Example sentences of "[verb] too little " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists say too little data exists on the dangers of underwater birth . |
| 2 | They felt that the Authority provided too little support here at first , although curriculum leadership courses introduced in the later stages of the ‘ Programme provided some help subsequently . |
| 3 | The 1996 conference was written into the Maastricht treaty largely because the treaty promised too little federalism for German taste . |
| 4 | A horse that is underfed is likely to be dull and lethargic ; whereas an overfed horse which has too little exercise , especially if it is fed grain , is likely to be over-excited and silly . |
| 5 | Worse still , Europe may be losing out because it has too little high-technology manufacturing . |
| 6 | He argues that cricket has too little regard for these moments , and wishes baseball 's practice of measuring and recording big hits was adopted . |
| 7 | The only exception has been the rear access door that covers the Parallel and Serial Ports , which has too little clearance between it and any modern parallel printer plug . |
| 8 | On the principle question in the case , the concensus of the judges was that the authorities against the existance of the defence were irresistable , but perhaps this payed too little regard to the paralell rule for the priviledge of self-defence . |
| 9 | I may feel guilty because my father died young , because I masturbate , because I earn too little or too much , because I have wind . |
| 10 | He is to blame because we produce too little , export too little and import too much . |
| 11 | It does not help that Cherubini allows too little variety of pace , and that his lyrical gift is limited too . |
| 12 | It does not help that Cherubini allows too little variety of pace , and that his lyrical gift is limited too . |
| 13 | Japan has done too little , too late about tightening money policy and deflating its financial bubble . |
| 14 | Lizzie grumbled and said she was getting thin and doing too much , but then Lizzie would have grumbled if she had done too little . |
| 15 | It would n't surprise me to hear it was locally referred to as the sugar sifter ( a metaphor at last ! ) , one of those useless gadgets dispensing too little or too much in cheap cafés . |
| 16 | So I 've written too little liquor for them , a wonderful word which is actually the proper word , called onigohydromonous |
| 17 | He is suspicious not because Read uses too much anthropological material , but because he uses too little . |
| 18 | There is little evidence that peasant faith declined , but the authority of village priests was progressively undermined : in terms of culture and way of life they differed too little from the ordinary villagers to inspire much respect , and the miserly provision made them by the State resulted in constant friction over money matters between priest and parishioner . |
| 19 | In contrast with earlier enquiries — especially Beckford — they were criticized for paying too little attention to parents and for having ‘ a strong focus on the needs of the child in isolation from the family ’ ( DOH , 1988 , para. 4. 57 ) . |
| 20 | Two of the displays also show the results of paying too little attention to human factors ! |
| 21 | Some of them added that they thought the TBC paid too little attention to the speeches of politicians : this was to be a frequent complaint . |
| 22 | He was also concerned that the traditional course overemphasised factual knowledge and paid too little attention to the attitudes that modern doctors need to develop towards their patients , their colleagues , and their work . |
| 23 | Hamdi Ali Abdel-Wahab al-Banbi , hitherto chairman of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation ( EGPC ) , took over as Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister from the long-serving Abdul Hadi Mohammed Qandil , whose dismissal had been widely predicted following criticism from foreign companies that he paid too little attention to exploration and production . |
| 24 | Several recent studies , including the OECD 's latest report on the French economy , suggest that France may actually import too little . |
| 25 | On the one hand the British were frequently too interested in East–West military disengagement in Germany , and on the other they showed too little interest in Western European integration . |
| 26 | It allowed too little time for the furore provoked by Howe 's resignation to die down . |
| 27 | Sadly , her character shows too little flesh for one to care over-much . |
| 28 | The two other potential candidates , Ronnie Hampel and Tom Hutchison , who joined the board in 1985 , were deemed to have had too little boardroom experience . |
| 29 | As mentioned elsewhere the specific design of transition methods gets too little attention . |
| 30 | It might have invested too little in building its capital stock , thus perhaps enfeebling itself in future competition with foreign rivals . |