Example sentences of "not make much [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Because I had not done much mathematics at school or at Oxford , I found general relativity very difficult at first and did not make much progress . |
2 | His friend does not make much response , and much of the time his eyes are closed . |
3 | However , to say that one bank , or one wind direction , is always better than another does not make much sense . |
4 | Of course , they may not accept the beliefs , attitudes , or intentions that are expressed ; one can always object to what somebody else says , but it does not make much sense to do this unless one understands its meaning . |
5 | As usual , one of these aspects of life does not make much sense without the other . |
6 | Without it , the main clause would not make much sense : The architect who designed the National Theatre is Sir Dennis Lasdun . |
7 | Analyses of Chinese statues and coins show that they did not make much use of brass until about the sixteenth century AD . |
8 | The capture of the village yesterday evening did not make much difference to our situation in and around the village . |
9 | A second major defect of UDG was that it did not make much difference to cities as a whole . |
10 | In practical terms it may not make much difference to consumers when they do that . ’ |
11 | She may find new capabilities in herself and her present machine , advanced technology does not make much difference to the finished result and costs a lot . |
12 | Air power will not make much difference ; aircraft can work wonders in a high-tech modern war , but preventing a sudden sprint out of the trees is not one of them . |
13 | And to be quite truthful with you , this morning did not make much difference either . |
14 | This uncertainty is not so important at the present time , when things are far apart , so that a small uncertainty in position does not make much difference . |
15 | The food was excellent and I was not charged much because the cooking was done on quite a large scale — I was not a big eater so my lunch did not make much difference to the running of the place . |
16 | However , these did not make much difference as the largest families tended to be the poorest families who paid little in the way of direct tax . |
17 | Observers suggest that the White Paper 's proposals will not make much difference to the overall amount of coal burnt in the UK , although a greater proportion will be likely to come form UK sources . |
18 | The latest findings may not make much difference to clinical practice in this country . |
19 | But Leeds ' own tartan terror , Gordon Strachan , insists it does not make much difference to players with championship credentials . |
20 | It does n't make much money now , just enough to keep it running , but we break even every year . |
21 | They work for a living and do n't make much money . |
22 | They do n't make much money at it though . |
23 | Bowls is a sport that they do n't make much money . |
24 | ‘ Then they wo n't make much headway now . ’ |
25 | ‘ Half my brain cells are dead tissue anyway , so a few more wo n't make much odds . |
26 | No , I know it does n't make much sense , but then does Abhainn Coire Mhic Nobuil if you come from Partick ? |
27 | That does n't make much sense . ’ |
28 | I might try to read , but the words often do n't make much sense ! ’ |
29 | Reynolds looked at the title of the piece , but he could n't make much sense of it . |
30 | But from a tactical standpoint , it did n't make much sense ’ ( Khrushchev : 1970 , p. 492 ) . |