Example sentences of "[adv] much [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.

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1 Much has been given to us , so much shall be expected !
2 The fact they get paid so much should be a bonus to them .
3 Many knitters who are familiar with the band program will probably agree that it is the most useful program ever published , as so much can be done with it !
4 It is important , however , that the interests of those copyright owners whose publications are sold be protected , and that the composers to whom the Church owes so much can be remunerated .
5 ‘ But when the time comes , only so much can be done by discussion .
6 It was a sort of burnt orange colour with a large hole cut at the back so that the lean old arse Nigel hated so much could be shown to its full advantage .
7 To admit as much would be to admit he had been as negligent of her difficulties as anyone else .
8 As much might be said for members of her cabinet .
9 The traditional approach is the obvious one — as much must be raised as it is intended to spend , no more and no less .
10 Too much may be dangerous .
11 Especially in accounts of how one sibling became the main carer for a parent , there is a sense of people guarding their own position , lest too much should be expected of them .
12 The plan itself does serve as a binding mechanism to reduce ambiguity , but not too much should be expected of it .
13 Not too much should be read into this kind of loose terminology , since it is greatly at variance with the vocabulary customarily employed by Soviet diplomats , officials and academics .
14 Even if indirect taxes do impose smaller administrative costs than direct taxes for a given revenue yield , not too much should be made of this .
15 Yet the first attempt in 1944 to find the Roman wall of Canterbury , which was also supposed to follow the line of the medieval wall , proved a failure , so not too much should be read into the Carlisle evidence .
16 Remember , too much could be just as harmful as too little .
17 There need not be too much detail here , as too much will be laboured and unnecessary .
18 Too much can be a risk factor for heart disease .
19 Yet too much can be made of these awards and rewards , these comforts and pressing benefits .
20 There were only three boys in whose case ‘ the clean break ’ approach was followed and obviously not too much can be claimed from such a small group .
21 But far too much can be made of this .
22 Sometimes too much can be expected of an opportunity to put forward the company 's point of view .
23 In my opinion , however , too much can be read into it .
24 Life with a parent who drinks too much can be hell .
25 Perhaps this much can be said without suggesting that the book is an epic for Kenya Asians , which tells of a people threatened by nobodies , nothings , and managing to survive .
26 Yet this much can be said : that in the research of these days , the evidence of some form of parochial structure is more likely to take one by surprise for its earliness than its lateness .
27 That much may be granted , that critical thinking has to have something to work on if its impact is not to be marginalized .
28 Accordingly , there has been a gradual realization that the endeavour should advance over a broader field rather than trying to seek a ‘ universal ’ method ( Dearden , 1981 ) , that subjective methods are probably more cost-effective ( Price , 1976 ) , that any method should include room for different tastes ( Jacques , 1980 ) , and that much could be learnt from the approach of experts in the area of aesthetic and artistic judgement ( Carlson , 1977 ) .
29 It is inevitable that much will be omitted in this study but the bibliography lists several larger and more detailed works on specific aspects of Charles and his effect upon European history and culture .
30 Even if the escaping water flows into a carbide factory and thereby generates gas which causes a tremendous explosion it is unlikely that much will be achieved by seeking to draw distinctions between what is natural and foreseeable .
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