Both the American and British missile programmes owed much to German wartime work on their V-1s and V-2s , which did so much damage to London , Antwerp and Paris during the closing stages of the Second World War . |
| 41 | Environmental issues now contribute much to an ever-increasing awareness of the overwork of the land and the pollution of the countryside . |
| 42 | The cheesemaker has the best control over his cheese if he is able to use the milk from his own flock or herd — he then knows exactly what he is getting and where the animals have been grazed as the type of grass and subsoil contributes much to the flavour of the milk and then the cheese . |
| 43 | The recent row between Nissan and its British distributor owes much to the pressure that both have been under recently to break into the fleet market . |
| 44 | State banks , much to their chagrin , have been ordered to provide cheap insurance for pilgrims to Mecca : some 800 Indonesians died in the haj last year . |
| 45 | Organising the defence , much to Pirelli 's pique , is Deutsche Bank , Germany 's biggest bank . |
| 46 | Mr Hoi returned home in August 1990 , much to the relief of his family , who had read in the newspapers that Germany was in chaos . |
| 47 | That owes much to the long prosperity of California 's economy and its ( until now ) robust property market . |
| 48 | This last headline did not seem fully to express the collective view of the Shadow Cabinet and the next instalments of the Meacher plans for social security never appeared — much to our disappointment . |
| 49 | While I owe much to that tradition and trust that I am still persona grata within it , in many respects I have gone beyond Evangelical thought on matters to do with the Church and sacraments . |
| 50 | Nigel was flagging , but much to his relief the man took over and delivered an admirable lecture on French surrealist poetry . |
| 51 | Much to his surprise she chatted to him quite amicably for a change . |
| 52 | Gina returned , bearing a decent-looking slice from a Victoria sponge , much to his surprise . |
| 53 | Opting for a vast lunch in a pub , he ordered the dish of the day — haggis — then topped it off with a ploughman 's lunch and the landlady 's home-made black bun , much to the amazement of the proprietors . |
| 54 | A few of the others were taken away , much to Nigel 's annoyance . |
| 55 | The vet was forced into an unscheduled arrival at 50 miles-an-hour into a nearby farm-yard , much to the surprise of a herd of Jerseys ambling their way to the milking parlour ! |
| 56 | BATMAN 2 ( can you stand the anticipation ? ) starts shooting in Mexico later this year , much to the displeasure of the British film industry : the original Pinewood set has been kept intact since last year at a cost of £60,000 per month . |
| 57 | As a result , although his club was one of the first to develop Smiley culture , much to his relief Danny never became a tabloid Mr Big . |
| 58 | Much to everyone 's surprise , when the exhibition and the Funfair at Battersea opened they were an immense success . |
| 59 | Given his head at the Republican convention of 1952 he accused the Democrats of having been in charge of ‘ twenty years of treason ’ , a phrase which stuck , much to the Republican advantage . |
| 60 | ‘ I have enjoyed having you around , Mr Malamute , much to my surprise . |