Example sentences of "not [be] [adv] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has not been too much building to spoil the village , and the population has not greatly altered over the years , so it is a pleasant village in which to live . |
| 2 | One of the problems , of course , is that , with the invariably available and endlessly enthusiastic Dixon having achieved the remarkable feat of being appointed to no fewer than five of Scotland 's summer tours , there has not been too much opportunity for anyone else to advance his claims . |
| 3 | In the event it had not been so much religious ‘ discrimination ’ as the limits imposed by lack of money and of land in over-built ancient towns and villages . |
| 4 | The overall shift has not been so much from agriculture to manufacturing but rather a steady rise in the service industries , and a fall in primary industries . |
| 5 | THERE has not been so much breast-beating in the cinema since Bernadette . |
| 6 | Luckily we are playing well enough to not be under much pressure at all lately . |
| 7 | ‘ I may not be as much with my family as I should be , but at least I am at home , ’ he reasons . |
| 8 | Therefore there may not be as much agreement on this point in economic evaluations carried out in the future . |
| 9 | The power of adulthood might not be as much fun as she had imagined . |
| 10 | This means that the money that the multitude were so eager to learn of will not be as much as was first spoken . |
| 11 | Fallen leaves in autumn/early winter should not be that much of a problem if you have sited your pond away from deciduous trees , but often we have to make compromises , especially if space is limited . |
| 12 | The tool is supplied without a plug , but the lead is a generous 4m ( 13ft 1½in ) of rubber-covered flex so there should not be too much need for trailing extension leads . |
| 13 | In other words as long as the dose is in liquid form , and can be regulated as to the optimum size and repetition , then no matter how many succussions are used to prepare the original remedy it will not be too much for the patient . |
| 14 | First , how far the skills and experience acquired and used in your last job match up to those necessary to the new job , so that the transition will be relatively simple and there will not be too much disruption while you learn the ropes . |
| 15 | There should not be too much uprooting , and you have a good chance of breeding as long as you do not overcrowd . |
| 16 | It would not be too much of an exaggeration to say that the face of financial reporting in this country has already been transformed . |
| 17 | It should not be too much to ask them to forgive the miserable uncertainty of a young man at Oxford 23 years ago , and it should not be impermissible to say that they are in the wrong if they refuse . |
| 18 | This should not be too much of a problem , but sometimes delays mean that it can be months before the feedback arrives . |
| 19 | Frye is writing here as if it were possible to distinguish the interests of one self sharply from those of another , and as if , were the effects of male domination to be undone , it would not be too much of a problem for the self to know what its interests were . |
| 20 | His emphasis on the " common style " suggests that he is no longer interested in talking to himself but to others , and Four Quartets is at one level an oratorical performance : it would not be too much to say that all of his previous work has led him to this point , where poetry is married with public exhortation . |
| 21 | Indeed it would not be too much to say that neither woman ever really got over it ; a day before the wedding he had written to Mary Trevelyan , expressing the hope that she would remain on friendly terms both with him and his new wife , but the old intimacy had necessarily gone for ever . |
| 22 | PAMELA : [ delighted ] A generous man and a man of sense can not be too much obliged . |
| 23 | There need not be too much detail here , as too much will be laboured and unnecessary . |
| 24 | I hope this will not be too much Verdi for you . ’ |
| 25 | A week of self giving should not be too much for anyone . |
| 26 | You will have lost your latest changes to the document , but if you have been saving your documents regularly , as you should , this should not be too much of a problem . |
| 27 | However , League officials have painstakingly worked out permutations and in the end there will not be too much disruption . |
| 28 | The best we can hope for is rain and that may not be too much to hope for with Wimbledon on the horizon . |
| 29 | The problem may not be so much that when we talk of God we say nothing , as that we say too much — we say things that seem to combine irreconcilable images that can never be focussed upon one ‘ being ’ . |
| 30 | In these cases , some of the ‘ care ’ required may not be so much nursing care as a constant or regular presence of another person who will ensure their safety . |