Example sentences of "not much [noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not much likelihood of getting a commission either . |
| 2 | There was not much hope of sending a note with a southbound traveller . |
| 3 | There 's not much chance of wearing through the Vibram soles of these Veta V Daisy Roots though . |
| 4 | From his expression there was not much chance of speaking to him at all and she cast a wary look behind her to the door . |
| 5 | There 's not much chance of finding an 'usband down 'ere and Aah 've no wish ti stop an old maid all me life . |
| 6 | ‘ Not much chance of finding out what that fight was about ? ’ |
| 7 | But while there is agreement on the benefits of this approach , there is not much information on implementing such a policy . |
| 8 | There 's not much time for socialising as it 's a long day until five , plus work at home . |
| 9 | Perhaps the glider is theoretically just within range for a straight glide home , but has very little extra height in hand and not much prospect of getting another climb . |
| 10 | I had just over forty pounds in the bank and not much prospect of raising another bean , but the silly man 's attitude had made me so angry . |
| 11 | She insists that even with the provisions of such a charter the idea ‘ can only work out in reality if both partners , in fact , share [ the childcare ] , because there is not much point in allowing women the opportunity of going further up the ladder if they continue to have almost sole responsibility for childcare . ’ |
| 12 | In a true dilemma there probably is not much point in agonizing over which route to take . |
| 13 | There is not much point in delivering information in a manageable and flexible format if the skills required to perform even the most trivial tasks with those data are not widely available . |
| 14 | ‘ We 're at pains to stress this is n't a protest , but we were here for rest and recreation , ’ he said , ‘ so if I ca n't send my men ashore ; there 's not much point in staying . ’ |
| 15 | They always bring them the same day so there 's not much point in looking anywhere else . |
| 16 | Well we 'll see if there , if there well the jury can have a look at them if they want , certainly if er if neither side think they 're going to be of any assistance then there 's not much point in producing them . |
| 17 | He says , there 's not much point in getting P G or Tetleys from one tea bag and making four |
| 18 | The only exceptions are shots for television or for the Sunday colour magazines ; unless these have been specifically arranged there is not much point in worrying about them . |
| 19 | He said he did n't know what the UK operation would look like after the restructuring but said most resources would be concentrated in Switzerland : ‘ support and marketing is here , so there 's not much point in having it in the UK too . ’ |
| 20 | In general , the complications introduced by having to predict changes both of system and of behaviour are so great that most forecasters assume that the system will not change ( except by evolution ) and claim that if everything is going to change there is not much point in having a forecast anyway because there will no longer be an organisation to act upon it . |
| 21 | Oh yeah not much point in having that then is there ? |
| 22 | There was not much point in working harder or taking risks if the taxman picked up the main benefit of one 's success . |
| 23 | There 's not much point in paying out over £100 if you 're only going to use it for two weeks a year on holiday . |
| 24 | ‘ We just have to believe we can do it , ’ said Nottingham 's captain Chris Gray , ‘ otherwise there is not much point in carrying on . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ There 's not much point in carrying on talking really , is there ? |
| 26 | The daunting difficulty is underlined again by one of our front pages of last week : there were people from IBM 's labs discussing this holographic polymer they had developed , which promised unimaginably high capacity and low cost data storage : right , well if that 's coming along , there 's not much point in putting much more investment into rotating magnetic memory systems — disks to you and me , DASD to IBMers — is there : better put AdStar onto a care-and-maintenance basis , perhaps even sell it . |
| 27 | ‘ Not much point in saying either of those words to you . ’ |
| 28 | There is not much point in weighing less but looking as if you are suffering from some wasting disease . |
| 29 | One might as well welcome them , after all : there is not much point in rejecting them . |
| 30 | ‘ And if we ca n't fully enjoy the place there 's not much point in keeping it . |