Example sentences of "do not [verb] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | I replied to Ms Chevannes through the same newspaper thus : ‘ Generally , black kids do not demonstrate interest in school work and do not sink much enthusiasm into their efforts . |
| 2 | Between these two poles of urban progressive Gujerati families and Muslim peasant families fall the majority of situations , where the parents do not show much interest in their daughter 's school life and try and restrict her if she wants to enter higher education . |
| 3 | The realities of modern war do not brook much choice in the matter . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | These , in themselves , do not do much harm , but in unpainted ply they form little traps for moisture and bacteria and so lead to trouble . |
| 6 | In practice the low discounts on non-net books do not give much margin of flexibility . |
| 7 | The data above do not give much direct information about timescale . |
| 8 | I understand that advertisements in the ‘ property ’ or ‘ holiday ’ pages do not bring much of a response , and the best results are achieved by separate advertisements in an editorial page . |
| 9 | That would be quite unacceptable to good potential MPs who do not think much of popularity ( their own or other people 's ) and would not demean themselves by deliberately setting out to acquire it . |
| 10 | I do not think much of the House of Lords anyhow , but it is essential for the proper performance of parliamentary government that the major Bills — this is one — are introduced first in this House . |
| 11 | This is partly due to a belief that flu jabs do not offer much protection . |
| 12 | But do not expect much new philosophy from the present government . |
| 13 | I am a woman , and also a writer who has used up her allotment of renown during her own lifetime ; and on those two grounds I do not expect much pity , or much understanding , from posterity . |
| 14 | I do not expect much joy from the Minister tonight , but I give warning that , for the time I remain on these Benches , with the label on which I came here eight and a half years ago — as a Labour Member of Parliament , albeit a Member who has a label beneath his name on the TV as an expelled Labour Member — I shall bring before the House the necessary measures not just to talk about the death of the poll tax but to bury it once and for all . |
| 15 | This methodological problem generates a crucial theoretical problem since , as Lienhardt demonstrates , whatever formal ‘ grammatical ’ features a language may exhibit , they do not make much ‘ sense ’ apart from the context in which they are used . |
| 16 | I do not remember much of the actual golf , but what I do recall is an eager young man infectiously happy over his win and sharing the emotion with an appreciative crowd . |
| 17 | Secondly , an examiner tends to be grudging in his marks for book-work questions , which he knows do not require much intelligence in the answering . |
| 18 | The Okapi '86 word-matching procedures do not require much storage and the look-up is quick and efficient , and they could readily be implemented in commercial library systems . |
| 19 | Beyond this , I do not accept much of the Freudian mythological apparatus , though Civilization and its Discontents has always seemed to me a penetrating if deeply pessimistic work of cultural analysis . |
| 20 | The companies rather lamely contend that the market determines fair prices and that the government 's demands can not be met since they do not track much of the data and do not sell directly to customers . |
| 21 | Although activity patterns themselves do not provide much information about such qualitative goals as the choice open to an individual , or the respect in which they are held , it is at least arguable that improvements in these areas will be reflected in the variety of activities and the extent of the person 's participation in them ; and that if low levels of engagement in meaningful activity are found this reflects a genuine problem whatever other measures may indicate ( Mansell et al. , 1987 ) . |
| 22 | I do not know much about gods ; but I think that the river |
| 23 | Sadly they probably do not know much of the Bible and have few friends among the saints , so they opt for one of the little poems which some newspapers have on offer in a little book . |
| 24 | We do not know much about Newcomen 's early work . |
| 25 | GEORGE III is reputed to have said that lawyers do not know much more law than other people , but they know better where to find it . |
| 26 | If you are contemplating having sex with someone who you have not known for very long , and do not know much about , you are strongly advised to use a condom during intercourse . |
| 27 | You can begin to find this out by using an ANNALS , which functions as a short-cut summary of historical facts if you do not know much about a text 's historical background . |
| 28 | I do not see much to encourage me at all , but this does not worry me for it could be much later when they arrive , after I have left for home . |
| 29 | Of the tax paid by Osaka 's residents and businesses , 84% goes to central government ; they do not see much of it again . |
| 30 | Accordingly , I do not derive much assistance from the definitions of natural justice which have been from time to time used , but , whatever standard is adopted , one essential is that the person concerned should have a reasonable opportunity of presenting his case . |