Example sentences of "not be of much [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The FCC 's cleverly contrived technical contest may have helped accelerate the move to digital broadcasting , but that may not be of much help to the terrestrial TV broadcasters it had hoped to escort into the digital age , nor give much of an edge to American equipment makers .
2 It would not be of much help to him , and it would alert any intruder that he was on his way .
3 In any case , as we shall see in Chapter 8 , strengths very greatly in excess of I per cent of the Young 's modulus may not be of much interest in practical engineering .
4 The domestic arrangements of an elderly bachelor like myself can not be of much interest to anyone .
5 This seems to indicate that the igfet should not be of much use and , indeed , this is the case at low frequencies of operation .
6 In opposition to centrally imposed ‘ local economic strategies ’ , these initiatives of the left explicitly recognize that what is appropriate in one place , may not be of much use in another .
7 In most cases this will not be of much use , but at this stage there is nothing to lose .
8 Although baby universes may not be of much use for space travel , they have important implications for our attempt to find a complete unified theory that will describe everything in the universe .
9 In either case , it would not be of much use as a source of heat and light for life on Earth .
10 The Governor , Sir David Wilson , has argued for a general ‘ right of entry ’ to Britain — though such a ‘ right ’ could not be of much value if it were not ordinarily convertible into full citizenship .
11 Method ( 2 ) , as discussed in chapter 3 , may not be of much value if managers do not stay long enough in one position .
12 I 'm afraid I have n't been of much help to you , Mr Millet . ’
13 ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't be of much help , ’ Meredith said .
14 Modern penitentials wo n't be of much use to future historians of the twentieth century , but eleventh-century penitentials might be , rich as they are in the prejudices of our enlightened age — particularly the inferior status of women .
15 I could do this for you , but it would n't be of much interest unless you were familiar with the stories I read .
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