Example sentences of "not make much " in BNC.

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1 The capture of the village yesterday evening did not make much difference to our situation in and around the village .
2 Analyses of Chinese statues and coins show that they did not make much use of brass until about the sixteenth century AD .
3 An Observer sale would not make much of a dent but it would staunch losses Lonrho may no longer want to suffer .
4 The pittance that he allowed her to keep herself and his two children could not make much of a dent in Tawell 's more than robust bank account .
5 However , to say that one bank , or one wind direction , is always better than another does not make much sense .
6 A second major defect of UDG was that it did not make much difference to cities as a whole .
7 Bob went on from there , season in , season out , to the end of 1931–32 , by which time he had made 293 League appearances for Crystal Palace ( a club record at the time , but of course they did not make much of such things in those days ) and even today , almost 60 years later , there are fewer than only half a dozen Palace men who have played more times for us than that .
8 In practical terms it may not make much difference to consumers when they do that . ’
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 This methodological problem generates a crucial theoretical problem since , as Lienhardt demonstrates , whatever formal ‘ grammatical ’ features a language may exhibit , they do not make much ‘ sense ’ apart from the context in which they are used .
13 As usual , one of these aspects of life does not make much sense without the other .
14 And to be quite truthful with you , this morning did not make much difference either .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 Non-career golfing ladies still comprise a majority of lady members and it probably does not make much practical difference to them not to be able to play on a Saturday or Sunday morning since they have access to the courses at all other times .
18 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 .
19 Without it , the main clause would not make much sense : The architect who designed the National Theatre is Sir Dennis Lasdun .
20 Let's not make much of it , shall we ? ’
21 His friend does not make much response , and much of the time his eyes are closed .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 The latest findings may not make much difference to clinical practice in this country .
25 But Leeds ' own tartan terror , Gordon Strachan , insists it does not make much difference to players with championship credentials .
26 It does n't make much difference now but a hell of a sight of worse things come through the letterbox at the end of every month . ’
27 Late twenties perhaps , but did n't make much of an effort .
28 I 'm fed up , I do n't make much dirt so why have I got to spend my life cleaning up other people 's ?
29 No , I know it does n't make much sense , but then does Abhainn Coire Mhic Nobuil if you come from Partick ?
30 I did n't make much of this but Mrs Smith 's daughter was a friend of mine .
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