1.   But it was for a reason that would cut no ice with Jean-Claude and so I did not put it to him.

2.   High-sounding jargon or pointless platitudes cut little ice when one is alert to the actual message being conveyed.

3.   None of which cut much ice with Manchester United, who controlled this match from start to finish without breaking sweat.

4.   The ice was cut into blocks and stored in a special shed.

5.   This had always been the fall-back position, but at this late stage in the argument it cut no ice.

6.   This introduction had cut the ice.

7.   That sort of romantic attitude cuts no ice with money-men.

8.   This cut no ice with the doctor.

9.   How much ice does it cut in the modern industrial society?