Example sentences of "it would [verb] little " in BNC.

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1 It would bring little , if any , long term work for the locals , it would destroy the river , both for nature and for wild water paddling , and it would damage the tourist industry , the major industry of the area .
2 It would make little difference what time of day it was .
3 In practice one suspects that it would make little sense to the participants in any of these cases to ask who is really being supported : .
4 If my toothache were an event analogous to , but entirely separated from the neurophysiological process that accompanies it , it would make little sense going to a dentist in search of relief .
5 It would make little sense in this context to increase the categories of sexual assault simply to maintain gender specificity .
6 One view holds it might be worth preserving only information derived from the telecommunications record , but that it would make little sense to keep it all .
7 If a large IED exploded near him , however , it would do little except keep him reasonably in one piece .
8 Unfortunately , even if every minister were to trade in his BMW or Mercedes-Benz , it would do little to save the nearly bankrupt car and truck maker .
9 This would solve many of the party 's difficulties inherited from the past , but it would do little to settle the pressing problems of the present and future .
10 Nobody who is sensible or sane would say that we should export more arms to a country that is already awash with them , because it would do little more than increase the bloodshed that has already stained that country .
11 Many people could easily consume a full can , diluted , during a thirsty summer day , and it would have little if any effect in reducing an appetite for solid food .
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