Example sentences of "[vb base] [det] [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of government-rigged prices , they want little more than a reaffirmation of existing anti-dumping rules . |
| 2 | The provisions the Committee recommend for inclusion involve little more than a restatement of the existing common law position : |
| 3 | An inexpensive pond heater will solve the problem — and cost little more than a lightbulb to run . |
| 4 | And finally , there are the ones that seem little more than a cue for a really good cackle . |
| 5 | Scotland 's normal practice in qualifying groups is to pick up points early on and then drop some later when a cushion has been inflated to break their fall . |
| 6 | The dental remains indicate little more than a dependence on a hard-fruit diet , and there may have been several species with this inclination . |
| 7 | Such abuses were seldom reported , thorough investigations were rarely held , and " the few perpetrators disciplined or prosecuted usually get little more than a slap on the wrist and most know they can get away with it unchallenged " . |
| 8 | And someone else might catch it and get much more than a spot or two , so you see , you must be public-spirited about this . |
| 9 | The GIS operations constitute little more than a sequence of map overlays in the form of a Boolean search . |
| 10 | Well over thirty feet long with a 48-foot span and stressed to 3.5h , it is a tribute to de Havilland engineering skill that at 3,600 pounds including floats the great lump nevertheless weight much less than a Jaguar XJ200 . |
| 11 | Of course , we are all too aware of the physiological symptoms which result from anger and which take much more than a second to show their effect and presence : the forehead bunched in a frown , the staring eyes , the constricted pupils , the clenched mouth and fists , the jaw thrust forward , the reddened neck or face and enlarged arteries due to the increase in the blood supply to the skin . |
| 12 | As a result , Areas of Interest Maps represent little more than a statement of intent at a given moment in time by BC . |