Example sentences of "not take much [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My detectives had established your many moves and it did not take much intelligence to realise why . ’ |
| 2 | Again , although I visited her regularly , taking little presents ; remembered her birthday and saw to it that her sons did the same ; looked after her once when she was ill ; and respected my husband 's love for her , I did not take much notice of her suggestions : ‘ My mother seems to think … |
| 3 | One approach is to hire a sociologist to peer into the black box ( the quotation from Heusch 1981 : 423 , and p. 46 in this book about the role of the sociologist is apposite here ) , in a similar way to anthropologists who sought to tell colonial administrators how to avoid irritating the people they governed ( although , according to Feuchtwang 1973 , the administrators did not take much notice of what they had to say ) . |
| 4 | It does not take much imagination to realise the very serious risks if , for instance , a modern weed-killer solution contaminated drinking water supplies . |
| 5 | It does not take much imagination to see these changes as a reflection of Britain 's growing military self-assertiveness , and specifically of her claim to Neptune 's trident and rule of the sea . |
| 6 | Appendages in the ‘ head ’ region often include powerful claws , and it does not take much imagination to conclude that these eurypterids were among the fiercest predators of their day . |
| 7 | It does not take much imagination to appreciate that maintaining a safe environment in high latitudes and high altitudes with the long months of snow , ice and subzero temperatures will differ from maintaining a safe environment in the humid heat of a tropical forest . |
| 8 | It does not take much imagination to understand the depth of grief that the parents feel at the loss of their baby . |
| 9 | In a more commonplace example , it does not take much imagination to see how old people may see their contribution to society as substantially diminished and their dependence increased , at a time when technological advances present an older generation with a succession of mysteries related to daily living . |
| 10 | It does not take much imagination to realise the bad impression that can be created by a person who has greasy unkempt hair , unclean or unpressed clothes , laddered stockings or tights , dirty down-at-the-heel shoes , chewed or dirty fingernails or unfortunately halitosis ( bad breath ) or body odour . |
| 11 | It does not take much imagination to conjure up the kinds of arguments that EDF will introduce should it wish to inhibit serious competition to itself . |
| 12 | It does not take much imagination to understand the effect of a Tornado flying at 250 knots and at 250 ft , on a cavalcade of 200 horses on top of the Border hills . |
| 13 | That this may not be the case in certain instances does not take much imagination to comprehend . |
| 14 | To make the book come even more to life , the author introduces hypothetical characters , the Sportsman , the Visitor and the Engineer , and it does not take much imagination to think of their behaviour in driving or road design . |
| 15 | It need not take much effort to write to the local paper , or phone a councillor , with a complaint , and the effects will impact upon management . |
| 16 | The calculations are , as you will see from the examples in this guide , simple to make and should not take much time . |
| 17 | This does not take much time and it will be something that you will continue after this preparation phase is over . |
| 18 | failure to do so will give the impression that you have not taken much trouble with your application and may be careless in the future . |
| 19 | Being uncomplicated , the riders tend not to take much notice of it and in their minds , they have already finished . |
| 20 | With a snarl Death reached out a bony finger and stopped the man 's heart , but he did n't take much pride in it . |
| 21 | It did n't take much anaesthetic to render the exhausted patient unconscious , and , as Sophie made the first incision , she put aside her dislike of being critically watched by her professional rival and concentrated on her life-saving task . |
| 22 | ‘ It does n't take much expertise to know that . ’ |
| 23 | In fact the chronicle succeeds in having its cake and eating it , all the way back to the stir caused by Nicholas Stavrogin 's arrival in ‘ our town ’ , when it is recorded among other things that he seemed to know a lot — ‘ But of course it did n't take much knowledge to astonish us ’ . |
| 24 | The men do n't take much part . |
| 25 | However , with recorders down to less than £8,000 it does n't take much arithmetic to work out that a company turning over 2,000 slides a year will come close to being better off with its own camera . |
| 26 | If you 're the sort of person who thinks that Parliamentary democracy is a reasonably important thing , you could n't take much pleasure from the findings of the enquiry into the way Rover was sold off . |
| 27 | Dr Mackintosh went on , ‘ I do n't take much pleasure in modern poetry myself . |
| 28 | It does n't take much imagination to realise the very serious risks if , for instance , a modern week-killer solution contaminated drinking water supplies . |
| 29 | ‘ When the two star-crossed lovers next met , someone , it does n't take much imagination to guess who , had made sure that Larry Marsh suspected something was wrong . |
| 30 | It did n't take much imagination to supply another word in place of ‘ protegée ’ . |