Example sentences of "much [prep] it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of it is engrossed with problems internally generated within the research itself , sometimes because of the need for experimental precision , sometimes because of conceptual ineptitude . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , these arrangements have been subjected to considerable criticism , although much of it is related to the high-rise building , difficulty of supervising children , industrialised building materials and the other , now familiar , complaints about such brutal townscapes . |
| 3 | He seizes in his stomach , showing clearly how much of it is to spare , and thrusts his hand straight down the front of his trousers . |
| 4 | As Marx remarked , even when we make our own history , we do not make it in conditions of our own choosing and much of it is made behind our backs . |
| 5 | He says that the dialogue is fun — much of it is made up as they go along ! |
| 6 | Second , it is virtually impossible to determine exactly how much Grampian produced whisky is exported because much of it is blended and/or bottled elsewhere . |
| 7 | There is an extensive and rapidly growing literature on the tectonics of plate interiors , but unfortunately much of it is written from a geophysical rather than a geomorphic perspective and it is not readily accessible to readers lacking a good grounding in physics and maths . |
| 8 | This creeps across the shelf and down the continental slope , spreading along the sea-bed ; much of it is formed over the shelves of the Weddell and Ross bights , and from there it spreads far northward into the northern hemisphere . |
| 9 | The most dominant structural factor in the work is that much of it is cast in the form of canticles . |
| 10 | Evidence of its long lively history is abundant in the village and although some of it is impressively obvious , much of it is tucked away in farmyards and back gardens . |
| 11 | Alternatively , there may be sufficient capital but too much of it is tied up in plant , buildings or slow moving or non-moving stock with not enough left over to pay the wages on Friday . |
| 12 | THERE is a degree of planetary turmoil to contend with in November although , because much of it is focused in a sign entirely compatible with your own , you may do rather well out of the situation . |
| 13 | Much of it is concentrated in sectors which face a seasonal demand for their output or services and its practice is long established . |
| 14 | Having decided the degree of obligation and the categories of CPD , how much of it is required ? |
| 15 | Even in such classic areas as the Mississippi delta , where sediment is thought to be accumulating rapidly , there is plenty of evidence to suggest that , after building up for a while , much of it is carried away again . |
| 16 | Much of it is preserved in the former DDR and now , thanks to German re-unification and to a renewed appreciation of grandiose kitsch , this great self-styled ‘ Universalkünstler ’ of the German fin-de-siècle can now be rediscovered at the Städelsches Kunstinstitut . |
| 17 | The treatment plan is not equipped to deal effectively with waste of such high chemical toxicity , and so much of it is passed out in the Yellow Creek to be carried away into the Cumberland River , with the result that the creek has become severely polluted . |
| 18 | The department 's offerings secondly recognise the fact that Christian theology and the doctrines in which much of it is distilled took form in the course of the Christian faith 's varying relationships with the changing religious philosophies of the West . |
| 19 | But much of it is reflected back off the Earth 's surface — at a different wavelength — not as short wave , but as long wave radiation . |
| 20 | Although this 20 per cent is intended for teaching and research , much of it is used to make up deficits in general health-care budgets . |
| 21 | The estate is substantial and much of it is located in areas which are highly desirable to the private sector . |
| 22 | The region near the zenith looks rather dull , because much of it is occupied by the vast , dim Hydra . |
| 23 | The main purpose was to pack as much corn as possible into the bay ; but in treading the corn in this way much of it was shaken out of the ear , and thus a start was made on the threshing . |
| 24 | Much of it was erected by small speculators with limited means , who came themselves from the working class . |
| 25 | When Charles came of age in 1969 , the Duchy had been in abeyance for thirty-three years and was seriously rundown ; much of it was yielding nothing . |
| 26 | At one time ( it is thought in the late 1800's ) , there was a devastating fire caused by the mill stones turning too quickly and creating sparks which easily ignited the dusty dry building and much of it was destroyed . |
| 27 | It is in such conditions that we should look for an explanation of the outcrop in the 1860s of sensational popular fiction , replete with desertion , adultery , bigamy and sudden death ; much of it was written from the woman 's point of view by women writers , such as Mary Braddon , Rhoda Broughton and Mrs Henry Wood . |
| 28 | Much of it was to do with the personality of the editor , Richard Neville . |
| 29 | Although external organs such as the police networks were used to enforce control , much of it was exercised through existing social institutions , for example , the family and the company , and through official organizations such as the reservists , youth leagues and women 's groups , of which membership , where appropriate , eventually became compulsory . |
| 30 | Much of it was conducted from her own room , which soon acquired a shrine-like notoriety , both on account of its furnishings and its occupant . |