Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The significant point is that the LDDC has intervened to help out developers of retail , housing and office projects , but has done little for existing local firms and businesses . |
| 2 | This not only leaves little for continued growth into the future , but also means that the society 's solvency margins have been reduced , so inhibiting its investment freedom and with it , investment performance . |
| 3 | With some notable exceptions it assists the process of individual growth and development but does little for collective growth and development . |
| 4 | However , this promises to do little for educational standards ; sometimes these tutors have neither materials nor premises to work from , and hold classes under trees . |
| 5 | In essence , there is little for local authorities to do , and what does need to be done can wait at least a couple more years ! |
| 6 | With more and more bodegas setting up in Rioja — there was 62 in 1985 , 140 by 1991 — and with sales either static or declining , there seems little for recession-hit bodega bosses to laugh about . |
| 7 | Events of 1989 have done little for Australian image . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , however , the inquiry did little for public confidence in the independent judicial monitor . |
| 9 | There 's been very little for United fans to cheer about this season . |
| 10 | This second study differed only in that during initial training the subjects received conditioning trials with a different stimulus ( a light ) in the context that was to be used for the test . |
| 11 | Journalists can do little about legal costs and insurance , but they should be well versed in the legal defences which give them more latitude than is commonly thought . |
| 12 | Medieval brewers alas knew precious little about good housekeeping practices . |
| 13 | So it 's no wonder that we have heard very little about dental dams . |
| 14 | Users know little about fault-tolerant technology in general , he stated , and even less about actual hardware , although Tandem Computers Inc 's offerings are somewhat more familiar . |
| 15 | Indeed we know very little about contemporary kin relationships ( Finch 1989 ) and can only speculate as to how increased rates of divorce and remarriage will affect family relationships . |
| 16 | Not only is there the question of the availability of data on lifetime income , but also we know little about key relationships of the model such as the bequest function and the intergenerational association of earnings . |
| 17 | ‘ I knew very little about Irish League football when I came back from Nottingham Forest , except that Linfield and Glentoran were the top two clubs . |
| 18 | Rick felt that he knew very little about practical mathematics apart from ‘ making a scale drawing of the minibus and taking kids out to measure the rugby pitch ’ and even less about investigations and problem-solving . |
| 19 | Thirdly , as mentioned above , because we know little about historical relationships between sign languages it is difficult to disentangle historical influences and similarities between signs arising from other causes . |
| 20 | The project began approximately two years ago when the Belgian Ministry of Finance seemed to know little about Electronic Data Interchange , Gilmont says . |
| 21 | So long as you accept the local climbing ethics nad enjoy adventurous climbing there 's little about Czech sandstone or the Czechs that 's likely to wind you up . |
| 22 | Knowing little about medical practice , I consented to do as he demanded . |
| 23 | A count at one meeting revealed that all twenty-seven people present were Guardian readers , and it was obvious that many of them knew little about popular papers . |
| 24 | We have mentioned very little about harmonic paths in minor keys , but those with a sound harmonic upbringing will find it somewhat repetitive and superfluous to go over the whole ground again . |
| 25 | Suppose : That through good collecting your average accounts receivable are reduced to £ 150,000 , which means they are outstanding for an average of 45 days . |
| 26 | Coinciding with Jeffrey Archer and James Herbert 's defections to HarperCollins from Hodder ( each for two-book deals , worth over £2m and £1.7 respectively ) , former Hodder author Anthony Sampson ( The Anatomy of Britain ) has also taken his next book to HarperCollins . |
| 27 | Each of the 10 counties were to be allocated a seat , with two each for exiled parties . |
| 28 | According to BAFTA 's rules , the panel chairman votes only if there is a tie in the jury of seven — which would have come about if , for example , there had been three votes each for Prime Suspect and GBH and one for one of the other nominees such as the BBC 's Clarissa . |
| 29 | According to BAFTA 's rules , the chairman of the panel votes only if there is a tie in the jury of seven — which would have come about if , for example , there had been three votes each for Prime Suspect and GBH and one for one of the other nominees such as the BBC 's Clarissa . |
| 30 | Luckily , the Lentons had paid £25 each for medical insurance , which covered the lot . |