Example sentences of "much [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 oh no , the war was very much on at the time
2 A British double-century looks very much on for the 11-times South African champion , who was the first man to achieve that feat in his native land .
3 Er would you not say that this has shifted the onus of responsibility very much on to the financial institutions , the banks and others who had dealings with Mr Maxwell , and is n't the judge in effect saying in your interpretation er of that , that these institutions er really have got to show they were whiter than white in their dealings and actually went in and investigated him thoroughly ?
4 well I do n't think it matters so much in with the
5 I mean er scrap iron , I mean I 've done that erm where we 've loaded scrap iron ships but they do n't do none of that now and when you load scrap iron put so much in on the floor and then dockers would pull it apart and then there 'd then , mean you got ta go and pull a lot of that scrap iron out , load that off , well that the stevedore would say .
6 Whether he can still achieve that goal will be very much down to the obstinacy and determination for which he is famous .
7 Competition techniques are pretty much down to the individual himself .
8 But the spring of heel for Tom seen here with fellow dancer Kate Coyne is very much down to the music of The Rolling Stones .
9 McGilligan 's subsequent achievements in the Ireland jersey have been well chronicled and since then the Dungiven joiner has been very much up with the big boys .
10 However , I do believe that intensely private moments should not be captured on film , but this is left very much up to the integrity of the individual photographer . ’
11 Whether the patients enjoy life after a myocardial infarct is very much up to the people who look after them at home or in hospital .
12 Most of the bureau do n't supply order forms — most of their work comes in on spec — and so it is very much up to the customer to specify what is required .
13 This is quite useful for you to refer to , this booklet , but do please tell your clients you 're not a doctor , it 's very much up to the client 's doctor and our medical underwriters , as to whether we pay out or not .
14 Development technician Dave said : ‘ At the moment the proposals are very much up in the air but we are hoping to plan mixed weekend trips which both groups would enjoy . ’
15 It 's very much up in the air about the continuation of these classes .
16 The land-based multi-warhead er missiles is a real issue that has to be tackled , er and they may either go for , this is very much up in the air , go for er distinct cuts in er Start one , or they may talk about limitations and then go for a Start two treaty .
17 Perhaps the World Cup had taken too much out of the younger sides .
18 The working class in effect delegates investment decisions to capitalists because they are better allocators of investment funds , especially in resisting the temptation to consume too much out of the current social product .
19 ‘ Metrologie is very much out of the woods now ’ , he claimed .
20 While Diana seemed destined for a life of unskilled , low-paying jobs , she was not that much out of the ordinary for girls of her class and background .
21 How do they get so much out of the country ? ’
22 In the same way , if employees and unions have already squeezed as much out of the employer as they possibly can , the employer can not pay higher labour costs without going bankrupt .
23 Many scientists were well-read in theological writings , and thus when in 1875 Stewart and Tait produced The Unseen Universe they were not doing anything very much out of the ordinary .
24 The Bill arises very much out of the Piper Alpha incident .
25 Their forwards took too much out of the ball when the simple option would have been more productive , but all credit must go to a well-drilled St Mary 's defence in which full back Sean McIvor was outstanding .
26 Kinloss was a pleasant environment and the locals were extremely kind to the alien invasion , but one felt so very much out of the hurly burly of wartime England , this was made particularly clear when pupils I had trained returned for their rest period , and one did get the message that my operational background was no longer valid or right to pass on to the crews coming forward for conversion to twin-engined aircraft .
27 ‘ Nothing very much out of the ordinary , ’ he returned calmly , unmoved by her outburst .
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