Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [det] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Dean , an early influence on anyone of Jack 's age , had little more than a year left of his life and was in regular attendance in 1954 , which was also the year Marlon Brando made it very big indeed in another Kazan film , On the Waterfront . |
| 5 | He had little more than a week , as his intention was to return to Jalo by 10 January . |
| 6 | Brezhnev died in November 1982 , his successor , Yuri Andropov lasted little more than a year , and Konstantin Chernenko survived only until March 1985 . |
| 7 | The writings of one of the great visionaries of the period , the Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin , were not allowed to be published and he remained little more than a name , if even that , to all but a few scholars . |
| 8 | The Lyons course was scheduled to last four years , but few pupils stayed much more than a year . |
| 9 | Neither particularly wanted any more but a lifetime 's resistance to waste went deep . |