Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [vb base] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cecilia thought this would not be much comfort to the relatives and friends of the waitress and the guest . |
| 2 | And the house to Mr Evans though it wo n't be much use to him . |
| 3 | ‘ I wo n't be much use to you if you wo n't tell me . ’ |
| 4 | When Pat Samson , the model for ‘ Girl with a Squint ’ had her squint corrected , the artist is reported as having ‘ joked ’ : ‘ Oh hell , he wo n't be much use to me now ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ It wo n't be much use to them , ’ said a police spokesman |
| 6 | It certainly did n't appear to be much help to her . |
| 7 | I do n't think I can be much help to you , to be honest . |
| 8 | All the dancing that she had ever done had been at three school dances , and in sessions for instruction in the art of the polka , the mazurka , and the tarantella , and she did not think they would be much help to her now . |
| 9 | ‘ If you 're asking me , ’ she said carefully , ‘ to come into consultation and share responsibility for whatever decisions we have to make about Great-Uncle Alan 's affairs , of course I will , though I do n't claim to know anything about business and I probably sha n't be much help to you . |
| 10 | ‘ And you wo n't be much help to Rick if you starve yourself , so at least have a sandwich and a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 11 | Remember to search in the Land Charges Department against the borrower , whether or not the title is registered , for possible bankruptcy , and also , for the same purpose , against any guarantor of the loan : a bankrupt surety would n't be much help to anyone . |
| 12 | You see yo really you 'd need to be you 'd need to be only need to be paying back about four grand you see , though ? |
| 13 | If action were taken early before the restoration of the pavements outside the Cornmill Centre there would be less work to be done on the scheme . |
| 14 | This timely book will be particularly help to those researchers who , while lacking detailed knowledge of organofluorine chemistry , may be contemplating preparing fluoro analogues of some of their compounds . |
| 15 | If an Act of Parliament says that A ( who may be a minister or a commission or a local authority or an individual ) shall be the person to settle certain specified questions and that there shall be neither appeal to nor review by any other body or person ( including the courts ) , then A's decisions are unchallengeable so long as ( a ) it is A , not another , who decides , ( b ) A decides those specified questions and not others and ( c ) A does not act in bad faith or with similar impropriety . |