Example sentences of "[adv] a little " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better a little fish in a big pond than the other way round ? ’ |
| 2 | We have to wait patiently a little while longer yet to determine whether the new generation Alpha RISC machines have turned Digital Equipment Corp around or whether the company is pursuing the same downward curve as IBM Corp , because the company has still scarcely started shipping the machines in real numbers — but it does not make it clear whether that is a function of supply or demand . |
| 3 | I remember those more than all the dolls I had — especially a little box of blue beads . ’ |
| 4 | This is usually after the winter when fish are naturally a little run down , but in most cases it is quickly cleared up with a standard fungus cure preparation . |
| 5 | We have all become used to matching colours in the home , and perhaps a little colour co-ordination in the garden would not go amiss . |
| 6 | Perhaps a little money would make her festive season easier to endure . |
| 7 | We have perhaps a little time . |
| 8 | A picture , probably ; she had always admired his work , perhaps a little money to go with it ; that would be welcome . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's an exciting challenge , and I am confident , given time , thorough research and perhaps a little bit of luck , we will find them . ’ |
| 10 | Then perhaps a little dancing . |
| 11 | Yes , perhaps a little soda would be as well . |
| 12 | A compressor , brightness boost and variable input and output levels complete the picture for the mAxe and those of you seeking the low down lowdown , should see your local Rocktron dealer without delay ( but perhaps a little chorus ? ) . |
| 13 | in general there is perhaps a little bit too much of an emphasis on beliefs and saying the right thing — giving the right word . |
| 14 | New Romance was the bridge between gothpunk and 1980s pop ; it was a mixture of dressing up , fancying a change from punk austerity , going dancing and liking David Bowie perhaps a little bit too much . |
| 15 | Lonely , yes , and perhaps a little eccentric . |
| 16 | Masses of willow warblers , chiff-chaffs , blackcaps , whitethroats and sometimes yellow-browed or Pallas 's warblers will set the pulses racing , and the flocks of chaffinch and brambling will be painstakingly examined in the hope of finding perhaps a little bunting , rustic bunting or Arctic redpoll . |
| 17 | so wha what Andy 's done , and what other people have done have pitted , picked out a few great examples , but I would say that erm the majority are quite reasonable comments , if , if perhaps a little bit simple at times , I do n't know . |
| 18 | and I think it 's perhaps important to start with that we go with something that 's a little bit open-ended that we can review in a years time er , perhaps a little bit later and say well look we have shown that we can do it valuably er the proof is in the pudding , it now beholds everybody to do it this way . |
| 19 | ‘ I believed you were older than you are , perhaps a little bit more experienced , because of your bravery in accepting a lift . |
| 20 | But — the thought upset her — would there be any spare money , any pocket-money , for her own small , personal needs , shampoos and stockings and perhaps a little face-cream , that sort of thing ? |
| 21 | Good food — they kept a marvellous table — more wine , and perhaps a little brandy . |
| 22 | Others which are perhaps a little bit of er a change from what we 've been used to doing , |
| 23 | And perhaps a little bell in the middle . |
| 24 | ( Though it was in fact close by the high altar steps , so perhaps a little logic came into it too . ) |
| 25 | Middle-class professional man ; solicitor perhaps ; denizen of pine-and-heather country ; pepper-and-salt tweeds ; a moustache hinting — perhaps fraudulently — at a military past ; a sensible wife ; perhaps a little boating at weekends ; more of a gin than a whisky man ; and so on ? |
| 26 | I gave him a smile with perhaps a little cruelty at its edges . |
| 27 | Fred had once told Lorton that he reckoned to make his beer money from playing pool , and perhaps a little bit over for the dogs . |
| 28 | So it 'd be perhaps a little bit bigger than this big one cos the small one would n't make a lot of difference so perhaps it would be that , that big , or something . |
| 29 | But was perhaps a little part of its success , he dared to hope , because he had done it rather well ? |
| 30 | Perhaps a little fantasy was just what she needed , she decided , mentally preparing to suspend disbelief and abandon herself to whatever awaited her . |