Sentence examples for so much welcomed from inspiring English sources

Typically, the domestic season is not so much welcomed back after the international break as torn into, devoured with the twitching fervour of a lover home from war or Sunday hair of the dog.

The golden man doesn't so much welcome arrivals as buttonhole them.

But for all the amenities, the hotel didn't so much welcome as tolerate us: the desk staff was curt, the car valet was rude and the concierge couldn't be bothered to halt his personal conversation to help us make dinner reservations.

But besides that, we who have so much should welcome those who would join us, not act with suspicion and greed.

By the time the Koo's 102 reached port in Majuro, a flotilla bearing dozens of broadcast and print journalists — with many more gathered on shore — was there, not so much to welcome its exotic passengers as to engulf them.

He elaborated that "We've been making records for 10 years, so anything that sparks creativity... is very much welcomed".

We've also grown quite fond of all the niceties of ES6 in several of our new projects (using Traceur and SystemJS/jspm), so we very much welcome that move.

"We have been in close contact with the Europeans all along so we very much welcome the efforts by the British, German and French foreign ministers to obtain a commitment of full compliance by Iran with its IAEA and non-proliferation obligations," Mr McClellan said.

I've got low self-esteem and split ends, so I would very much welcome a Queer Eye transformation.

What makes this version compelling is not so much the welcome scholarship as the freewheeling spirit that pervades the performance.

She backed away from the door — not so much a welcome as a surrender, a ceding of the space — and Kirsten and Lance entered.