Example sentences of "[noun pl] was much " in BNC.
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| 1 | The American model of private funding of the arts was much cited . |
| 2 | Boys ' knowledge of measurement units was much higher than that of the girls : their success rates were between 20 and 30 percentage points higher on items probing this knowledge . |
| 3 | The question of his origins was much on his mind in those years . |
| 4 | The number of visits was much greater : 11 per cent had 300 or more — almost one a day , 33 per cent between 100 and 300 — two or more a week on average , 19 per cent 50 — 99 , between one and two a week , 4 per cent 20–49 — between one a fortnight and one a week , 14 per cent 10–19 — less than one a fortnight , 12 per cent had less than 10 or less than one a month . |
| 5 | Advertising was practically never used , even in the early 1970s when the use of search by companies was much less widespread . |
| 6 | Tonight , Mr Taylor said holding Cheltenham for the Conservatives was much more important than what some people thought of him . |
| 7 | Literacy rates among artisans and shopkeepers was much higher : 80 per cent or more would seem a reasonable approximation for the level reached by the late seventeenth century and persisting through most of the eighteenth century . |
| 8 | Thanks to the quirks of the electoral system , however , the change in seats was much more striking . |
| 9 | Productivity of market sector workers was rising at about 3.7% per annum , but the extra taxes required to finance the growth of the non-marketable sector meant that the increase in their real incomes was much less , only 1.2% per annum . |
| 10 | Under some pressure from the Liberals , he agreed to accept amendments to reduce the standard rate of income tax in his Finance Bill , but his alternative scheme of including a 2 per cent surcharge on employers ' National Insurance contributions was much attacked in the City . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ The value of communication between the three organisations was much appreciated . ’ |
| 12 | These figures show that the project cost slightly more than the estimated amount saved in Ipswich , and about £16,000 — £18,000 more in Newham ( where the amount spent on support workers was much higher ) . |
| 13 | The special place that they had enjoyed in traditional sports was much reduced . |
| 14 | The man at the British customs was much sterner than the magistrate who came from the capital to investigate crimes committed in our village . |
| 15 | In contrast to these reductions in the rate of stroke , the effect on heart attacks was much less : only in the systolic hypertension in the elderly programme did it achieve significance . |
| 16 | Although there were some other demonstrations and arson , particularly at Seaford , the scale of these new troubles was much more confined . |
| 17 | But the proposition that the trend of decline in the 1950s could be used as a baseline for planning in future years was much disputed . |
| 18 | A R. So getting a good part in the end of term productions was much more competitive for you , Dulcie ? |
| 19 | He was instructed to raise 2,000 Wiltshire men towards the national defences when the Armada threatened in 1588 ; and his contribution to county military affairs was much valued . |
| 20 | In summer when the leaves were thick travellers were still within easy bow-shot of cover but in winter and spring when leaves were sparse the danger of ambushes was much lessened . |
| 21 | Similarly , the range of interest rates charged on bank loans was much narrower than it would be in America or Britain . |
| 22 | As the following chapters will show , the separation between the public and private spheres was much more rigidly maintained for middle class than for working class women . |
| 23 | The separation of spheres was much more rigid for middle class women than for working class women , for although both were excluded from the public sector in terms of political citizenship and legal rights , working class women did engage in paid employment and there was a certain ambivalence on the part of politicians and policy makers as to their behaviour in this respect . |
| 24 | In the circumstances many teachers involved with the project had difficulties in organizing practical and oral tests , particularly on an individual basis , and so the number of pupils taking these assessments was much reduced from what had originally been envisaged . |
| 25 | The rally was very well supported and the varied programme of classes and displays was much enjoyed by all those present . |
| 26 | We found Venturous better than ever with her new engines and at fourteen knots was much quieter and free from the old vibration . |
| 27 | The number of three-point alignments was much the same in each case . |
| 28 | However , with inflation running at nearly 13 per cent , the increase in real terms was much lower . |
| 29 | But starting the Reformation was only half the battle : turning its principles into practicable policies and maintaining momentum in the face of opposition from determined vested interests was much more difficult . |
| 30 | The first of these stages was much the most important , for despite the promulgation of the Nazimov Rescript a betting man would not have laid money , at the end of 1857 , on the proposition that peasants were going to acquire both freedom from manorial jurisdiction and some of the landlords ' property . |