Example sentences of "to little more [subord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Environmentalists , who have long campaigned for a single agency , have expressed their concern that the plans for the reform of the Inspectorate amount to little more than political opportunism and will have little real impact . |
| 2 | But gradually his terror of metal stairways subsided to little more than ordinary fear . |
| 3 | Lou Reed 's lyrics amount to little more than self-indulgent nastiness , says Tony Parsons |
| 4 | However , the title of this paper restricts reference to developed countries only , but even here the normative suggestions about distortions to prices of factors and outputs ( leading to inappropriate signals to research institutions ) seem to amount to little more than wishful thinking . |
| 5 | Today , there are more good lines than bad , and the choice amounts to little more than personal preference . |
| 6 | ‘ Did you not come away thinking that the urban development challenge of the century adds to little more than opportunistic chaos — an architectural circus — with a sprinkling of postmodern gimmicks , the ghastly mega-lumps of Canary Wharf and a fairground train to get you there ? ’ |
| 7 | Elsewhere , local authority treatment could descend to little more than fashionable mediocrity . |