Example sentences of "a little [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he thought about it , Nigel did find it a little odd that a photographer should return after he 'd finished a job . |
| 2 | The lift was a little bigger than a phone box . |
| 3 | It was a little higher than a man , and it ended , rough and unfinished , in the centre of the clearing around the bank of screens . |
| 4 | You 've gone a little astray and a lot of it 's no doubt been your own fault . |
| 5 | In each of 1986 and 1987 , a little less than a couple of dozen suspects would seem to have been detained long into the fourth day in the London area ( Metropolitan Police Commissioner , 1987 , 1988 ) . |
| 6 | In all , a little less than a quarter of a mile 's walk , though it felt like a marathon . |
| 7 | A little less than a year ago , the Labour leader of Leeds City Council , Jon Trickett , unveiled plans for a transformation of the city 's central shopping streets . |
| 8 | Despite a tug of interest he moved away , and after a little less than a minute Alison returned . |
| 9 | A small , shapely lump of granite , a little smaller than a hen 's egg . |
| 10 | But the pigeon 's adaptation to such a diet of large objects is so good that seeds only a little smaller than a nutmeg will pass right through the bird and be ejected together with a small quantity of droppings which will help them grow on the forest floor . |
| 11 | It was his desire to play the Senior Tour and his love of golf which has given the Notts professional the inspiration to overcome his terrible injuries and pick up where he left off a little more than a year ago . |
| 12 | Since opening the gates to the Magic Kingdom a little more than a year ago , Euro Disney has been beset by a series of much-publicised problems : poor attendance , labour disputes , French snobbery and pan-European discontent over high prices and long queues . |
| 13 | After a little more than a year , she alone had transformed it into a place where the children could play in safety , a stretch of patchy grass with a few well-cared-for roses round its border , and an immensely high wall skirting the garden from one end to the other . |
| 14 | When the Minister made it clear a little more than a year ago that he was changing his attitude towards the Government of Syria , he said that he was able to do so because there was no known connection with terrorist organisations , such as that involving the appalling man , Jibril . |
| 15 | Although it is often treated as a little more than a menu system , the Windows Program Manager is a flexible organising tool for the Windows environment . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's time he was a little more than a fiancé , in my opinion . |
| 17 | In a few lines , just a little more than a note , he had told her that Maria was depressed . |