Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [det] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For groups in this position the right to take part in politics represents little more than the right to whistle in the wind . |
| 2 | A settlement was reached in 1972 , but in the 1980s , as the devolution of power to the south became little more than a façade and the economic situation deteriorated , the separatist movement re-emerged . |
| 3 | Welch is the first to admit that when the Theatre Royal opened in 1982 it was widely regarded as a white elephant , which quickly became little more than a stopping off point for second-rate touring products . |
| 4 | In the end , this is a book without a conclusion — despite its charts , its statistical tables and its thickets of notes , it offers little more than a collection of historical raw material . |
| 5 | That is an inadequate answer , given that more than a year ago there was a severe weather crisis throughout the country , especially in the east midlands district where 2 million people were without supplies , some of them for a considerable period . |
| 6 | Collaborative change , with negotiation between professional groups and the state , may be the best way forward , but without strong government control it risks becoming little more than a tinkering with the existing system . |
| 7 | It was once an important port , but now contains little more than a wharf , the use of which is also limited by the extremely wide range of the Severn Estuary tides . |
| 8 | $800 for Solaris 2.0-on-Sparc sounds expensive compared to USL 's $350 for Unix SVR4.2 ( Destiny ) , but SunSoft claims such a price would buy little more than a kernel from USL , and is virtually useless in such form . |
| 9 | However , it cost little more than the price of the land — a real bargain , ’ she parodied in a bitter little voice . |
| 10 | Instead of government-rigged prices , they want little more than a reaffirmation of existing anti-dumping rules . |
| 11 | The provisions the Committee recommend for inclusion involve little more than a restatement of the existing common law position : |
| 12 | Engineering , which played so central a role in this country 's industrial development , now has little more than a bit part according to many economists and politicians . |
| 13 | Barbados , which even now has little more than a quarter of a million people , has led the way with a roll of honour of mind-boggling proportions . |
| 14 | She said they 've all come to work oh I 've won a prize I 've got a car or I 've won this that and the other . |
| 15 | It may be true that the story of the English people is best seen in English literature , but English literature contains much more than the story of the English people . |
| 16 | But this book contains much more than an exposition on the background to the Children Act and an explanation of the principles on which it is founded . |
| 17 | A sensible aid policy — not just for Russia and Eastern Europe , but for the third world in general — calls for careful priorities , realistic goals and , above all , an understanding that the quality of aid matters much more than the quantity . |
| 18 | interested in English nobody , sh did n't know any more than the girl next door did she ? |
| 19 | Now I suppose this is just appealing to my sense of power or something , being able to walk in and take charge and in a minute or two they 've settled down and they 're not panicking because you 've arrived and all their burdens are on your shoulders and they do n't have to worry any more because the doctor 's there … this I find profoundly satisfying as long as I can , in fact , cope with what 's happening . |
| 20 | Secondly the archive base became much more than the database ( or rather its constituent tables ) . |
| 21 | The little round lawn with its grass path was so bitty that I was tempted to remove it altogether , and the two paved areas seemed too small to accommodate much more than a deckchair . |
| 22 | The change to a community-based service … involves much more than a change to the pattern of service provision . |
| 23 | It is important to begin by recognizing that assessment is a process which involves much more than the collection of information and data . |
| 24 | Away he goes Lawrence again to the right-handed and that 's short on the back foot plays it down with a dead bat , ball bounces little more than a yard or two . |
| 25 | Aerial photographs reveal little more than the site 's main features , and plotting scatters of surface finds only gives a reasonable guide to its centre , with little information about its extent or shape . |
| 26 | At her worst — which is to say , when her performances , all crust and no bread , seemed little more than a rash of mannerisms — she could strike one as impossibly tic-ridden and implausible . |
| 27 | Meanwhile the war progresses , causing little more than a headache over the shortage of petrol ( p.66 ) . |
| 28 | An inexpensive pond heater will solve the problem — and cost little more than a lightbulb to run . |
| 29 | Do not repeat this more than a couple of times in rapid succession however , because otherwise the dog may start to interpret this as a game . |
| 30 | We were unsure as to what what what we should do , what we should n't do , wi will we contact social work , will we tell our doctor , wha how how do we do this that and the other ? |