Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] or [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If sulphur dioxide is giving rise to the principal health threat during a smog , then banning the use of petrol-powered vehicles ( which principally emit hydrocarbons , oxides of nitrogen and carbon monoxide as well as contributing to the formation of ozone ) will make little or no difference to sulphur dioxide levels compared with banning diesel-engine vehicles which do emit some sulphur dioxide . |
| 2 | Otherwise it will yield little or no water from the impermeable confining layer . |
| 3 | They will need little or no pruning beyond dead-heading and keeping them within bounds . |
| 4 | The experienced drafter , with expertise in contract and commercial matters , may need little or no guidance on these matters . |
| 5 | For example , the aerospace sector — one of the most dollar-sensitive industries — has forward cover on its transactions out beyond 1994 and will thus feel little or no benefit from sterling 's fall against the dollar for some time to come . |
| 6 | Was he just waiting for her to return so he could choose one or the other of them ? |
| 7 | This nowhere land has neither the benefit of distance from Chicago to either become agricultural or the proximity to be wholly relevant . |
| 8 | I do not think she derived any great benefits from being ennobled , but obviously it was something she liked and sought and Harold Wilson could see little or no reason for not obliging her . |
| 9 | If a superiority of one half-field derives from some fixed advantage of the contralateral cerebral hemisphere for the stimulus material in question then comparatively minor procedural differences ( e.g. Hiscock and Bergstrom , 1982 ) should have little or no influence on the outcome of an experiment . |
| 10 | You may have little or no choice about transferring some of your authority because of time pressures placed on you by , for example , the actions of senior management . |
| 11 | Even if the species did so , we would have little or no chance of picking up the message , because — to repeat — we are not looking out for it . |
| 12 | Developing countries , for example , consume many of the same goods as industrialised countries , but may have little or no expenditure on heating , public utilities , medicine , etc . |
| 13 | This can often result in very presentable end-products but , when questioned , the children may have little or no idea of what they have learned in the process . |
| 14 | Though applicants for registration may have little or no idea of charity law , the Charity Commissioners are bound by the existing law , and the process of registration can be complicated , lengthy and the results seemingly arcane , not to say incomprehensible , in the terms of the language required by the Charity Commissioners . |
| 15 | Often they carry crude woodcuts ( which may have little or no relevance to the contents ) . |
| 16 | You will have little or no control at all . |
| 17 | Although factors such as stature , age , and duodenal ulcer disease affect the absolute values of Vg they can have little or no effect on the changes in someone consequent upon smoking a cigarette : thus despite the small numbers studied the 25% fall is highly significant . |
| 18 | They are the points at which further information will have little or no effect on the ranking of the current set of hypotheses . |
| 19 | However , most operators ( 63 per cent ) believe the Tunnel will have little or no effect on their business . |
| 20 | I 'm afraid cold hosing will have little or no effect in helping concussion , it will however help filled and puffy legs . |
| 21 | When a direct file is loaded for the first time , we may have little or no information about the individual records that make it up . |
| 22 | Politically orthodox Bulgaria may have more or an interest in good trading relations with the West than was once the case ; but would she alter anything by way of political character , or even policy , to this end ? |
| 23 | If such a position were copied by a club player less skilled and using a less powerful hand-and-arm action , the clubface would stand little or no chance of squaring up on impact . |
| 24 | The manager should match output from the education department with vacancies arising to determine the number of posts which will remain unfilled or the shortfall of posts against demand . |
| 25 | Since your fund is initially penniless , if you cash it in during this period ( if you decide not to have an endowment mortgage any more ) you will get little or no return for your investment . |
| 26 | You 'll get little or no value from notes taken on scrappy paper , which ca n't be filed and retrieved at will or which are difficult to decipher . |
| 27 | So if your car has depreciated in value since you bought it … the loss could be yours and , unless you have a no claims protection policy , you may find that you could lose all or a part of your no claims bonus — check with your insurance company . |
| 28 | However , there is evidence that Dune may be cannibalising Poison , which may require one or the other to be repositioned . |
| 29 | ( 20°C ) and 80 per cent r.h. may represent little or no acceleration over normal domestic conditions . |
| 30 | But the industries that eventually do pile in will probably bear little or no resemblance to AFFs ‘ profile ’ . |