Example sentences of "did little for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | On a hot day the engine-out rate of climb did little for the blood pressure . |
| 4 | His ministry did little for the more difficult problem of the ‘ residuum ’ . |
| 5 | This may have prevented some children of artisans falling into poverty as a result of the decline of skilled occupations , but it did little for the lowest stratum who were always the most vulnerable to severe poverty . |
| 6 | As everyone was by then in a state of complete exhaustion they did little for the next two or three days except sleep . |
| 7 | 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 . |