Example sentences of "do little for the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 His flashy marketing campaigns have done little for the success of Midland 's new products .
2 Until recently he believed that ‘ the magnificent State of Britain' had done little for the Science upon which her wealth , power and very existence depended ; except to provide security and freedom in a country its citizens could be proud of , and this had indeed been enough .
3 The Single European Act , fully in force from 1992 , will be a bonus for business but will do little for the rest of us .
4 On a hot day the engine-out rate of climb did little for the blood pressure .
5 It did little for the image of a man who has been part of the backbone of the team for so long , and was playing in his eighty-seventh Test .
6 Although Nicholas 's victories over the Persians in 1828 and the Ottoman Empire in 1829 had made him temporarily safe from international complications in this area , they did little for the extension of Russian control over the peoples who lived to the north of Georgia .
7 This remarkable volte face did little for the president 's public reputation , was the cause of much scathing comment in the media and , not surprisingly , a poll revealed that 86 per cent of Americans , ‘ had no confidence in the ability of the President to manage the economy ’ .
8 Your mag promotes and encourages all this ; reading an analysis of Joe Satriani 's playing , for example , probably does little for the confidence of most readers ( I myself found it quite stretching at first ! ) .
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