much - use in sentences

Preposition: at

  • forefront: Were you worried about writing about something so sensitive, something still so much at the forefront of people's minds?

Modifies a noun

  • money: Their tax increases may not raise as much money as they hope, but they have a small reserve built into their plans.
  • fun: You have no idea how much fun it is to play in the woods having an all-out battle with these.
  • attention: The latter portion of his life was spent on his estate, to the improvement of which he devoted much attention.
  • trouble: Or are pupils just as much trouble as they always were and a lot less trouble where schools get the behavior strategy right?
  • effort: Why would a society living on limited resources have spent so much effort building the Ring of Brogar?
  • time: No skills required - we will provide full training How much time do I need to commit?

Modifying Another Word

  • too: Secondly, don't try to use too much weight or always try to increase your training weights.
  • so: Does water really add so much to the expense.

Infinitive complement

  • ask: It's not too much to ask... Leave something on the TOTT message board if you want to help.
  • blame: If this is Iran's choice, the US will be much to blame.
  • say: Oops... Still, it's nice to be stuck with too much to say rather than too little!
  • drink: Concerned about what is going to happen when Elaine has had too much to drink?
  • expect: And getting that skill across to tens of thousands of airline pilots in a short time is too much to expect.

Used with adjective complement

  • apply: This applies as much to web material as to printed material.

Preposition: in

  • favor: I am very much in favor of this type of WORK FROM HOME, as it greatly reduces the running-costs of the business.
  • demand: The Soul Survivors are much in demand for the London society party circuit and play for many corporate functions throughout the country.
  • vein: It was very much in the vein of the morals that " decent people " might support.
  • awe: I was pretty much in awe of the whole milieu and made no attempt to talk to anyone.

Preposition: of

  • hurry: Always start at the downstream end and don't be in too much of a hurry.

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