Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] little [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do not judge these industrial towns by their faces ; they are the most alive places in England ; they are more interesting than the little dead country towns which we so like to look at : think of Manchester , Birmingham with their concerts , theatres , parks and art galleries … |
| 2 | For instance , when Oliver Reed made his now famous appearance with slightly more than a little Dutch courage inside him , he suddenly took it into his head that he wanted to sing . |
| 3 | More than a little private problem : On the eve of Nigel Lawson 's key address to the Conservative conference , Roger Bootle says the Chancellor must take the balance of payments deficit more seriously , and Nicholas Faith argues that the Tories have failed the entrepreneur |
| 4 | What reality lay behind this piece of youthful bombast — written when Joyce was still only sixteen — proved no more than a little amateur gathering of information by a schoolboy in association with other schoolboys . |
| 5 | None of this suggests that the NUAAW is going to sanction any widespread militant activity other than a little judicious sabre-rattling by its left-wing faction during negotiations on the AWB . |