Example sentences of "little [noun] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | NEW ATTEMPTS are underway to revive Wall Street 's most celebrated failed deal — the buyout of United Airlines which collapsed spreading chaos on the stock market two months ago — with little enthusiasm for a revised offer for the company before next year . |
| 2 | Movements for industrial democracy have been similarly discouraged , and even socialist governments , whether reformist or revolutionary , have shown little enthusiasm for a devolution of their powers which would permit a greater involvement of ordinary people in the direction of their everyday economic activities . |
| 3 | This was a condition not easily achieved at the Physic Garden because , Miller added , ‘ we have very little loam within a favourable distance ’ . |
| 4 | Dr Brice Pitt comments in Making the Most of Middle Age : ‘ So much publicity is now given to the art of making love , what men and women need from each other , and how to please your partner , that there is little excuse for a dull , unimaginative sex life even in the supposedly stolid middle-aged . ’ |
| 5 | There was very little night-life except a fellow coming home on his bike . |
| 6 | Being unwritten , the constitution also encourages a piecemeal approach to politics ; an approach that gives little protection against a determined , authoritarian state . |
| 7 | After all , mass-produced will always be mass-produced , but the whole point of mass-produced electrics is that you can walk into a store , pick the very best example from a row of several , spend a little money on a great setup , and maybe some pickups , and still save enough over a custom guitar to buy yourself an extremely nice amplifier . |
| 8 | I had bought them for very little money from a woman who looked needy . |
| 9 | And when I woke up , although it was still dark outside , I wrapped up some spare clothes in a parcel , and put a little money in a purse . |
| 10 | If I had a little money in a rich man 's world . |
| 11 | The teenager gets older , encounters some nicer , more controlled , more kindly people than he or she ever found at home — most people behave worst in their own homes — and with any luck comes to understand , yes , there is an aspiration or so floating around out there , and , if he , she , has n't seen too many horror movies , been too beaten up in body and mind , regains a little faith in a world at least potentially redeemable . |
| 12 | One effect of the early deadline was that some teachers claimed that their reports had to be rushed and that there was little opportunity for a considered appraisal : |
| 13 | He appeared to ignore her , saying his folly had been to believe one could sell a newspaper with as little responsibility as a man selling apples off a stall . |
| 14 | Stockbrokers say there is little interest in Pilkington shares and today 's figures will lead to little change in a ‘ continuing sell ’ attitude towards shares . |
| 15 | The horse box charge from the south would be a minimum of £500 and more for those coming from the West Country , so there would be little change from a £2,000 race when all the expenses , including the deductions for trainer , jockey and stable lads have been completed . |
| 16 | His hope was that the pope would allow the decision reached there to stand ; the plan , however , misfired for soon after the court 's opening the case was revoked to Rome , and Henry was left with little hope of a satisfactory verdict . |
| 17 | That will be harder to bear if there is little hope of a controlling interest in the near future . |
| 18 | As I arrived back in York just before 6pm on time and with little hope of a refund there was just one conclusion . |
| 19 | Even if the typical criminal sanction holds out little hope as a general deterrent , does it act as a specific deterrent ? |
| 20 | There is little support for a pact with the Ulster Unionist MPs . |
| 21 | Since there is little support for a temporary return to a Premier Division of 16 — this arrangement , of course , would deny the city clubs income generated by extra matches against Rangers and Celtic — a league set-up of 14-12-12 is on the cards for 1993-94 . |
| 22 | Sound argument based on long-term interest carries little weight against a sound economic argument based on short term interest ( " in the long term we are all dead " says Keynes ) . |
| 23 | Medical tests have proved that the Barcelona manager feels little emotion during a game . |
| 24 | Consequently readmission has little future as a general indicator of outcome , even though the increasing ease with which this index may be calculated by using computerized patient admission data bases is a strong attraction . |
| 25 | There seems little alternative to a change in the economy 's structure towards a new range of products . |
| 26 | One discouraging aspect of the relations between nations at the present time is that there is little indication of a decline in nationalist sentiment or in the fervour with which particular national interests are pursued . |
| 27 | This is not surprising since there was little perception of a functional link between popular education and economic development . |
| 28 | Weighty as they are , these questions have little relevance to a manager struggling to run a business as ethically as possible . |
| 29 | Likewise , ‘ employment ’ in the sense of earning money may have little relevance in a peasant society where people 's needs are met by the labour of their own hands . |
| 30 | There were no effective leaders with whom he could deal and , at this point , Congressional parties were of little help to a chief executive trying to meet his responsibility to govern . |