Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overall impression gained by the Commission is that the Church in general either takes for granted the contribution of music to its worship , or places little value upon it . |
| 2 | Alternatively , to avoid this people come to feel omnipotent which is but a short step from wreaking the kind of destruction that offers little hope of remaking life at work anew . |
| 3 | One possibility would be for the analyst to invent a large number of sentences and try saying them with different intonation patterns ( i.e. different combinations of head and tone ) , noting what attitude was supposed to correspond to the intonation in each case ; of course , the results are then very subjective , and based on an artificial performance that has little resemblance to conversational speech . |
| 4 | Some MPs believe it is outdated , associated with a working class tradition that has little resonance in the 1990s . |
| 5 | Shot , as a result , in sporadic bursts , it combines awesome monochrome compositions with abysmal post-synchronised dialogue that bears little relationship to the character 's lip movements . |
| 6 | Having smilingly watched Palmer acknowledge his footsoldiers , then go through a practice swing that bears little relation to the actual flurry and flourish , Wolstenholme 's start was nervy , understandably , and inauspicious . |
| 7 | The constants in the model were growth rates in electricity use by commercial premises , industry that uses little electricity , and irrigation , which now takes 20 per cent of Karnataka 's electricity . |
| 8 | The answer is with When in Britain , the cross-cultural book that demands little preparation . |
| 9 | Being unwritten , the constitution also encourages a piecemeal approach to politics ; an approach that gives little protection against a determined , authoritarian state . |
| 10 | A chairing thought that brings little joy |
| 11 | There are some waters that lie in valleys where the wind has little if any influence on the water , apart from a scurrying ripple that makes little difference to the temperature layers , dissolved oxygen , or food distribution . |
| 12 | Many small towns in rural areas have been chosen as the sites of branch plants because they have ready supplies of labour which ( drawing on low female activity rates ) is flexible , is relatively cheap , and has little tradition of trade unionism . |
| 13 | Mr Alan Howarth , who joined the DES only in the July reshuffle and has little experience of and no responsibility for higher education , will be Mr Jackson 's back-up . |
| 14 | There is an immediate contrast with the literary criticism and theory of the early twentieth century , in that most recent work begins and ends in the academy , and has little contact with current literary practice . |
| 15 | He 's since written a 4-volume history of wartime intelligence and has little doubt about Bletchley 's significance . |
| 16 | In conclusion , I ask is it sensible needlessly to destroy a system which provides the best standard of living for all its citizens on the African continent and replace it with a system which will bring misery in the short-term and has little proof that it will ever attain today 's standard of living in the long term ? |
| 17 | The result is that , by and large , the fiscal has to take the case as the police have presented it ; he does not seize the opportunity to come into direct contact with the investigation and has little chance of finding out what the police have ignored . |
| 18 | Pendrich has also qualified for the sprint freestyle , but currently lies in eleventh place and has little chance of replacing Sheppard as the new champion . |
| 19 | Like many women who have crashed through the glass ceiling — or , perhaps , ignored it — she is strongly opposed to positive discrimination in favour of women and has little time for the argument that women do n't succeed because they are women . |
| 20 | The designation is a form of landscape protection only and has little value in nature conservation terms . |
| 21 | Today Bob is visiting Clinton Tanner , a tetraplegic who is confined to a wheelchair and has little use of his hands following an accident when he dived into a swimming pool . |
| 22 | But while Mystified Man is youngish and has little confidence , he wants more involvement with his baby . |
| 23 | In cells that are oscillating , the magnitude of this influx component through second messenger-operated channels is often rather small and has little effect on the intracellular level of calcium during the interval between spikes , mainly because it is rapidly sequestered by the internal stores . |
| 24 | The maintenance of the right of silence in police station interviews — the Commission 's own research showed that this right is little used and has little effect on the decision of the police whether or not to prosecute or on the outcome of the proceedings . |
| 25 | Stephen King is now known as today 's leading horror book writer and needs little introduction . |
| 26 | Relatively inexpensive , easy to operate , and needs little servicing ( but keep spare lamp handy ) . |
| 27 | To say merely that ‘ things are different now ’ is hardly any consolation for the pain and bitterness of past experience and bears little assurance of a future political and military stability in Europe . |
| 28 | However , this rate is more a reflection of overall government macroeconomic policy and bears little relationship to the opportunity cost of particular projects . |
| 29 | The island of Hawaii itself is currently active and shows little sign of erosion ( Fig. 5.10 ) , whereas the island of Kauai , where most volcanic activity ceased around 4Ma BP , is deeply eroded and cut by spectacular valleys ( Fig. 5.11 ) . |
| 30 | He is harsh and shows little pity in dealing with the fallen angels and his exclamation that his son will be exalted resounds with a rather curt and slightly arrogant ring . |