Example sentences of "was little [adj] than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First he handed over a bundle of Russian paper money that was little bigger than a wad of visiting cards , and some coins jangled . |
| 2 | There was just enough slope in the field to give him a decent run , though she felt sure it must be frustrating for someone so skilled to be stuck on what was little better than a nursery area . |
| 3 | My rather innocent trust crumbled when I realized that as far as the police were concerned , I was little better than a criminal on whom they must keep tabs . |
| 4 | But it was surely unlikely that he had talked over the idea with someone who was little better than a stranger . |
| 5 | And Molly Malone was right : the gangway was little better than a ladder that clung to the ship 's side with fragile tenacity . |