Example sentences of "not [vb infin] much [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl did not eat much fruit and was not keen on vegetables , said Dr Kevin McKenna . |
| 2 | I slept for only a short time each night , and I did not eat much food . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | His friend does not make much response , and much of the time his eyes are closed . |
| 5 | However , to say that one bank , or one wind direction , is always better than another does not make much sense . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | As usual , one of these aspects of life does not make much sense without the other . |
| 8 | Without it , the main clause would not make much sense : The architect who designed the National Theatre is Sir Dennis Lasdun . |
| 9 | Analyses of Chinese statues and coins show that they did not make much use of brass until about the sixteenth century AD . |
| 10 | The capture of the village yesterday evening did not make much difference to our situation in and around the village . |
| 11 | A second major defect of UDG was that it did not make much difference to cities as a whole . |
| 12 | In practical terms it may not make much difference to consumers when they do that . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And to be quite truthful with you , this morning did not make much difference either . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The latest findings may not make much difference to clinical practice in this country . |
| 21 | But Leeds ' own tartan terror , Gordon Strachan , insists it does not make much difference to players with championship credentials . |
| 22 | Ordinary analogue telephone lines used for voice communication have a low band width and can not transmit much data per second . |
| 23 | This was 4 months before the St. Louis meeting mentioned above , so the publication evidently did not stimulate much excitement in the United States . |
| 24 | Yet the first indications that London was soon to show explosive growth were already present , and it did not need much foresight to see that it would not be long before any green-field site chosen near London for the location of the College would soon be engulfed in bricks and mortar , which would sweep away hay- and grazing-fields , market gardens and brickfields alike . |
| 25 | ‘ You need money in this England , ’ as Priestley said , ‘ but you do not need much money . ’ |
| 26 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
| 27 | However , since the wave is providing all the power for the turn you do not need much power from the rig . |
| 28 | But the principle to which we have adverted was not presented to his mind in its simple form ; and the point certainly did not undergo much consideration . |
| 29 | In theraps species the changes in colours and body pattern distinction are very noticeable indeed , whereas in others , like managuense , which do not display much variation in colour , the male will go very dark , jet black even , with the Jaguar pattern becoming very distinct . |
| 30 | As in Liberia , they did not buy much development . |