Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adv] little [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It needs very little provocation to start Shelley off on such topics , or Albé either — he particularly enjoys vampire stories . |
| 2 | What is more , because this youthful community has little contact with the older generation it has increasingly little reason to see why it should defer to the older generation 's judgement . |
| 3 | This acts to surprise the liver into activity , for it has very little work to do when you are on a pure diet . |
| 4 | Unfortunately the orientation of the palazzo means that it gets very little sun to set it off ; this together with the dark paint and stonework , means it looks rather sombre . |
| 5 | It takes very little effort to keep her clean and tidy . ’ |
| 6 | These three islands share a history that reads like a pirate novel and it takes very little research to find documented facts detailing pirate treasure and shipwrecks galore . |
| 7 | It takes very little time to do and makes an enormous difference to the finished garment . |
| 8 | But even without the figures it takes very little imagination to see why this council must not put off any longer the construction and commissioning of the southern fire station . |
| 9 | After this it comes as little surprise to learn that ‘ the earth was corrupt in God 's sight , and the earth was filled with violence ’ ( Gen. 6.11 ) . |