Example sentences of "by much " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consistent with conversationist bodies , however , we are appalled by much of the development of our pub heritage carried out during the 1950s and '60s . |
| 2 | This view of the use of the police as agents of government economic policy was shared , frequently with concern , by much of the public … |
| 3 | So the recent fall in house-moving business would have cut gross income by about a fifth and net income by much more . |
| 4 | So the recent fall in house-moving business would have cut gross income by about a fifth and net income by much more . |
| 5 | The Club now had a new , more democratic constitution , achieved by much hard , tedious and thankless work on the part of some , and aided by a robust , vocal membership in general . |
| 6 | The answer from a CEGB expert , surrounded by much verbiage , was essentially ‘ No ’ . |
| 7 | Here we can mention only a few events which led to major therapeutic developments , and pass by much else which gave the clues and spurs for progress . |
| 8 | Considering the additional confusion caused by much industrial nomenclature , with many trivial and trade names , it is not surprising that many formulators prefer to stick with what they know and trust . |
| 9 | The electrons may be excited from one orbital to another , still localised at the nitrogen impurity , by much less energy than is required in the perfect diamond : in fact , blue light has sufficient quantum energy . |
| 10 | The gesture is likely to be surrounded by much ballyhoo when it is officially announced in April . |
| 11 | Encouraged by much applause and cheers , he went on … ‘ and the forces of General Franco will not be halted until complete victory is ours . |
| 12 | Wherever we live , be it within a stone 's throw of Sellafield or in an area seemingly unaffected by the dumping of waste , we must not fall into the out-of-sight , out-of-mind approach adopted by much of industry . |
| 13 | They then had half an hour to make a hat accompanied by much laughter . |
| 14 | Good shape despite the dire forecasts still being made by much of the business world ? |
| 15 | The 1989 NHS Reforms were greeted with great hostility by much of the medical profession , partly because they were seen as part of possible moves towards dismantling the NHS , but also because of the changed emphasis brought about by the consideration of terms such as : ‘ efficiency ’ , ‘ internal market ’ , and ‘ payment by results ’ in areas where the role of the market had previously been much less prominent . |
| 16 | As a result , most of the advice on business ethics offered by academic papers ( and by much business-school teaching ) tends towards moral absolutism . |
| 17 | Indeed it is his support for Mosley , expressed on many occasions , which goes some way to account for the continuing neglect of his work by much of the literary establishment . |
| 18 | ‘ Smaller , quieter and more exclusive than many other resorts — surrounded by much to explore . ’ |
| 19 | In 1859 he bought the later Ilminster estate , now occupied by much of Swanage north of the Brook and extending to Ulwell . |
| 20 | There was a close working partnership between them , in governments and in opposition , for fifteen years , but it was untinted by much mutual affection or even comprehension . |
| 21 | New Year 's Eve in those early years had possessed a dull religious sheen , a pewter glimmer , which by much effort and polishing and dedication of the will could bring her a little light , a little hope , a little perseverance : but she had longed for the flames and the candles , the cut glass and the singing . |
| 22 | That need for compromise arose from a feature shared by much of the Greco-Roman world : ancient states , being reliant on agriculture , faced a permanent struggle to prevent civic assemblies from being dominated by the urban population ; Rome solved this by eventually allowing dual citizenship — that is , citizenship both of Rome and of the home community whose constitution would be modelled , in a municipal way , on that of often faraway Rome . |
| 23 | Each of the several other indicators used affects the total allocation per child by much less , with overall ranges of £12 to £18 . |
| 24 | People seem to prefer that which is informal , spontaneous and unrehearsed , and the lack of stimulus presented by much of the ‘ new look ’ music makes it difficult to persuade musicians to be committed on a regular basis . |
| 25 | The Labour Party course has been deliberately misrepresented both by the government and by much of the press . |
| 26 | Although it appears to be grammatically linked to the remainder of the subsection , it is not qualified by much of what appears before it . |
| 27 | Tall , blond and muscular , he was without doubt one peach of a downhill racer , but he was also unsophisticated — he was a baker during off-piste season — and clearly bewildered by much of the attention he was getting après ski . |
| 28 | Shunned by much of the old left , the new recruits had proved more than up to the task of filling the gaps . |
| 29 | And take comfort from these two decorating truths , confirmed by much experience : that too perfect rooms are as boring as too perfect people , and that most successful decoration is the result of successful elimination . |
| 30 | This is surprising in view of the fact that over a longer term measurements can vary by much more than this . |