Example sentences of "be of little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My wife is travelling without a maid or nurse and I am of little use in a sickroom . ’ |
| 2 | But one may also say , from the fact that this has needed to be discussed — and from the fact that , as I say , throughout the greater part of Christendom women have not been ordained — it would be difficult to argue that the fact that this religion has had at its centre a male figure has been of little significance . |
| 3 | ‘ The brilliant inventiveness of the engineers and scientists … would have been of little avail if this strong industrial base had not existed . ’ |
| 4 | Attempts by " several gentlemen " to end these customs had been of little avail for a complaint of a very similar kind was still being made a century later . |
| 5 | But such links remained tentative and seem to have been of little relevance to policy development even if the symbolism was important . |
| 6 | At least one senior member , who for a time was delegated the task of convening its meetings , considered the panel to have been of little relevance in the first year or so : because the books were not on the shelves , so there was n't a great need for finding ways of stimulating the use of this material . |
| 7 | However , it seems plausible that this source of energy has been of little importance in the past because Jupiter is so very massive that it probably formed very hot , though Jupiter may now be sufficiently cool for helium separation to have recently become significant , or for it to become significant in the relatively near future . |
| 8 | In our view , routine casework unsupported by an active programme of service development would have been of little value and would probably have degenerated into a frustrating cycle of ‘ patch and mend ’ crisis management . |
| 9 | But staff here agree the assessment has been of little value . |
| 10 | On each occasion the items stolen have been of little value , but the thefts are a continual thorn in the side of the cricket club committee . |
| 11 | It would have been of little comfort to investors to learn that Chairman John Wheeler had , according to former business colleagues , been living a luxury lifestyle , spending almost £70,000 on refitting his yacht , and thousands of pounds renovating his six-bedroom house . |
| 12 | I have so far dealt only with what might be considered extraneous matters which are of little concern to the non-collector , who can read and enjoy a book without worrying about endpapers , half-titles , advertisements and the rest ; though even the ordinary reader must reach a point where bibliographical matters begin to impinge . |
| 13 | However , the literature so far described is concerned almost entirely with social work at the micro level : individuals , families and small groups , much of it using techniques that are of little relevance to community work , for example behaviour modification . |
| 14 | ( It should be noted in passing that the Sex Discrimination and Race Relations Acts are of little relevance here . |
| 15 | Even commentaries on those crafts which might be expected to throw some new light on the broader " aesthetic environment " of mosaic , such as Lucian 's Dream , are of little assistance . |
| 16 | ( For the sake of illustration we shall also introduce some which , to say the least , are of little significance ! ) |
| 17 | Implied covenants are of little significance with regard to business tenancies , since business leases are usually comprehensive and expressly deal with many points which would otherwise be implied . |
| 18 | Secondly , the torts considered in this chapter may also come into question in cases of alleged unlawful competition between traders , but in practice they are of little significance because of the common law 's refusal to adopt any principle of ‘ fair competition ’ other than the prohibition of obviously unlawful acts like torts and crimes and breaches of contract . |
| 19 | The actual heights of the nick points are of little significance , because during their recession up various streams they may reach a wide variety of altitudes . |
| 20 | Referring to the ILP and the Socialist League , he wrote in November : Fortunately for the British working class movement , such organisations , with no mass connections or mass influence , or record of mass struggles in any part of the country , are of little significance at the present time . |
| 21 | Do we really need lots of people sitting around pondering on research topics that are of little benefit to man or beast ? |
| 22 | Consequently , because non-recognised unions are of little benefit to employees , there is less incentive to join . |
| 23 | Criticism and cajolery are of little help in changing the basic trends of an individual 's psyche . |
| 24 | High-tech tools are of little help here , and even a saw is of limited use : it 's a job for mallet and chisel . |
| 25 | Spelling rules are of little help , because if they are thorough enough to explain a pattern , they 're likely to be incomprehensible to the children . |
| 26 | Studies of the book trade and of the commerce of publishing are of little help here , referring to the romantic paperback variously as ‘ non-books ’ , ‘ formula fiction ’ , and ‘ products manufactured on an assembly line ’ by ‘ fiction factories ’ . |
| 27 | It can not be too strongly stressed that the subject of letters is all-important and that , even though they may be complete with the signature , they are of little virtue or worth unless they say something of at least modest significance . |
| 28 | Farnaby is at his best as a miniaturist ; his fantasias are of little account but such tiny gems as ‘ Giles Farnaby 's Dream ’ , ‘ His Rest ’ , ‘ Farnaby 's Conceit ’ and ‘ His Humour ’ are unique , and he was also a master of the art of variation-writing . |
| 29 | But such theories are parasitic on an implicit understanding that law is a type of instrument adapted to specific important purposes , and such theories are of little guidance in thinking through the role of international law in controlling force for they can suggest no more than a mimicking of the institutions of municipal law without regard to the purposes of having such or similar institutions in the international context . |
| 30 | Individually they are of little importance , but collectively . |