Example sentences of "be little [det] than the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the immediate post-war years , the Minister of Defence had been little more than the co-ordinator of the three autonomous Service Ministries and the Ministry of Supply . |
| 2 | Connolly 's famous valedictory — ‘ It is closing time in the gardens of the West ’ — may be little more than the self-excusing of an indolent man , but what replaced Horizon ( 1940 — 50 ) and Penguin New Writing ( 1940–50 ) was something far brisker and far less mandarin . |
| 3 | Adeane 's function as private secretary appeared to be little more than the job of arranging the Prince 's schedule around polo and the children 's bath times . |
| 4 | This actually is little more than the theology of Genesis chapter two . |
| 5 | Each child had one pair of all-purpose shoes but often there was little more than the uppers remaining . |
| 6 | All this was little more than the Ministry of Health could offer in 1935 as advice for scheme preparation , in guidance which remained in force for the remainder of the decade . |
| 7 | It is important to see , however , that what was involved in the contract between the employer ( the multi-national Philips ) and the specialist operator was little more than the sub-contracting of the management of the canteens . |