Example sentences of "is [prep] little [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their progress over the next two weeks will solve the Guineas mystery , but that is of little concern to connections of Dr Devious , who heads now for the Kentucky Derby ( for which he is 10–1 from 12–1 ) in Louisville on May 2 and returns to Epsom for the Ever Ready Derby in June . |
| 2 | It seems that the current situation is of little concern to the Russian Ministry of Publishing . |
| 3 | The ever-increasing flow of scientific and technological advances is of little significance to a rural population living at or below subsistence level . |
| 4 | Sending your customers broke is of little help to anyone . |
| 5 | It is possible to argue that the single occurrence of they in the data with a singular verb is accidental ( a ‘ performance error ’ ) but equally possible to claim that the non-occurrence of you , we and these with a singular verb is the consequence of an accidental gap in the corpus ; the line of reasoning characteristic of generative grammar is of little help to us here in choosing between these alternatives . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The objects clause is of little relevance to the containment of conduct inspired by self-interested ‘ managerial ’ motives . |
| 8 | Accreditation is of little relevance to those who compete for senior academic posts , which are decided on the basis of academic achievement . |
| 9 | Although games software has some significance in terms of the technology of multimedia , it is of little relevance to the information industry more generally . |
| 10 | The initial construction of the data structure is of little importance to the user since it is rarely performed . |
| 11 | This , of course , is of little comfort to the many thousands of aspiring musicians for whom sending in tapes seems like the only way to alert record companies to their music . |
| 12 | Almost universally , the opinion is that the trial should never have taken place , which is of little comfort to the defendants who , they say , have effectively lost two and a half years of their lives . |
| 13 | Smallholders in sheltered , low areas in the south-East of Britain , may grow a little maize in the vegetable garden ; otherwise the crop is of little interest to them . |
| 14 | Advice not to write , in mediaeval times and later , is of little use to any of the authors considered in this book . |
| 15 | Crisp , Clear Writing in One Hour is of little use to me I fear , but Guide to Wordplay and Word Games I have kept , as it contains a number of gems . |
| 16 | Either way it is of little use to the bereft locked full of raw grief , which might one day mature into something more bearable , and might not . |
| 17 | It is of little value to a child if he or she can express him or herself in words but is unable to write in a legible hand . |
| 18 | Man works far below his capacity ; some writers have put a figure on the deficiency but it is of little value to you to make quantitative estimates . |
| 19 | This is of little consequence to grubs and maggots , for they hold their interminable feasts out of sight of the rest of the world , gobbling their way around the heart of an apple or gnawing tunnels in wood , shielded by what they are eating . |