Example sentences of "now little more than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a narrow road from the coast along the north side of Loch Morar as far as the little settlement of Bracorina and , from here , an easy climb to the crest of the ridge behind reveals a superlative view of Loch Nevis and Loch Morar , which are now little more than a mile apart . |
| 2 | Here the Dwarfs of antiquity had built their gate , once a vast and impregnable fortress but now little more than a pile of stone through which the road still led . |
| 3 | He had been moving heaven and earth to gain what was now little more than a pittance , in the light of what he had unexpectedly inherited . |
| 4 | Built in 1540 as one of Henry VIII 's network of coastal defences , it is now little more than a rock pile . |
| 5 | Although there was now little more than an hour to go , the actual moment when the lights would go out remained stubbornly remote . |