Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overall impression gained by the Commission is that the Church in general either takes for granted the contribution of music to its worship , or places little value upon it . |
| 2 | Dr Anthony Ayles , of the Hermitage Group practice in Edinburgh , is one of several GPs who offer this service but only to patients he considers are at risk from heart disease — those with a close relative who developed coronary problems before 50 , those who smoke , have high blood pressure , are overweight , diabetic or take little exercise . |
| 3 | I managed to get in hundreds of leaflets , through a few loyal workers in the Department , but these were either destroyed or had little effect ; or more likely , were not adequately distributed out of fear . |
| 4 | Strategically that made little sense , for the Wilds were almost empty , yet it was as if the City 's architect had known that this vast , jagged hole — this primitive wilderness at the heart of its hive-like orderliness — would one day prove its weakest point . |
| 5 | As a consequence , the question of where to eat was one that made little impression on her . |
| 6 | Alternatively , to avoid this people come to feel omnipotent which is but a short step from wreaking the kind of destruction that offers little hope of remaking life at work anew . |
| 7 | One possibility would be for the analyst to invent a large number of sentences and try saying them with different intonation patterns ( i.e. different combinations of head and tone ) , noting what attitude was supposed to correspond to the intonation in each case ; of course , the results are then very subjective , and based on an artificial performance that has little resemblance to conversational speech . |
| 8 | Some MPs believe it is outdated , associated with a working class tradition that has little resonance in the 1990s . |
| 9 | ‘ No , you may not , ’ she said with a calmness that bore little resemblance to the chaos inside her . |
| 10 | Crawford was again in a small role that commanded little attention and he could count it as more experience on the ladder to success . |
| 11 | Shot , as a result , in sporadic bursts , it combines awesome monochrome compositions with abysmal post-synchronised dialogue that bears little relationship to the character 's lip movements . |
| 12 | Having smilingly watched Palmer acknowledge his footsoldiers , then go through a practice swing that bears little relation to the actual flurry and flourish , Wolstenholme 's start was nervy , understandably , and inauspicious . |
| 13 | The constants in the model were growth rates in electricity use by commercial premises , industry that uses little electricity , and irrigation , which now takes 20 per cent of Karnataka 's electricity . |
| 14 | The answer is with When in Britain , the cross-cultural book that demands little preparation . |
| 15 | This suggestion was greeted with howls of laughter at the idea of anyone bothering to take a route that included Little Weirwold . |
| 16 | Being unwritten , the constitution also encourages a piecemeal approach to politics ; an approach that gives little protection against a determined , authoritarian state . |
| 17 | A chairing thought that brings little joy |
| 18 | There are some waters that lie in valleys where the wind has little if any influence on the water , apart from a scurrying ripple that makes little difference to the temperature layers , dissolved oxygen , or food distribution . |
| 19 | The labour movement has made hardly any use of its own scholars and intellectuals , and gives them little support , so that many drift through higher education into roles that have little relationship with their origins and aspirations . |
| 20 | The same sense is induced in white collar workers such as book-keepers , who are manipulating symbols that have little connection with tangible realities . |
| 21 | Although all mineral working activities come under the control of the Town and Country Planning Acts , certain operations , including most mineral prospecting activities that have little effect on the environment , do not require specific planning permission . |
| 22 | ‘ So you 've come back , ’ he grunted in a tone that held little welcome . |
| 23 | Douglas , disappointed , had of course been prepared for this also , and wasted little time in cursing . |
| 24 | He was waiting for her outside and wasted little time in virtually hustling her outside to where his car was waiting for them . |
| 25 | This exile might have been permanent had Swegen not died in February 1014. Æthelred was invited back , and wasted little time in expelling Cnut and his army from their Lincolnshire base . |
| 26 | He preferred to keep acquaintances as such , rarely divulged his feelings and placed little reliance on others . |
| 27 | Then she reached out and hugged little Kirsty tightly . |
| 28 | She held it on her finger and sang to it and made little kissing noises with her lips that he tried to imitate . |
| 29 | In England the codes of the Anglo-Saxon kings , although they covered only a fraction of the area covered by custom , and although they contained numerous traditional items , involved some new legislation and made little pretence of not doing so . |
| 30 | It looked very different to a nautical chart and made little sense to me , but I gradually deciphered some of the meaning from its weird markings . |