Example sentences of "[coord] more than [art] little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally he lowered the papers on to the desk and whistled through his teeth in astonishment , and more than a little dismay . |
| 2 | Joanne and the other members of the team of teachers working with the intake year embarked on the new curriculum with a good deal of enthusiasm and more than a little apprehension . |
| 3 | One or two of the instructions are ambiguous , some of the parts do not fit together as they are supposed to and more than a little initiative is required to complete the project . |
| 4 | It was uncanny and more than a little unnerving to watch : the perfect hunter at work . |
| 5 | After two months of solid work and more than a little imagination , John and Jenny have created a marvellous centrepiece for their home . |
| 6 | THERE IS a paranoiac frisson , and more than a little insight , to be had from the thought that we humans are not really in control of our own fates , and that someone or something is using us . |