Example sentences of "[adj] be not much [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not much help because ( a ) later-developing concepts must still on the representational theory of the mind be present in these primitive concepts ( there are no merely potential competences such as my potential but non-existing competence to know Portuguese ) ; and ( b ) how and where do we draw the line between the primitive concepts and the developed ones ? |
| 2 | ( This is not much consolation , if ever you find you have pushed all the crates in circles . ) |
| 3 | Females are larger than males , though of course this is n't much help unless you have a pair for comparison . |
| 4 | That 's not much cop is it ? |
| 5 | Well , that 's not much use , is it ? |
| 6 | I thought , that 's not much use is it ? |
| 7 | And when I do it , whatever it is , I feel glad and I think he does too , but that 's not much consolation before I do it . |
| 8 | But that was not much consolation because that too is subject to a steam restriction for the same reason and diesel haulage was again in place . |
| 9 | That was n't much money . |
| 10 | Only that was n't much consolation at the moment , she admitted , as she began to walk up and down , flapping her arms to drive away the permeating cold . |