Example sentences of "[conj] be [prep] little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do we really need lots of people sitting around pondering on research topics that are of little benefit to man or beast ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They are usually stuffed away in dark corridors or storerooms that are of little use to the centre itself , and are given low priority , so receive only small funding . |
| 4 | For instance , the state may provide goods and services that are in little demand , whilst discouraging others ( via taxation ) that might otherwise have been bought . |
| 5 | Each method has limitations ; it is possible to collect detailed information by means of tests , but if the tests are concerned with some aspect that is of little relevance to the total situation , then the value of the results will be limited . |
| 6 | The various clinical activity indices in general use depend on subjective features for their calculation and are of little use in day to day patient management , but do at least provide a tool which enables comparison of data obtained from different centres . |
| 7 | We will not consider any more complex tones , since these are not often encountered and are of little importance . |
| 8 | To his right wing the hills sloped gently down and were of little interest but on his left they formed a steep escarpment up whose side came a soaring wind . |
| 9 | Whether Modigliani and Jeanne lived in Nice or in nearby Cagnes-sur-Mer , or more probably both , can never be definitely proved and is of little consequence . |
| 10 | Harry Pascoe heard the laughter following this remark and was in little doubt that it was at his own expense . |
| 11 | They point out that well known communication graphic techniques such as pie charts often do a good job of summarising data but are of little use as exploratory tools since they reveal little about their structure . |
| 12 | The new show-stopper may look a million dollars on the show bench and the exhibition stand , but be of little value in your garden . |
| 13 | It is one of the easiest measures for the government to control , but it has been frequently criticized as being of little use as an indicator of spending power in the economy since it excludes the most important component of money supply , namely bank deposits , and includes money in banks ' tills which is the money that banks need to keep in their tills as a ‘ float ’ . |
| 14 | Guide books and handbooks for travellers often dismissed them as being of little interest . |
| 15 | They held such things as power and government as being of little importance . |
| 16 | abour nationally launching its final push before Thursday polls , dismissed Mr Winmills defection as being of little consequence . |