Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] [conj] no [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After ten years in a department working , for example , on housing , the fact that one man 's undergraduate degree was in philosophy and another 's in sociology will make little or no difference ; what will matter is the capacity and experience they have developed at the task . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Otherwise it will yield little or no water from the impermeable confining layer . |
| 4 | They will need little or no pruning beyond dead-heading and keeping them within bounds . |
| 5 | The experienced drafter , with expertise in contract and commercial matters , may need little or no guidance on these matters . |
| 6 | Ulph ( 1987 ) points out that those who earn close to the tax threshold will enjoy little or no income effect from the tax cut so that the substitution effect should dominate , causing them to work more hours . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In both , the characters drift somnambulistically through life , unconsciously impelled by emotions of which not only they , but also the author , can give little or no account . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | We can see little or no difference , and indeed yesterday we unfortunately failed to arrest some very prominent IRA men , including Cathal Goulding from Dublin . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Certain quality developments will have little or no cost saving effect but will improve patient safety — for example , the preferential use , wherever possible , of well tried drugs with a long safety record . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Often they carry crude woodcuts ( which may have little or no relevance to the contents ) . |
| 19 | The payment of social security benefits to millions of people , most of whom would otherwise have little or no income , injects massive amounts of money into the economy . |
| 20 | If the expert is seen to be incompetent ( eg. if an accountant does not seem to provide sensible information ) or if his area of expertise is not widely acknowledged ( which is often the case with personnel department staff ) he will have little or no expert power . |
| 21 | You will have little or no control at all . |
| 22 | I 'm afraid cold hosing will have little or no effect in helping concussion , it will however help filled and puffy legs . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | They are the points at which further information will have little or no effect on the ranking of the current set of hypotheses . |
| 25 | However , most operators ( 63 per cent ) believe the Tunnel will have little or no effect on their business . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | We need to be aware that many of the ideas we introduce on an assumption that they are reflecting the children 's backgrounds may have little or no meaning or relevance for the children . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Poorer members with below-average emissions , such as these four , will pay little or no tax . |
| 30 | Its onset is rapid and dramatic , we may get little or no warning , occurring often ‘ out of the blue ’ and in situations of no real danger . |