Example sentences of "[coord] not much [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And not much chance of Fishy learning enough of the local lingo to set up a sting like this . |
| 2 | They had four children and not much income and in those days believed like the rest of the middle class that they could only find a good education for their boy at an independent fee-paying school . |
| 3 | Luckily , the box had been well made , and not much sea water came in . |
| 4 | And not much colour in the lips . |
| 5 | Not many people want to be refs — there 's a lot of hassle and not much money . |
| 6 | The Russians seem equally keen — unsurprisingly , since they have plenty of expertise ( including experience in operating space stations ) , lots of proven launchers and other hardware , and not much money . |
| 7 | I have five children and not much money and not one of them has gone wrong and they all treat me with great respect . |
| 8 | What you actually do is you pay off the loan gradually over that peri period of twenty years , so you get from that point to that point and it 's , it 's sort of level to start with , you 're paying mainly interest off and not much capital , so when you get a statement from the building society , you still seem to owe virtually the same that you started with . |
| 9 | Stephen nodded , not knowing if it was against the law or not , and not much caring . |
| 10 | There is nothing in these two pieces that Eckard could not have written , but the sketchiness and even abruptness of their construction , the unenterprising harmony , and the lack of textural variety suggest that , if he did compose them , he dashed them off as fast as he could write for a pupil of little talent and not much discrimination . |
| 11 | Our unemployment allowances miserable though they are , are framed to suit a population with very high standards and not much notion of economy . |
| 12 | If you have partition walls and not much space or light you can try playing around with the walls a little . |
| 13 | Everything depended on the weather and if your luck was out the hired man 's time could be up and not much hay in . |
| 14 | and not much pay do they get then " . |
| 15 | The man walking towards England , towards our curious eyes , and towards the warm winter overcoat that I held in my hands , was not Flaubert the writer , though he had a similar grey moustache , two double chins , and not much hair . |
| 16 | Immediately after the eruption , there is lots of dust and not much acid ; after a few months , there is plenty of acid but little dust . |
| 17 | Those old weird factories , with metal windows and not much light . |
| 18 | He was afraid ; there were only a few people left where he was and not much food . |
| 19 | And not much dust will collect on top of it . |
| 20 | Although Serb lines are within range of Bosnian artillery on nearby Igman mountain , the Bosnians have only a few tanks and not much ammunition . |
| 21 | So it , it 's as you say it 's a very tough , hard life and in order to survive , people really do need the help of other people and that 's why you 've really got to conform to a large extent in the society and you have n't got a lot of choice about erm you know wh what you 'd like to especially if you 're , if you 're young and female and not much men not if you want to get any wives that is . |
| 22 | There was rarely any light and not much heat . |
| 23 | Perhaps the glider is theoretically just within range for a straight glide home , but has very little extra height in hand and not much prospect of getting another climb . |
| 24 | Poor in the estuaries in the northern half of Morecambe Bay and not much prospect of improvement . |
| 25 | I had just over forty pounds in the bank and not much prospect of raising another bean , but the silly man 's attitude had made me so angry . |
| 26 | It is bounded by Kingsdale and Deepdale in the west and the Ingleton — Hawes road in the east , and may be ascended , with little impediment and not much pleasure , from any direction . |
| 27 | That would give you the bare bones of The Prince of the Pagodas , but not much idea of the richness of Benjamin Britten 's score which , paradoxically , has proved a stumbling block in the work 's history . |
| 28 | ‘ I suppose he 'd be here now if you had n't quarrelled , ’ said Betty with the glancing brutality of those with some intuition but not much intelligence . |
| 29 | If the patient has good sitting balance , but not much standing balance , he may be able to sit in a hoist to be lifted into the bath . |
| 30 | ‘ I heard someone laughing , ’ said Lydia , speaking to Beuno but not much caring who heard her . |