Sentence:  Where this approach becomes critical , the industry can be expected to put <WSD>much</WSD> emphasis on this as evidence of its sincerity in `` resisting '' the wage pressures of a powerful union , requesting tariff relief after it has `` reluctantly '' acceded to the union pressure . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent