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 ) .
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