Example sentences of "of little more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | The speech consisted of little more than bullish assertions of the underlying dynamism and strength of the British economy . |
| 2 | Moreover , some appear to consist of little more than the ‘ active constituents ’ of the dietary regimen we have already described — a regime whose effectiveness is not accepted by all research workers . |
| 3 | There were derisory calls of a similar kind from the crowd long before the eighth round on Thursday as the fighters went to their corners after another three minutes of little more than dancing . |
| 4 | You can create quite a memorable set out of little more than good lighting . |
| 5 | THE ART of bluffing your way in the classic car game is a simply learned one , and consists of little more than memorising one derogatory generalisation about each make of car . |
| 6 | ‘ Rural development has often appeared to consist of little more than the creation of as many plans , programmes , projects , rural centres , and special development agencies as possible . |
| 7 | The hamlet consisted of little more than the substantially-built Adscombe Farm , three cottages , and a ruined medieval chapel , probably the original of the chapel in ‘ The Foster-Mother 's Tale ’ whose leaning wall was propped by a ‘ huge round beam ’ . |
| 8 | Doctors can convince trusting patients that they will get better even while giving them a course of pills which consist of little more than sugar and water . |
| 9 | So sex education becomes crucially important , but while the 1986 Education Act and Section 28 remain in place , sex education in Britain will consist of little more than a hymn to family life , largely devoid of any education about sex . |
| 10 | But in the space of little more than a year he found that Clift had ‘ deteriorated to a shocking degree ’ : |
| 11 | The early torch consisted of little more than impregnated rushes twisted about each other . |
| 12 | Remarkably , a record of little more than mediocrity has already lifted Holyfield within one or two fights of eclipsing every man who 's ever laced on a glove in terms of financial reward . |
| 13 | Some items were of little more than symbolic significance , but others were more substantial . |
| 14 | he had to share a bathroom with the four other tenants on the floor , and the room itself consisted of little more than a single bed pushed up against the wall to one side of the room , a wood-wormed wardrobe and a single gas ring for cooking . |
| 15 | Most sites do not produce remains that can be readily understood by casual visitors , and they often consist of little more than holes in the ground showing where posts once formed part of a timber building , pits dug for various purposes , or ditches for drainage , boundaries and defence . |
| 16 | The Low Attainers in Mathematics Project ( LAMP ) and the Raising Achievement in Mathematics Project ( RAMP ) found that the mathematical diet for low-attaining pupils often consisted of little more than basic arithmetic presented in simple step by step learning sequences and repeated frequently . |
| 17 | Schools were expected to make sense of ideas which had not always been thought through fully , and to implement practices whose justification frequently consisted of little more than unsubstantiated assertion . |
| 18 | In such a case , the pedagogical grammar may consist of little more than exercises and model conversations , without translations of the phrases taught , etc . |
| 19 | It is often the case that the mathematical diet for these lower attaining pupils consists of little more than basic arithmetic , presented in simple step-by-step learning sequences , and repeated frequently . |
| 20 | Training , in any case , was very limited , local staff visits to home-country plants were not very involving , and on-the-job training tended to consist of little more than watching expatriates at work . |