much + comparative adjective + noun – English Grammar Profiler
In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 63 in the category of ADJECTIVES is defined as using
‘much’ to modify and intensify comparative adjectives used attributively before countable and uncountable nouns.
much + comparative + noun
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1 MUCH BETTER JOB 4896
1 DO (VDI ) 1362
2 DOES (VDZ ) 1221
3 THAN (CSN ) 946 4 DID (VDD ) 707
5 DONE (VDN ) 510
2 MUCH BETTER CHANCE 4129 3 MUCH BETTER WAY 2674
4 MUCH BETTER IDEA 2646
5 MUCH HIGHER LEVEL 2606
1 THAN (CSN ) 626
2 SECURITY (NN1 ) 57
3 PLAYING (VVG ) 36 4 CONFIDENCE (NN1 ) 27
5 DETAIL (NN1 ) 27
6 MUCH LOWER COST 2443
1 AT (II ) 1829
5 OWNERSHIP (NN1 ) 41
7 MUCH LOWER PRICE 2227
8 MUCH WIDER RANGE 2223
1 THAN (CSN ) 320
2 OPTIONS (NN2 ) 82 3 PRODUCTS (NN2 ) 55 4 APPLICATIONS (NN2 ) 41
5 ACROSS (II ) 39
9 MUCH BETTER OPTION 2107
10 MUCH BETTER PLACE 2039 11 MUCH HIGHER RATE 2036 12 MUCH BETTER POSITION 1913 13 MUCH EASIER TIME 1887 14 EVEN BETTER RESULTS 1852 15 MUCH LARGER SCALE 1834 16 MUCH BETTER RESULTS 1824 17 MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING 1800 18 MUCH SMALLER SCALE 1743 19 MUCH HIGHER QUALITY 1687 20 NO LONGER WORK 1673 21 MUCH HIGHER RISK 1633 22 MUCH FASTER RATE 1609 23 MUCH BETTER QUALITY 1607 24 MUCH HIGHER PRICE 1544 25 MUCH BETTER CHOICE 1482 26 MUCH LONGER TIME 1469 27 NO LONGER NEED 1456 28 EVEN HIGHER LEVEL 1419 29 EVEN BETTER NEWS 1366 30 MUCH BETTER SHAPE 1269 31 MUCH EASIER WAY 1266 32 MUCH HIGHER LEVELS 1215 33 MUCH BETTER VALUE 1208 34 MUCH BETTER EXPERIENCE 1156 35 MUCH WIDER AUDIENCE 1105 36 MUCH HARDER TIME 1098 37 MUCH LONGER PERIOD 1098 38 MUCH BETTER DEAL 1083 39 MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM 1069 40 MUCH LARGER NUMBER 1013 41 MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE 1008 42 MUCH HIGHER RATES 1004 43 MUCH HIGHER CHANCE 1002 44 MUCH GREATER CHANCE 999 45 MUCH BETTER PERFORMANCE 992 46 SLIGHTLY HIGHER PRICE 990 47 MUCH GREATER RISK 936 48 EVEN BETTER VALUE 920 49 MUCH BETTER SOLUTION 919
50 EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM 893