Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] not [vb infin] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | At low frequencies the signals do not have much carrying capacity , but go too high and the oxygen and hydrogen molecules in the atmosphere can actually vibrate in sympathy with the radio waves , absorbing the signals . |
| 2 | We have plenty more back at the hotel , and I guess you kids do n't have much money . " |
| 3 | In practice the low discounts on non-net books do not give much margin of flexibility . |
| 4 | Fortunately his rude manners did not cut much ice with his colleagues either . |
| 5 | The wetness of the rags does not accomplish much but the wood gets heated and the rags may insulate the hot wood and prevent it from cooling too quickly . |
| 6 | And resting my eyes does n't have much to do with it , I 'm sure , but I 'm darn well going to rest them anyway . ’ |
| 7 | One approach is to hire a sociologist to peer into the black box ( the quotation from Heusch 1981 : 423 , and p. 46 in this book about the role of the sociologist is apposite here ) , in a similar way to anthropologists who sought to tell colonial administrators how to avoid irritating the people they governed ( although , according to Feuchtwang 1973 , the administrators did not take much notice of what they had to say ) . |
| 8 | Between these two poles of urban progressive Gujerati families and Muslim peasant families fall the majority of situations , where the parents do not show much interest in their daughter 's school life and try and restrict her if she wants to enter higher education . |
| 9 | In Raving Beauties , currently running at the Liverpool Playhouse , Paula plays one of those people whose lives do not have much to offer . |
| 10 | While it may be straightforward to assess whether a lease is renewed properly or a contract accurately drafted — it will soon be clear if they have been or not — these transactions do n't carry much potential for building long-term relationships or adding value through additional services . |
| 11 | We and customs did n't know much at all till you phoned last night with the stories about the lorries and the baggage handlers at Gatwick . ’ |
| 12 | Surviving on the social margins did not allow much surplus to use as a bribe . |
| 13 | Many dealers did n't think much of their recorded lines either . |
| 14 | They tried to make the Social Work Department follow its guidelines , but some of the parents believed the social workers did n't know much about the document at all . |
| 15 | Water Gypsy 's narrow let-down tables did n't present much of a barrier to those seated at them , and her proximity to Fen was torture to her senses . |
| 16 | In summary , then , at present advocates of an orthodox Marxist-Leninist ( Soviet-inspired ) solution to Latin American problems do not enjoy much support , and it seems clear that Communist parties need to develop more flexible strategies and to ally themselves with the broader left if they are to sustain an effective role in political life . |
| 17 | I understand that advertisements in the ‘ property ’ or ‘ holiday ’ pages do not bring much of a response , and the best results are achieved by separate advertisements in an editorial page . |
| 18 | Erm just the the geography of the flats does n't help much . |
| 19 | This is partly due to a belief that flu jabs do not offer much protection . |
| 20 | Yes , the , the delphiniums do n't produce much of a bloom . |
| 21 | The Okapi '86 word-matching procedures do not require much storage and the look-up is quick and efficient , and they could readily be implemented in commercial library systems . |
| 22 | Unlike many other professions or hobbies , photographers do not have much access to courses where they can hone their skills , although you will occasionally see ads on the back of the Irish Times . |
| 23 | GEORGE III is reputed to have said that lawyers do not know much more law than other people , but they know better where to find it . |
| 24 | That this may not be the case in certain instances does not take much imagination to comprehend . |
| 25 | The State authorities did not need much convincing ; with the world believing that Shangri-La was at hand courtesy of Utah , State politicians seized on this as a once in a lifetime opportunity to revitalise Utah 's economy . |
| 26 | Some of the other holiday-makers did n't speak much English … but that 's the beauty of HCI , everyone is there to have a good time and you find you make friends even if you do n't speak the same language . |
| 27 | A couple of quid in those days , most blokes do n't get much more than that a week did they ? |
| 28 | The Poles did not look much of a side at all when they lost 3-0 at Wembley in June and , although they have improved since under new management , there is nothing in their results to suggest that they have recovered the standard of the team that put Sir Alf Ramsey 's England out of the World Cup in 1973 . |
| 29 | Electrons may have enough thermal energy to jump between states in adjacent discs at ambient temperature , but this can be practically impossible at very low temperatures ( where the electrons do not have much energy ) in a very thin layer ( where the separation is large ) . |
| 30 | The men do n't take much part . |