Example sentences of "little [adj] than the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | For little more than the price of two rolls of 35mm this source of invaluable information really is worth having . |
| 2 | For little more than the price of ordinary-looking hardcover books you can own these extraordinary editions — books that are admired and collected in 131 countries around the world . |
| 3 | However , it cost little more than the price of the land — a real bargain , ’ she parodied in a bitter little voice . |
| 4 | ‘ History , which is , indeed , little more than the register of the crimes , follies and misfortunes of mankind , ’ for instance ; or , ‘ corruption , the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty , ’ and , most chillingly , ‘ all that is human must be retrograde if it does not advance . ’ |
| 5 | In the immediate post-war years , the Minister of Defence had been little more than the co-ordinator of the three autonomous Service Ministries and the Ministry of Supply . |
| 6 | There may well be a reputable graffiti artist in the area who would take on the challenge for little more than the cost of the materials ! |
| 7 | Wimpey News has teamed up with Kuoni , one of the world 's leading travel companies , to offer readers the chance of visiting one of three exotic holiday destinations for little more than the cost of a European holiday . |
| 8 | This actually is little more than the theology of Genesis chapter two . |
| 9 | His well-meaning attempt at being nice to Black Britons amounted to little more than the recital of a catalogue of sporting achievement . |
| 10 | This indicates little more than the lack of influence exerted by BASW and the SCA , but the real indictment of the profession is that the principles of social work and management have not been integrated . |
| 11 | For socialists of this persuasion , their model society has required little more than the superimposition of a substantial state sector on to societies characterized by markets , private ownership and liberal democracy . |
| 12 | However , insurrection and revolution , whether by peasants or others , explain little more than the timing of some cases of serf emancipation , and nothing about the abolition of slavery . |
| 13 | Extended development of heads and others has in the past amounted to little more than the agglomeration of courses relating to specific short-term issues . |
| 14 | All this was little more than the Ministry of Health could offer in 1935 as advice for scheme preparation , in guidance which remained in force for the remainder of the decade . |
| 15 | Whatever Isabella 's private intentions may have been , the deposition of the king had so far formed no part of her publicly declared programme , which amounted to little more than the removal of the Despensers . |
| 16 | Connolly 's famous valedictory — ‘ It is closing time in the gardens of the West ’ — may be little more than the self-excusing of an indolent man , but what replaced Horizon ( 1940 — 50 ) and Penguin New Writing ( 1940–50 ) was something far brisker and far less mandarin . |
| 17 | For the moment , the revolution of 1327 seemed to amount to little more than the replacement of one greedy and unscrupulous faction by another . |
| 18 | ‘ Rural development has often appeared to consist of little more than the creation of as many plans , programmes , projects , rural centres , and special development agencies as possible . |
| 19 | Another writer has argued that , apart from the period of financial crisis in the immediate aftermath of the war , government control amounted to little more than the application of Keynesian nostrums and wartime controls rather than the application of thoroughgoing plans for the reconstruction of industry . |
| 20 | It is important to see , however , that what was involved in the contract between the employer ( the multi-national Philips ) and the specialist operator was little more than the sub-contracting of the management of the canteens . |
| 21 | Adeane 's function as private secretary appeared to be little more than the job of arranging the Prince 's schedule around polo and the children 's bath times . |
| 22 | In a much governed kingdom like England royal administration included control over the sheriff and other local officers ; in some kingdoms it included little more than the issuing of charters and the collecting of somewhat meagre taxes . |
| 23 | Usually this has required little more than the extension of existing legislation to cover the special case of Arctic reserves . |
| 24 | However , Saragossa could not be taken , despite the vast forces set against it and Charles decided to return to Aquitaine , having gained very little other than the defeat of the Basques after storming Pamplona . |