Example sentences of "to [adj] [det] than [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Environmentalists , who have long campaigned for a single agency , have expressed their concern that the plans for the reform of the Inspectorate amount to little more than political opportunism and will have little real impact . |
| 2 | But gradually his terror of metal stairways subsided to little more than ordinary fear . |
| 3 | Lou Reed 's lyrics amount to little more than self-indulgent nastiness , says Tony Parsons |
| 4 | However , the title of this paper restricts reference to developed countries only , but even here the normative suggestions about distortions to prices of factors and outputs ( leading to inappropriate signals to research institutions ) seem to amount to little more than wishful thinking . |
| 5 | Today , there are more good lines than bad , and the choice amounts to little more than personal preference . |
| 6 | There is still a superficial resemblance to the old style , especially on larger vases which often have a figure-frieze on neck and body , the rest being covered with graded bands of abstract ornament ; but this has shrunk to little more than varied groupings of zigzags , while massed zigzags among the figures of the main friezes make a shimmering ground on which the fuller , curvier silhouettes or dot-filled outlines of men , women , animals , monsters , flowers stand out . |
| 7 | ‘ Did you not come away thinking that the urban development challenge of the century adds to little more than opportunistic chaos — an architectural circus — with a sprinkling of postmodern gimmicks , the ghastly mega-lumps of Canary Wharf and a fairground train to get you there ? ’ |
| 8 | There was general agreement that current initiatives to meet those problems were ineffective , that there was little consultation with the people of West Belfast and that frequently they amounted to little more than cosmetic exercises . |
| 9 | All the same , the text makes no claim to be citing this rescript , and it is very curious that the jurist should first limit his remarks to the facts as stated and then go on to limit them to the words quoted ; especially since the facts stated amount to little more than those words . |
| 10 | Elsewhere , local authority treatment could descend to little more than fashionable mediocrity . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm afraid my cooking does n't extend to much more than scrambled eggs or sardines on toast , ’ said Julia , feeling thoroughly useless . |
| 12 | While the early Waltz-Caprices , composed when Reger was only 19 years of age and a student at the Wiesbaden Conservatory , are evidently modelled on the numerous dance sets by Brahms ( yet another of the composer 's musical heroes ) , they amount to much more than blatant pastiche . |
| 13 | Nothing he had been told from the very first moment he had arrived in Perugia amounted to any more than salacious gossip , casual slanders , ill-informed rumours of no real value which elsewhere would never have reached his ears . |