Example sentences of "not [verb] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this Keynesian demand management could not dispel much of the economic uncertainty faced by business . |
| 2 | ‘ I feel that it could be boxed in by bureacracy and not make much contribution to a company 's performance . ’ |
| 3 | He did not think much of the lectures . |
| 4 | I did not think much of the CPRS blunderbuss which seemed to be aimed firmly at the Government 's feet . |
| 5 | She knew they mated for life , and though she did not think much of married bliss , yet she approved of constancy . |
| 6 | Later I gathered she did not think much of my manners . |
| 7 | This she well understood , though she did not think much of ‘ Abroad ’ . |
| 8 | Judging them by the standard which he used for men , in a society where their roles were totally different , he naturally did not think much of them . |
| 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 | At Cambridge she met her first husband , Sebastian Manning , who introduced her to a world in which socialism , far from being ridiculous , was natural , chic , colourful , confident , artistic : Sebastian 's parents were artists of some repute , one a painter , the other a potter , and they did not think much of the austerities of Dr Leavis . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But as a pensioner she did not think much of his performance in the Commons yesterday . |
| 13 | Erm a light bulb is not using much electricity in a given time . |
| 14 | The girl did not eat much fruit and was not keen on vegetables , said Dr Kevin McKenna . |
| 15 | I slept for only a short time each night , and I did not eat much food . |
| 16 | The capture of the village yesterday evening did not make much difference to our situation in and around the village . |
| 17 | Analyses of Chinese statues and coins show that they did not make much use of brass until about the sixteenth century AD . |
| 18 | An Observer sale would not make much of a dent but it would staunch losses Lonrho may no longer want to suffer . |
| 19 | The pittance that he allowed her to keep herself and his two children could not make much of a dent in Tawell 's more than robust bank account . |
| 20 | However , to say that one bank , or one wind direction , is always better than another does not make much sense . |
| 21 | A second major defect of UDG was that it did not make much difference to cities as a whole . |
| 22 | Bob went on from there , season in , season out , to the end of 1931–32 , by which time he had made 293 League appearances for Crystal Palace ( a club record at the time , but of course they did not make much of such things in those days ) and even today , almost 60 years later , there are fewer than only half a dozen Palace men who have played more times for us than that . |
| 23 | In practical terms it may not make much difference to consumers when they do that . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | As usual , one of these aspects of life does not make much sense without the other . |
| 29 | And to be quite truthful with you , this morning did not make much difference either . |
| 30 | 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 . |