Much of the city, including the oil refinery which was the world's largest refinery with capacity of 680, 000 barrels per day, was badly damaged or destroyed by the siege and by bombing.

Much of this funding has historically been diverted to general city expenses, under section 3. d of the 1989 agreement.

Much of the city ’ s economic performance is determined by the fortunes of local industry.

Much of the city, including railroads and stockyards, survived intact, and from the ruins of the previous wooden structures arose more modern constructions of steel and stone which would set the precedent for worldwide construction.

Much notable Chicago fiction focuses on the city itself, with social criticism keeping exultation in check.

Much of his life and his whole career coincided with the struggle between Athens and Sparta for hegemony in Greece but he didn't live to see the final defeat of his city.

Much of the city has been spared from destructions that occurred in other cities of Afghanistan during the 1978-present wars.

Much of the city still boasted intact buildings and monuments from ancient Roman times, but Boniface razed it anyway, even spreading salt on the site as the Romans did in Carthage 1500 years before.

Much of the North End is made up of the former city of Portland and comprises another former working class area which is slowly undergoing gentrification at the eastern end of Douglas Avenue ; immediately north of Portland and upstream from the Reversing Falls is the former community of Indiantown.

Much of the tourism is based on claims of " southernmost " things, for example both Ushuaia and Puerto Williams claim to be the southernmost city in the world.

* February 3 – Hawke's Bay earthquake: Much of the New Zealand city of Napier is destroyed in an earthquake measuring 7. 9 on the Richter scale.

* Much to the delight of the citizens of Chang ' an City, the Chinese Tang Dynasty government orders fruit trees to be planted along every main avenue of the city, which enriches not only the diets of the people but also the surroundings.

Much of the architecture of the time belongs to a remarkably strong Modern ( rationalist ) Architecture current, led by Horia Creangă and Marcel Iancu, which managed to literally change the face of the city.

Much of the old city of Trapani dates from the later medieval or early modern periods ; there are no extant remains of the ancient city.

Much of the wealth on which the city of Manchester, and surrounding towns, was built in the late eighteenth century, and for much of the nineteenth century, was based on the processing of slave-picked cotton .. Other British cities also profited from the slave trade. Birmingham, the largest gun producing town in Britain at the time, supplied guns to be traded for slaves.

Much of its historic heritage remains intact, and today there are always renovations going on in the city to preserve the many old buildings, fortifications, churches and statues for later generations.

Much of its economic activity comes from a large number of chemical industries located in the city or in surrounding areas.

Much of the city's tax base dissipated, leading to problems with funding education, sanitation, and traffic control within the city limits.

Much of the city downtown is built in the Russian Revival and Stalin Empire styles.

Much of Mérida's architecture from the colonial period through the 18th century and 19th century is still standing in the centro historico of the city.

Much of the commercial activity was centered on the area called Washington Square, which was once the center of both the commercial and civic life of the colonial city.

Much of the collectivization in Moldova had undergone in Transnistria, in Chişinău, the present-day capital city of Moldova.

Much of the land inside the city limits on the east and northeast sides of Gardendale is rocky and hilly with deep ravines.

Much of the city flooded due to the storm.

Much of the centre is made up of houses which are two or three storeys high.

Much as Julie Taymor would do in her 1999 filmic adaptation, Howell set Young Lucius as the centre of the production to prompt the question " What are we doing to the children?

Much of the land had been the site of the NSW Railways central marshalling yards and freight consolidation centre.

Much of Hornsey was built up in Edwardian times, but the tower of the original parish church still stands in its ancient graveyard in Hornsey High Street, at the centre of the old village.

Much of the town centre is pedestrianised.

Much of the historic centre has been faithfully rebuilt and much of its historic character restored.

Much of the historic centre was destroyed during the Second World War.

Much of the local economy comprises smaller companies with fewer than ten employees although Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Greggs, Costa Coffee, Iceland and Lidl are in the town centre and the local authority is actively seeking to promote and expand business opportunities.

Much of the town was destroyed by fire in 1593 and many of the present half timbered buildings in the town centre date from the time of the rebuilding.

Much of the area has been redeveloped, and it now has a modern library and learning centre.

Much of the town centre was demolished in the 1960s and 1970s, with the construction of the Tower Centre and Fawkon Walk shopping centres.

Much of the town centre was redeveloped during the 1970s, when it grew rapidly from London overspill.

Much of the Wrexham town centre is pedestrianised and there are short stay car parks adjacent to the town centre.

Much has also been the centre of controversy because of its leniency in censorship, sometimes leaving expletives uncensored from videos played on the network, in contrast to MTV, which goes to great lengths in censoring music.

Much of the centre of the town is of medieval origin substantially rebuilt in Georgian style with Victorian infill.

Much of the town centre is Victorian and Georgian, with narrow cobbled streets, giving an air of quaintness.

Much of the town centre is lined with brick buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries and the town's skyline is dominated by St. James ' Church, the spire of which is tall, though shorter than both Norwich Cathedral () and Salisbury Cathedral () in terms of spire height, it is reputedly the tallest Anglican parish church in the United Kingdom.

Much larger developments came in the late 1920s and these shops that run up the main street towards Gold Hill common now comprise most of the village centre.

Much of town centre was built in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, in Georgian or Jacobean style.

" Much of the town centre is a designated conservation area and a £ 2. 1 million bid for the Heritage Lottery funding is being prepared ... to fund enhancements to local buildings.

Much of the Top End is within the Arnhem Land tropical savanna ecoregion, which to the south merges into the semi-arid mulga scrubland, mallee, and sand dunes of the centre ( see Carpentaria, Kimberly, and Ord Victoria Plain ).

Much trouble was caused by religious conflicts between the Greeks and the Jews, particularly in Alexandria, which after the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 became the world centre of Jewish religion and culture.

Much of the town centre is a conservation area ; many of the buildings date from the Tudor, Stuart, and Georgian periods.

Much of the old estate is now occupied by two golf courses ( Abbey Golf Club and Beauchief Golf Club ), but several areas of ancient woodland remain: Parkbank Wood to the East of the Abbey, Old Park Wood and Little Wood Bank to the south, Gulleys Wood in the centre of the park and Ladies Spring Wood to the west.