Example sentences of "not [verb] much [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I feel that it could be boxed in by bureacracy and not make much contribution to a company 's performance . ’ |
| 2 | The capture of the village yesterday evening did not make much difference to our situation in and around the village . |
| 3 | A second major defect of UDG was that it did not make much difference to cities as a whole . |
| 4 | In practical terms it may not make much difference to consumers when they do that . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The latest findings may not make much difference to clinical practice in this country . |
| 9 | But Leeds ' own tartan terror , Gordon Strachan , insists it does not make much difference to players with championship credentials . |
| 10 | Though I had worked out every detail for me and the wheelbarrow , I had not given much thought to the Land Rover . |
| 11 | I have not given much thought to that question , for the simple reason that I do not follow the elaborate paranoid theory advanced by the hon. Gentleman who believes that I am so worried about those annual reports . |
| 12 | The ending of the Cold War has not made much difference to the well-being of this country or the extent of the manufacture of weapons . |
| 13 | Cara had not seen much sense to it . |
| 14 | Qaddafi speaks of a larger effective grouping , the nation ( he does not give much space to the solidarity of the world ) . |
| 15 | Task allocation also means that nurses become very familiar with doing particular procedures , even though they may not give much thought to why they are doing something . |
| 16 | I did not give much thought to the possibility of their innocence and in fact thought that they were both involved with Mathews in the crime . |
| 17 | I give him credit for that , although I can not give much credit to his policy of favouring a 50 per cent . |
| 18 | ‘ The first chapter was enough , ’ snapped Mrs Frizzell indignantly , glad that she did not have to explain that she did not give much time to reading . |
| 19 | Concentrating on his first reason , Sophie did not give much attention to his last remark . |
| 20 | Convents of mere women probably did not have much access to precious books in those days before printing . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But sound also casts sonic shadows , though other than noticing that shutting the door can reduce the sound , we do not pay much heed to it . |
| 23 | I did not pay much attention to it as the time , because we had n't decided which peak we were going to attempt . |
| 24 | WAITING at tables may not seem much fun to most people but in Hollywood anything goes , says 24-year-old head waiter Richard Partington . |
| 25 | In rainy weather , they sometimes concentrate on the less nutritious foods rather than search for more fruit , but in fruiting trees seem not to pay much attention to other frugivores though they eat most , and that wastefully . |
| 26 | The court will take into account the fact that the landlord must prove a statutory ground of opposition in order effectively to operate the break-clause ( Adams v Green ) and accordingly will not attach much weight to objections which could be raised by the tenant when the landlord seeks to operate the break-clause ( Amika Motors Ltd v Colebrook Holdings Ltd ) . |
| 27 | While the USTA does not offer much support to these private ventures , it is nevertheless — and despite the criticism levelled at it — making a tangible effort to support black tennis in a country where whites still dominate . |
| 28 | He need not devote much time to the programme once it is up and running , since most of the work performed by a rehabilitation programme can safely be delegated to nurses , clinical assistants , physiotherapists , occupational therapists , psychologists , dietitians and others . |
| 29 | The family had not paid much attention to the terms of the eccentric patriarch 's last wishes , as the stipulation that all his possessions should be held in readiness for his return merely put the houses and their produce at the usual disposal of his family , while removing the problem of his personal presence and authority . |
| 30 | After a long hot journey we had not paid much attention to our surroundings and it seemed unbelievable to be in Germany at last . |