Example sentences of "[vb base] [det] more [conj] [art] [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 | Aerial photographs reveal little more than the site 's main features , and plotting scatters of surface finds only gives a reasonable guide to its centre , with little information about its extent or shape . |
| 4 | An inexpensive pond heater will solve the problem — and cost little more than a lightbulb to run . |
| 5 | And finally , there are the ones that seem little more than a cue for a really good cackle . |
| 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 | Genesis is exhilarating and exuberant orthodox big-band music of a kind rarely played with such punch any more and the sharpness of the CD enhances the brash , headlong momentum of it — Tracey 's orchestras always sound as if they are going to work with the elan of Saturday night at the Savoy ballroom . |
| 10 | The GIS operations constitute little more than a sequence of map overlays in the form of a Boolean search . |
| 11 | At best they furnish little more than an outline guide to the interpretation of the numerical data , a hint of the kind of hypothesis that needs to be tested . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | However , insurrection and revolution , whether by peasants or others , explain little more than the timing of some cases of serf emancipation , and nothing about the abolition of slavery . |
| 14 | As a result , Areas of Interest Maps represent little more than a statement of intent at a given moment in time by BC . |