Example sentences of "[coord] it [vb -s] little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not need a gearbox , and it needs little maintenance . |
| 2 | There is a sense in which standing is a preliminary question , separate from that of the substance and merits of the applicant 's case : standing rules determine entitlement to raise and argue the issue of illegality , and it makes little sense to say that entitlement to argue the merits of the case depends on whether one has a good case on the merits . |
| 3 | A person may belong to several different families during his life , and it makes little sense to regard him as changing identity on leaving or entering a nuclear family . |
| 4 | This , I would argue , though not all would agree , may tell us something interesting about the way the brain compartmentalizes different aspects of visual processing and it may tell us that subjects are more conservative about admitting to seeing a very degraded image than about trying to move their eyes to it , but it sheds little light on the actual experiences the patients are having when we show them a light . |
| 5 | That prospect may be less depressing than a future dominated by the BJP , but it leaves little room for optimism . |
| 6 | But it has little choice . |
| 7 | Liberals may appreciate that conclusion , but it has little basis in empirical fact . |
| 8 | The ability of modern technology to cope with the problem of soil erosion is summarised thus : ‘ Growing populations may in part have destroyed more land than they improved , but it makes little sense to project past trends into the future , since we know more and more about methods of land preservation and are able by means of modern methods , to reclaim much land , which our ancestors have made sterile . ’ |
| 9 | Such a word may be useful to a literary man but it throws little light on Green 's intentions except when he uses it in a negative sense ; in one chapter he states a subject was ‘ unpicturesque and consequently not worth an artists attention ’ . |
| 10 | The index to the calendar is useful for those who are working on local and genealogical history , but it provides little help to those who are interested in topics of wider historical significance . |