Example sentences of "as [verb] little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alone of the Pacific species , N. emarginata shows something like a comparable variation in shell shape with exposure ( Crothers , 1984 ) , but the shell is so thin as to afford little protection from crabs regardless of its shape ( Kitching , 1976 ) and an ability to resist desiccation could be of great value to this highQQintertidal species in sites protected from continuous spray . |
| 2 | More importantly , the financial and time pressures on heads of houses have become so acute as to leave little appetite among senior publishing people for taking on additional responsibilities . |
| 3 | Work experience , on the other hand , was seen by employers as part of the school 's discipline and as giving little information about the pupil as an individual . |
| 4 | However , unlike the pupils at school A they saw the organization of the school as having little influence on their educational opportunities , rather they saw the attitudes of the teachers as being paramount , concluding that the prevailing attitudes held by certain teachers would undermine the organization of any school . |
| 5 | This will not , however , be achieved as long as IT is regarded as the province of mathematics , science and technology in the curriculum , and English — or other language — teachers are seen as having little part to play . |
| 6 | Since then , however , the LDP had recovered ground under the steady leadership of Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu , while the opposition had been increasingly perceived as divided and as having little policy other than opposing the government . |
| 7 | The Doctor talked about ‘ the police ’ as having little control , and ‘ as yet ’ not having a scientific methodology to investigate crimes . |
| 8 | In fact , the message is seen as having little news value and is confined to wishes of a happier 1993 . |
| 9 | So far I have discussed two attempts to distinguish the different types of political system in terms of an evolutionary scheme ; one of them ( that of Spencer ) being so abstract as to have little value in establishing a precise historical sequence , while the other ( that of Marx ) possesses less of an evolutionary character than may at first sight appear and leaves unsolved many problems in the construction of an adequate typology of precapitalist and capitalist societies . |
| 10 | Between 1900 and the late 1970s … we are asked to strike comparisons between such different styles of law enforcement as to make little sense . |