Example sentences of "is much " in BNC.
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| 1 | Capital law is much more complicated — but far less lucrative — than ‘ ordinary ’ criminal law , so attorneys not specialise in defence work and are reluctant to take cases . |
| 2 | the figure is much destroyed from the waist down ; but the noble torso , and especially the head , express that compassion and humility which is the great achievement of Buddhist art . ’ |
| 3 | They may , however , not be exactly what the author would have preferred , as a colour plate which is readily available ( perhaps having been used in another publication ) is much cheaper to use than a new plate which has to be commissioned . |
| 4 | Of all the classes this is closest to what happens in an actual rehearsal , since it is much more concerned with the technical means of presenting a character . |
| 5 | It is much worse these days than it was in 1966 . |
| 6 | It is much worse to begin too soon , he wrote , than not to begin at all . |
| 7 | It is much more physical than that . |
| 8 | And now it is much too late to go on , he wrote , and much too late to start again . |
| 9 | I always thought it was too early , he wrote , and now I see that it is much too late . |
| 10 | A winding , levelled path at a gentle gradient is much easier to walk down . |
| 11 | The upper tip will be high in the air where the wind is stronger , while the lower wing will be close to the ground where the wind is much lighter . |
| 12 | In light winds , when the ground speed is much higher , this inertia effect is stronger , and therefore control is relatively poor , making ground looping more likely . |
| 13 | If the launch is much too slow , the nose must be lowered and the launch abandoned immediately . |
| 14 | This is because it is much more difficult to recognise being too high than being a little on the low side . |
| 15 | On a normal tow , except for very low performance machines , the climbing angle of the towplane and glider is much steeper than the glider 's gliding angle when flying downwind . |
| 16 | It is much safer to fly at five or even ten feet until the towplane leaves the ground . |
| 17 | It is much harder than going into the side-slip from the final turn where it is easy to apply the opposite rudder and straighten up correctly . |
| 18 | Giving up smoking together too is much more likely to be successful than if you have to struggle alone . |
| 19 | Indeed , one in ten couples find it takes them over a year , while for others it is much quicker . |
| 20 | Any internal disciplinary measure to contain such an account is much less likely to become of public concern in the way that the Clive Ponting or the Cathy Massiter prosecutions became notorious causes célèbres . |
| 21 | This is much more effective at muting impacts than any breast shield and though it is not allowed in competition proper , it removes much of the risk from pre-competition training . |
| 22 | This may prove difficult if your opponent is much taller than you . |
| 23 | If the opponent is much heavier , the hook wo n't work at all . |
| 24 | Whereas an opponent may be able to cope with a single technique , it is much more difficult when the attack is continuous , incorporating both linear and circular blows delivered to different , often widely separated targets . |
| 25 | But while he argues for general connections between the rites , incidentally ignoring the many repudiations of Gnosticism that were made of it by early Christian leaders , his viewpoint is much more balanced than Scobie 's . ) |
| 26 | Uridia , as a developing planet , is much in need of practical schemes but it could no longer pay for them without today 's increase in the subsidy . |
| 27 | Boris Becker recently expressed the view that there was too much money in tennis and that it was ruining the game — a view of course that it is much easier to make objectively once you have £5m in the bank . |
| 28 | The women 's game is much more open today and Gabriela Sabatini has been the best player on the women 's tour this year . |
| 29 | Also , it is much harder to train the back muscles and receive a hard pump . |
| 30 | But my opinion of the book is much the same now as it was that day in Kathmandu . |