Example sentences of "not [verb] much [noun] " 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 | Erm a light bulb is not using much electricity in a given time . |
| 3 | The girl did not eat much fruit and was not keen on vegetables , said Dr Kevin McKenna . |
| 4 | I slept for only a short time each night , and I did not eat much food . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | His friend does not make much response , and much of the time his eyes are closed . |
| 7 | However , to say that one bank , or one wind direction , is always better than another does not make much sense . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As usual , one of these aspects of life does not make much sense without the other . |
| 10 | Without it , the main clause would not make much sense : The architect who designed the National Theatre is Sir Dennis Lasdun . |
| 11 | Analyses of Chinese statues and coins show that they did not make much use of brass until about the sixteenth century AD . |
| 12 | The capture of the village yesterday evening did not make much difference to our situation in and around the village . |
| 13 | A second major defect of UDG was that it did not make much difference to cities as a whole . |
| 14 | In practical terms it may not make much difference to consumers when they do that . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | And to be quite truthful with you , this morning did not make much difference either . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The latest findings may not make much difference to clinical practice in this country . |
| 23 | But Leeds ' own tartan terror , Gordon Strachan , insists it does not make much difference to players with championship credentials . |
| 24 | Not a bad taste , but not got much content have they ? |
| 25 | Though I had worked out every detail for me and the wheelbarrow , I had not given much thought to the Land Rover . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Ordinary analogue telephone lines used for voice communication have a low band width and can not transmit much data per second . |
| 28 | It has been known for a tough roadman-sprinter to control the race in these big hills , not to lose much time on the Ballon , then rejoin the leading group , dominate them on the long downhill run into Mulhouse and win the stage . |
| 29 | ‘ What matters to us is the fact that we have not enjoyed much success against Southern Hemisphere nations and until we start beating them regularly we will never be world champions . |
| 30 | This was 4 months before the St. Louis meeting mentioned above , so the publication evidently did not stimulate much excitement in the United States . |