Example sentences of "much [noun sg] [vb -s] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Checking to see how much damage has been done to it , ’ the Doctor said with some irritation . |
| 2 | If so , can he tell us how much money has been allocated to that exercise ? |
| 3 | It is always possible , therefore , that too much weight has been given to the reported cognitive responses . |
| 4 | It is now apparent that too much weight has been attached to tool using . |
| 5 | Much attention has been given to the seemingly altruistic behaviour of dolphins , with various authors citing such examples as the way cetaceans will assist or stand by other ill , injured or stranded animals even to the point of their own death . |
| 6 | Enright has pointed out with regard to media that ‘ too much attention has been given to the possibilities of the new media supplanting the book , and far too little to the ways in which each can and does supplement the other ’ . |
| 7 | Considering how much attention has been given to ‘ child development ’ by psychologists and educationists , it should be possible to find a generally-accepted theory that will help us to order our thoughts . |
| 8 | MUCH attention has been given to the Prisoners ' Dilemma as a metaphor for the problems surrounding the evolution of cooperative behaviour . |
| 9 | Much attention has been paid to helping managers learn how to use appraisal meetings to tackle their problem people . |
| 10 | As the electoral process has lumbered into action , much attention has been paid to Bill Clinton 's alleged sexual dalliances and his attempts to evade war service in Vietnam . |
| 11 | Audio and digital control boards are completely separated and much attention has been paid to chassis damping and immunity to external mechanical or airborne disturbance . |
| 12 | Much attention has been paid to Diego Garcia as an anti-American rallying point among the Non-Aligned . |
| 13 | Much attention has been paid to the importance of the UK science base and to ensuring adequate levels of financial support . |
| 14 | However , I am not convinced that the most relevant biochemical questions have yet been asked , partly at least because so much attention has been devoted to the intimate synaptic processes involved in the initiation of LTP that surprisingly little has been directed towards what seems to me most interesting about it — the very long-term nature of the phenomenon . |
| 15 | For example , much publicity has been given to the patch or neighbourhood system of social work which entails a small integrated team of social workers dealing ideally with small communities of between 5,000 and 10,000 people . |
| 16 | Has he noticed that much advice has been given to us on how that should be done ? |
| 17 | Drinking too much alcohol has been linked to about 3% of cancers , specially those of the mouth , voice-box , gullet and liver . |
| 18 | Much thought has been given to the order of chapters and teachers may find it helpful to follow this order when possible . |
| 19 | You may be wondering why so much space has been devoted to cellulite in this chapter . |
| 20 | Several groups of Communes are in the LFA Zone de Montagne ; in the Rochefort-Montagne Commune of Puy-de-Dome much encouragement has been given to remembrement by M. Giscard d'Estaing who resides in the area and is in favour of ‘ progressive ’ agriculture . |
| 21 | Much energy has been devoted to trying to establish which version is more likely to have been Christopher Marlowe 's . |