Example sentences of "[be] [prep] any use " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All the coaches in the world would n't have been of any use if you had n't had courage . |
| 2 | I mean , Diana herself has never in her lifetime uttered one statement that has been of any use to any member of the human race . ’ |
| 3 | This case of pistols was the last and longest-surviving of the Collector 's many treasures from the Exhibition , and really , he thought , with the possible exception of the velocipede which had inspired the trace of fortifications , the only one to have been of any use ; most of the others , of course , were now immovably set in the dried mud ramparts and could only have been recovered with a pick . |
| 4 | I 've told them everything I could think of that might help , but so far it does n't seem to have been of any use . ’ |
| 5 | It is doubtful whether many such classifications are of any use at all , for it is more difficult to remember the results of the classification than the individual landforms . |
| 6 | I also have a few old postcards if these are of any use . ’ |
| 7 | This order was annulled on 26 October by the Smolensk guberniia party committee for being excessive and too late to be of any use . |
| 8 | Recognizing that audiences could never identify with nobs , Hitchcock 's films showed ordinary people going through extraordinary experiences : ‘ The upper classes , ’ he remarked , ‘ are too ‘ bottled up ’ to be of any use as colourful screen material , too stiffened with breeding to relax into the natural easiness and normality required by the screen . ’ |
| 9 | Warton replies : ‘ It can not be of any use to the dead themselves . |
| 10 | ‘ Go on , Wilson , though it may not be of any use . ’ |
| 11 | However , I doubt that the book will be of any use to the professional . |
| 12 | Second , once identified , can they be of any use in helping us solve real-life issues ? |
| 13 | These need to be as specific as possible , including a timetable for action if they are to be of any use . |
| 14 | AN OLD CAMBRIDGE toast is , ‘ Here 's to pure mathematics — may she never be of any use to anyone ! ’ |
| 15 | The Western-financed dams received all the attention ; the numerous jobs that needed to be done if the dams were going to be of any use had scant priority . |
| 16 | To be of any use as a tool of business control , financial records must be up-to-date . |
| 17 | He had found milk at the ā gri 's house and the old man had come back with him to see if he could be of any use . |
| 18 | It would n't be of any use to her . |
| 19 | Mrs Stych protested coyly that she did not know enough about books to be of any use , while she wondered privately how she was going to fit this new commitment into her already overcrowded schedule of social events . |
| 20 | Neither her mother nor her father would be of any use at all . |
| 21 | Resident Simon Halliwell says ‘ This place is a gift for a person with a big ego and a big wallet and in the long term they wo n't be of any use to the island . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ She does mostly ladies ’ slippers , ’ Emily said , ‘ I do n't think she would be of any use to you . ’ |
| 23 | Editor , — If operative mortality is to be of any use as an indicator of quality in cardiac surgery a system of risk stratification must be in place . |
| 24 | Combine these two flaws and there 's often a lack of players on-screen at one time — the scanner does n't help matters as it 's too small to be of any use . |
| 25 | The eye-spots , to be of any use , must be linked to muscles so that the animal can react to what it senses . |
| 26 | With two votes West Germans are in a different position , even though their first vote may not be of any use . |
| 27 | Before including them in any press pack the question " Will this be of any use to the recipient ? " must be answered in the affirmative . |
| 28 | The ownership of archaeological finds depends on the local laws ( in some countries all archaeological artefacts are automatically the property of the state and have to be reported , while in others the finds belong to the owner of the land on which they were found ) , but whatever the ownership , each find needs to be properly recorded if it is to be of any use archaeologically . |
| 29 | The man in the doorway was certainly old and infirm , and none too reliable either , but when he ceased to be of any use to the Guild as a working docker , they had found him a sinecure job as night watchman on the Wharf . |
| 30 | Most of the systems , including the spectronic destabilizer ( handy for blasting planets ) , were too large scale in their effects to be of any use in this situation . |