作为限定词，much 和 more都是后位限定词，表示数量意义。不可以置于中位限定词the之前。但much作为程度副词，却可以修饰定冠词（冠词可以被副词修饰，如quite和rather可以修饰不定冠词 a）。意为 to a great degree. (在很大程度上）。表示比较意义时，more也可以修饰定冠词，意为“在更大的程度上”。以下为COCA和BNC语料库much和more修饰定冠词的例句：

It would be at home in America that his invention would have much the best chance, Morse decided.

He seems a stick, but I believe he and I have much the same nature.

Now a range of Afghan officials and losing candidates say the election could 

have much the opposite effect from what many here had hoped. 

Indeed, the party might well stay in power unless the Liberals win outright since it 

has much the better chance of putting together a coalition with other parties.

They should have been negotiating over the location of the European monetary institute and of a subsequent European central bank in the City of London, but they have never even raised those questions, despite the fact that, of all the countries of the European Community, the location of the central bank has much the greatest importance for Britain.

The north wing with its range of rooms has more the appearance of a hostelry than a house.

It is true that during bouts of acute psychotic illness -- or as an accumulating effect of several episodes -- there may be impaired social and intellectual functioning, but this has more the appearance of a secondary consequence and, in any case, is by no means seen in all individuals. 

The town square, where neighbours chatter, has a tranquil atmosphere and has more the feel of village life about it. 

He holds it through a riveting performance of the Toccata, a sumptuously lyrical adagio (although perhaps here it has more the air of an andante amabile) and a gloriously ebullient Fugue. 

If the conservative view of Specter was set years ago, the view of GOP gubernatorial nominee Lynn Swann has more the air of a disappointed romance. 

It has more the element of design than do ecological systems, yet it still reflects a huge dose of chance and historical influence.

 " This is a weird comparison, " Penn says, " but to me his voice has more the texture of Peter Gabriel. It's very dense-the opposite of his father."

Wade has more thepersonality to deal with suppliers and to negotiate contracts -- that's why he's the president of the company.

It has more the pattern of two steps forward and one step back than full steam ahead.

The orphanage in Sarajevo is called the Children's Home, though it has more the feel of a cheap motel with busted windows and flooded plumbing, abandoned to derelicts.

网友的句子中就是比较意义。法语名词copains被翻译成英文的friends，作者认为copains更具有pals和buddies表示朋友时的感情色彩。