Example sentences of "have been so much " in BNC.

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1 ‘ There has been so much despair among the lot of us that seeing the party back in government again seemed so remote .
2 Goodbye and good riddance to the propaganda parade Television coverage of the election campaign has been so much oil on shallow water .
3 It is not perhaps since Romanticism that there has been so much discussion , and underlying uncertainty , about the market of literature , and it is no accident that recent years have seen an expansion of the sociology of literature as an academic discipline , alongside increased research into reading habits , the best-seller and how to write it , and the levels of writing that appeal to different strata of the public .
4 There has been so much talk of saturated and unsaturated fats that most people have heard of them .
5 There has been so much mourning to do .
6 This means that older children must be encouraged to discuss famous texts critically , must be aware of the reasons why the traditional English canon , from Chaucer to George Eliot , has been so much under attack in recent years .
7 There has been so much drama , not only over the first two days , when Henri Leconte had made his fairy tale return to Davis Cup play with his stunning defeat of Sampras in the second singles and then his inspirational contribution to France 's doubles success as he and Forget maintained an 8–0 unbeaten record together in the competition , that it was both right and proper that there should have been more to come .
8 To explore why there has been so much flux in the structures of competition , some basic distinctions are needed .
9 Ireland has had so much , she thought ; there has been so much magic and so much strength , and now all of it has gone .
10 Indeed , it is precisely because there has been approximately equal progress on both sides that there has been so much progress in the level of sophistication of design .
11 In fact there has been so much to amuse that I have scarcely read a book and have written but little .
12 In fact , Black South African writers are committed in trying to rewrite our history , our true history , because it has been so much misrepresented and twisted , and used against the people themselves .
13 There has been so much interest in the industrial side , while you just have to go a few miles out of Middlesbrough to get to the coast or the middle of the moors . ’
14 There has been so much interest in the industrial side while you just have to go a few miles out of Middlesbrough to get to the coast or the middle of the moors . ’
15 However , there has been so much midweek domestic football this season that all but the most committed supporters — 12,178 of them in Glasgow , 3,546 in Perth — turned their backs on Tuesday night 's matches .
16 Probably because he 'd been so much on her mind , she instantly fell into dreaming of Adam , his dark fathomless eyes and granite features dominating her sleep .
17 We felt this was important and valuable for otherwise she would have been so much in the company of adults .
18 This brain drain' must have been viewed by the authorities as acute , otherwise there would not have been so much coverage of the issue in the media .
19 There may have been so much conflict indoors that you had to construct your shelter elsewhere .
20 As instability of h is extremely common , it is remarkable that careful scholars could have been so much aware of this type of evidence , but could nevertheless have rejected it .
21 There could have been so much important material in what has been called " The Domesday Book of the Highlands and Islands . "
22 There could have been so much important material in what has been called " The Domesday Book of the Highlands and Islands . "
23 To my mum , you know she 's passed , you 're daft , but there 'd have been so much hassle for me to get there !
24 There had been so much to admire in Ewan , even though he 'd been so self-centred .
25 There had been so much blood , but …
26 than if it had been so much inert luggage .
27 There had been so much misfortune that to endure any more would be as a dumb beast might endure it ; and what would become of Dinah and the child ?
28 Besides , there had been so much in the Exhibition that might be clearly seen as innocuous , if not actually beneficial to God 's cause .
29 Gone were the colourful historical scenes that had been so much in favour with the Hung Mao .
30 That night by the river there had been so much blood …
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