Example sentences of "not have [vb pp] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , in itself , need not have posed much of a challenge to the conventional wisdom : if unemployment had been at unusually low levels at the time , the acceleration of inflation could have been explained in terms of the simple Phillips curve and contractionary demand management policies could have been implemented . |
| 2 | Hence the major cause of unemployment lies outside the government 's responsibility and a Labour government would not have made much difference . |
| 3 | Without Bully , her Red Riding Hood character would not have made much impression , but with the black-faced wolf-like dog following her she won loud applause . |
| 4 | She herself knew she could not have made much of a showing , bulky as she was , wearing the Peter Robinson gown , let out at the seams , her state disguised only by a light scarf . |
| 5 | He wished that he could have listened to their conversation , but he would not have made much of it if he had been sitting at the next table . |
| 6 | Bridge lengths vary from three to four rigs on the Leine to an average ten rigs on the Weser and really , given the practised excellence of the crews , this last thirty-one-rig bridge of Exercise Neptune 's Gallop 1989 should not have aroused much emotion , but it did made the thirtieth of June a little bit different . |
| 7 | Yet since these can not have presented much of an obstacle , they were of little or no use against large and determined forces of men , against whom only walled towns and castles constituted reasonably sure places of safety . |
| 8 | Palin may not have travelled much as a young man , but he has now made up for lost time . |
| 9 | Mrs Cresson 's appointment may have helped the Socialists somewhat but can not have done much for the Communists . |
| 10 | ‘ What you did to them can not have done much to put right what their own families had already done . ’ |
| 11 | Some letters , however , suggest that Leapor was rather dilatory , and may not have done much work in the winter . |
| 12 | ‘ I suppose I might have ended up bowling up the hill into the wind at Headingley , and that might not have done much for my prospects , but generally the policy change was inevitable , and I am glad it happened . ’ |
| 13 | Sprawling at his feet would not have done much for her dignity . |
| 14 | I admit I might not have paid much attention to an anonymous delivery girl , but they do n't normally bolt when they see me , which attracted my attention . |
| 15 | We would not have needed much of today 's debate if we had a proper energy policy . |
| 16 | If there had been very few cases , the crime would not have had much importance . |
| 17 | In the face of this major obstacle , the miscellany of other decrees — no archdeaconries to be farmed out , no priests to attend drinking-parties , no benefices to be sold , no monks to be godfathers , male hair-cuts to leave ears visible , sodomites to be excommunicated , etc. — could not have had much attention paid to them . |
| 18 | Disadvantages : She may not have had much experience looking after young children ; she may let you down at the last minute if something else crops up — like a boyfriend . |
| 19 | George was probably already working in Pocklington , walking into work each day , for a saddler would not have had much employment in the small village where he lived . |