Example sentences of "[vb past] not [vb infin] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | The passage did not contain many clues to its overall theme . |
| 2 | Unfortunately this did not create many chances . |
| 3 | He did not think many of them bright ( but the record afterwards shows that several were very bright ) . |
| 4 | Margaret Irwin told the Royal Commission on Labour in 1893 that she did not think many women were " at case " outside Edinburgh . " |
| 5 | True , they led to the old Naval Dockyard but that did not generate many heavy goods vehicles and probably none at night . |
| 6 | Yet , faced with the necessity for resolute leadership , at this time of trial , Sir Patrick could only declare his satisfaction with the present policy and say he did not anticipate many changes . |
| 7 | Talking to reporters in Magherafelt , the scene of the latest bombing last night , Sir Patrick said he was satisfied the present security policy was adequate and he did not anticipate many changes . |
| 8 | However , this not only removed local accountability ( the original motive for introducing the new system ) but it also did not affect many areas of the country which were faced with high community charges . |
| 9 | This may have been Nicholas 's opinion of himself , but it did not affect many of his actions . |
| 10 | I was teaching for a while , I did not miss many gigs , ’ he says . |
| 11 | It is , of course , the Joyce of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses who attracted the nouveaux romanciers rather than Finnegans Wake , whose verbal and linguistic inventiveness did not receive many enthusiasts , except for a period during the 1970s when both Robbe-Grillet and Simon were influenced by the theories of Jean Ricardou , who stressed the productive nature of work on language in order to counter representation . |
| 12 | He did not take many head blows . ’ |
| 13 | But it did not take many weeks of the Lancashire cotton famine ( due to the interruption of raw material supplies by the American Civil War ) to reduce even such a family to charity . |
| 14 | She was new to the country and did not have many friends . |
| 15 | Unfortunately for the newspaper , that party did not have many wealthy benefactors , and evidence was admitted to show that others immediately made the connection . |
| 16 | In the north , the question of naturalization was not so black-tinted : Egyptian , Tunisian and Moroccan immigrant workers were a higher proportion of the labour force ; and Libyans did not fear many American or European employees would apply for Libyan nationality — petroleum and foreign companies were in any case outside the scope of legislation . |
| 17 | Mr Blaikie of Constable 's ( a firm which , it will be remembered , did not employ many women ) said during talks with the union in 1910 : " I delayed for years putting composing machines in my office , partly not to displace labour . |
| 18 | Both thought they knew Rachaela 's life and so did not ask many questions . |
| 19 | But the cynical depravity of this outrage — placing a bomb that would inevitably cause massive damage to a national health service hospital and was intended to kill medical staff when it exploded and which , only by great good fortune , did not cause many more deaths and injuries — must surely mark one of the lowest points in the IRA 's inglorious history . |
| 20 | He did not gain many public commissions , because he did not care for architectural competitions . |
| 21 | While reiterating the spirit of the 1991 accord , however , the auxiliary agreements did not include many of the more burdensome measures proposed in the original accord . |
| 22 | The Conservative leaders expressed their preference for contributory pensions but did not restrain many of their backbenchers from voting for it . |
| 23 | They did not get many phone calls and any other time she would have rushed out into the hall to see who it was . |
| 24 | He did not know many English women . |
| 25 | And while Newry did n't create many chances either they put away the one that counted after 26 minutes . |
| 26 | It did n't deter many of Hollywood 's young stars in those days of silent movies from using drugs . |
| 27 | They did n't do many subjects together and were only in the same group for French and history . |
| 28 | ‘ He did n't score many goals but he was brilliant at laying on the ball for others . |
| 29 | I got them out and me and Tony , well Tony did n't eat many , I sat there and pigged the lot |
| 30 | We did n't make many runs despite Ward 's gallantry and lost easily . |