Example sentences of "[not/n't] much of a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 WHEN the first seven horses home finish in a heap , with less than three lengths covering them , it is fair to say that the race in question is not much of a Classic trial .
2 Not much of a good laugh in this opera , Sergeant .
3 A 16 year old who spoke at a Young Enterprise presentation admitted that he was not much of a public speaker and that he had become disaffected with school where he had ‘ failed ’ regularly .
4 In fact for only 13 per cent was it not much of a whole-school effort , suggesting that mostly it did operate in the way intended .
5 In not much of a festive mood , Princess Diana 's sons drove off yesterday to Sandringham and the first-ever Christmas without their mother , who has rejected the Queen 's invitation to join the family festivities .
6 She did n't have many friends and not much of a social life .
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