Example sentences of "be [adj] use " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , for example , the retailer required a supply of cards for Mother 's Day , they would be little use to him if they arrived afterwards . |
| 2 | All these transactions were secret , for there would be little use in keeping a paper alive if it were known to be owned by a political party . |
| 3 | Opting out has a short term attraction because it will bring in cash … but the feeling is will be little use in the long run . |
| 4 | Opting out has a short term attraction because it will bring in cash … but the feeling is will be little use in the long run . |
| 5 | These , not merely the hopelessly wounded , but those whose wounds were just too complicated for the frantic surgeons to waste time probing , or who looked as if they would be little use to the army again , were laid outside in the bitter cold . |
| 6 | If no one could learn anything from my saying , ‘ Here ’ , in answer to ‘ Where are you ? ’ , there would not be that use of ‘ Here ’ . |
| 7 | Hope this might be some use , Cheers , Steve . |
| 8 | The clues lie , probably , in an informality of style ; in signs — at least — that someone has thought about the environment of the office ; evidence of a lot of the agency 's work around the place ( if they have nothing to be proud of ; they can not be much use ) ; an approach which is clearly geared to the idea of selling . |
| 9 | In order ‘ to restore to the community the increase in value of land arising from its efforts ’ , it was proposed that ‘ the ultimate basis on which the community will buy all land will be current use value ’ . |
| 10 | However , landlords usually calculate the rent on what they consider to be reasonable use of shared facilities , which is already to their advantage . |
| 11 | I would argue , however , that there is a difference between what one might consider to be reasonable use by passenger traffic during the day , and the disturbances that might arise from that , and the use of the line at night by heavy goods traffic . |
| 12 | Whilst doing so , the systems planning team must not lose sight of the overall plan , so that the benefits of the database approach , especially data sharing , can be achieved , and thus there can be better use of the information resource , greater flexibility in its use and an improved ability to meet new situations and applications . |
| 13 | However , there should be increased use of semi-objective methods such as pictorial blood-loss assessment charts . |
| 14 | we 'll be able use where are they going to go ? |
| 15 | Will there be more use of peer-group , or clan-type , organisations ? |
| 16 | A suit of armour and a motorbike might be more use than a pair of trainers ! |
| 17 | If any professional person has shown an interest in your work do n't let it go , but try to cultivate their interest , however tenuous it may seem — you will soon know if it 's going to be any use for the future . |
| 18 | ‘ You would n't be any use at the job , if you had nothing to lose . |
| 19 | Not stay and wait to be thrown out after they 'd ceased to be any use to the old baggage . |
| 20 | Would that be any use ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Besides , it would n't be any use , would it ? |
| 22 | A sharp kitchen knife can not be made absolutely safe if it is to be any use as a kitchen knife . |
| 23 | They could never have done anything wide-scale without us knowing — and a Resistance movement has to be wide-scale to be any use . |
| 24 | It ca n't be done , and if it could it would n't be any use ; If you play innocent and unnoticing too well , you wont attract suspicion , but you wo n't notice anything other . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll never be any use to anyone else , ’ she wept . |
| 26 | ‘ Well … if you think I can be any use … ’ |
| 27 | I got no , I 've got no innate ability and if you try to teach me , would it be any use ? just a stupid example . |
| 28 | Check train times before paying up too — last connection from Leeds back down to Oxford leaves too soon after the end of a game to be any use ; it may be the same from Oxford back to Leeds too . |
| 29 | those wo n't be any use will they Tim ? |
| 30 | we could manage to do that one day , if it 's fine this afternoon we might do something like that this afternoon , but if it rains it wo n't be any use , I also want to do the garden this afternoon |