Example sentences of "and it [verb] not [vb infin] much " in BNC.

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1 The Jura are the closest mountains across the Channel and it does n't cost much to reach them .
2 You keep your teeth for life and it does n't take much to work towards this goal — just follow the advice given in this leaflet .
3 Otherwise , for a jingle of coin we can do you a selection of gory romances , full o fine cadence and corpses , pirated from the Italian ; and it does n't take much to make a jingle — even a single coin has music in it .
4 All this is in the $16 billion increase in federal spending this year , and it does not leave much for the obvious benefits of public works and grants to local governments to mend their bridges and roads .
5 Appendages in the ‘ head ’ region often include powerful claws , and it does not take much imagination to conclude that these eurypterids were among the fiercest predators of their day .
6 And it does not take much for this dis-ease of the self to become disease of the body .
7 In other words , publishing commitments have to be substantial and it does not take much to sap confidence when the risk is so high .
8 To make the book come even more to life , the author introduces hypothetical characters , the Sportsman , the Visitor and the Engineer , and it does not take much imagination to think of their behaviour in driving or road design .
9 My detectives had established your many moves and it did not take much intelligence to realise why . ’
10 Yet the first indications that London was soon to show explosive growth were already present , and it did not need much foresight to see that it would not be long before any green-field site chosen near London for the location of the College would soon be engulfed in bricks and mortar , which would sweep away hay- and grazing-fields , market gardens and brickfields alike .
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