Example sentences of "be little 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 | While this may be acquired partly through acquiring delegated tasks it is little use choosing someone who feels totally inadequate when faced with new responsibilities . |
| 7 | It is little use allowing conditions to deteriorate for three months and then to conduct a total clean-out of the filter and a 100% water change . |
| 8 | At this point a word of warning should be included : it is little use spending days/weeks describing and analysing one thin section if you are not sure whether this section is representative of the sedimentary sequence you are evaluating . |
| 9 | She struggled furiously , but it was little use , and at the top of the steps he set her on her feet . |