Example sentences of "have [been] [adv] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may have been as much due to tradition as to limited supplies or tin . |
| 2 | The extra pound a day for their film work did little to compensate for their tiredness which surely must have been as much due to under-nourishment as overwork . |
| 3 | Even though the annual value of these rights could hardly have been as much as £100,000 a year , the Company was ready to outdo the Bank of England and the East India Company and take on £9½m. of the National Debt , which would have been about a quarter of the total outstanding after the Treaty of Utrecht . |
| 4 | The local man replied " There would have been as much enthusiasm if you had done the same tonight . " |
| 5 | The young man — perhaps not quite so young after all , he might have been as much as thirty — came forward into the room , closing the door behind him . |
| 6 | We felt this was important and valuable for otherwise she would have been so much in the company of adults . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There may have been so much conflict indoors that you had to construct your shelter elsewhere . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There could have been so much important material in what has been called " The Domesday Book of the Highlands and Islands . " |
| 11 | There could have been so much important material in what has been called " The Domesday Book of the Highlands and Islands . " |
| 12 | To my mum , you know she 's passed , you 're daft , but there 'd have been so much hassle for me to get there ! |
| 13 | Appearing in Ackerley 's books pages might , you feel , have been a privilege but an afternoon of Joe and Joe 's dog would have been too much . |
| 14 | Going into another troupe after being a Tiller would have been too much of a comedown . |
| 15 | Luckily Miss Malley was on leave at the time , otherwise this event might just have been too much for her . |
| 16 | However little , it would have been too much . |
| 17 | All that good food might have been too much of an assault on his stomach . |
| 18 | It would have been too much for poor Bridget , looking after them , when she had so much to do . |
| 19 | It would have been too much of a coincidence to have expected Tony Cable to be the engineering investigator at the top of the go-team list since he had worked in Seattle for the Boeing Company before he joined AIB ( the ‘ Branch ’ , as it is known by its members ) and his personal knowledge of that company 's products is obviously substantial . |
| 20 | It is hard to believe they would have been too much for the North Atlantic alliance . |
| 21 | The strain of prolonged interviews might have been too much for her . ’ |
| 22 | The ordeal of suffering his ogling eyes on her at mealtimes would have been too much , even for someone with Beth 's strong constitution . |
| 23 | It would have been too much , having to look after Rebecca . |
| 24 | A week ago six hours would have been too much . |
| 25 | But as Brown Owl pinned my Promise Badge on me , and said , ‘ I trust you to keep the Promise ’ , the excitement must have been too much for Natalie ! |
| 26 | Would have been too much . |
| 27 | It would have been too much to hope for one capable of answering any of the questions that were beginning to raise their heads in her sleep-muffled brain . |
| 28 | The contrast between Dysart 's carefree existence and his own would have been too much to bear . |
| 29 | A return to the reviled rates would presumably have been too much to take . |
| 30 | The ‘ next step ’ of setting up a public authority-the Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members-to assist actively in enforcing such individual rights could have been too much to swallow for the unions . |