Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] or [art] [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 | Since there is no other kind of bread , inevitably if I do as I have reason to and buy a loaf I will buy one or the other . |
| 8 | No , you 'll need one or the other . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | You must choose one or the other . ’ |
| 12 | Was he just waiting for her to return so he could choose one or the other of them ? |
| 13 | ‘ If the weather is cooler later in the week , perhaps , we can do one or the other . |
| 14 | This nowhere land has neither the benefit of distance from Chicago to either become agricultural or the proximity to be wholly relevant . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ I would prefer , if he must marry one or the other , that he chose this Cora-Beth girl , ’ Alice said softly . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Often they carry crude woodcuts ( which may have little or no relevance to the contents ) . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | You will have little or no control at all . |
| 29 | I 'm afraid cold hosing will have little or no effect in helping concussion , it will however help filled and puffy legs . |
| 30 | 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 . |