Sentence examples for much a drop from inspiring English sources

First, there was Tony Hayward, the BP chief executive, telling the world that it was a lot of fuss about not very much, a drop, in fact, in the ocean.

(Albeit it's very much a drop in the ocean of Facebook usage generally, with the company reporting more than 1.59BN users as of January this year).

You can interpret that as, well, they were able to knock down Net Neutrality for less than $1 million, which is pretty much a drop in the bucket for these companies.

But those storms "were pretty much a drop in the bucket," said Richard Tinker, a drought expert with the federal government's Climate Prediction Center.

That is not much of a drop and is consistent with a slowing economy.

Bratton, Lardner writes, asked his commanders how much of a drop in crime they could envision.

"If I were the governor, I wouldn't like to see this much of a drop," Mr. Carroll added.

Tomic puts too much on a drop shot and Evans has a point for a 4-1 lead.

But it was impossible to imagine how much of a drop to expect," said Authors Guild executive director Mary Rasenberger.

Likewise, it is considered sacrilege for a painter to lay so much as a drop of pigment on a work once it leaves the studio.

That may not seem like much of a drop, but if you think of banks leveraging up their positions, it could result in some nasty losses.