Example sentences of "[vb -s] very little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Black & Decker 's portable workbench , the Workmate , probably needs very little introduction . |
| 2 | It needs very little provocation to start Shelley off on such topics , or Albé either — he particularly enjoys vampire stories . |
| 3 | When connected and adjusted , an air pump needs very little attention . |
| 4 | The investigators believe that PROLOG achieves this exceptionally well , because of its flexible datastructuring ; a control flow which needs very little attention from the programmer ; and its simplicity and uniformity . |
| 5 | When the spaces between the scallops are left plain , it needs very little fabric fullness . |
| 6 | Mains gas is supplied to around 85% of British homes : it 's available ‘ on tap ’ ( there 's no need to store it ready for use ) ; it 's clean ; it 's easy to control ; and the equipment that uses it needs very little maintenance . |
| 7 | Once established , a pool needs very little maintenance compared with the many delights it offers . |
| 8 | It has not been possible to assess the state of their health , but fishermen have advised marine biologists that the area contains very little food . |
| 9 | So perhaps you feel that while all this talk about kinship and affinity may make good sense in discussions of the social life of Australian Aborigines or of Trobriand Islanders in Melanesia , it really has very little relevance for ourselves who live in a social context in which , as a general rule , affinity is of little significance and the majority of social relationships outside the domestic family are coded in quite a different way . |
| 10 | If it can be shown to the satisfaction of the jury that the defendant had the intention , he has very little opportunity to exculpate himself on the grounds that he lacked mens rea , as will be explained further presently . |
| 11 | The right hon. Member , who opposes everything so vehemently , has very little credibility left on this subject . |
| 12 | A £1,000 computer , several orders of magnitude more powerful than machines which cost £3,000 even five years ago , has very little profit built in for the supplier . |
| 13 | The traditional novel writers like Jane Austen are essentially objective and descriptive , Jane Austen for example describes events and people in a basic narrative style , she has very little involvement with any kind of thought life ; the actions made dictate the novel almost completely . |
| 14 | I 'm someone who has very little concern with any kind of social problems , someone who 's very much concerned with their own particular plight . |
| 15 | Similarly the arctic desert , with or without ice sheets , has very little water available during the short summers , and none in winters . |
| 16 | This acts to surprise the liver into activity , for it has very little work to do when you are on a pure diet . |
| 17 | erm Yet the distinction is one on which Proust repeatedly insists , at least for critical purposes , and elsewhere I think he puts the same idea quite succinctly , when he says and I quote , ‘ The man who inhabits the same body as a great genius has very little contact with him . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ She 's badly run down anyway — like most of us since the war — and has very little resistance . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Madame Lavender , I understand , has very little fortune of her own . |
| 20 | Of course , he has very little proof ( how could he have ? ) , but his various arguments are very persuasive . |
| 21 | Further , does he realise that Rolls-Royce now has very little chance of being specified as the lead engine on the 777 ? |
| 22 | At the confirmation stage the agent really has very little function because the necessary steps are taken by the Secretary of State . |
| 23 | ‘ She has very little regard for other people 's property and other people 's lives now , which was n't how she was a few years ago . |
| 24 | As Katharine is away at university , she has very little time to ride . |
| 25 | Is not the real answer that the Conservative party has very little time and even less concern for British workers ? |
| 26 | ‘ The play is a hotch-potch of fairytale and modern juvenile humour , which , even if it is only designed for children , has very little appeal , ’ he wrote . |
| 27 | To put it crudely , the global capitalist system has very little need of the subordinate classes in this sphere . |
| 28 | That will happen in respect of manufacturing industry , but entry into the ERM has very little effect upon the service sector . |
| 29 | The A fifty nine relief road had very little effect on traffic flows on the A sixty one through Harrogate and vice versa , the A the western relief has very little effect on traffic flows on the A sixty one through Harrogate . |
| 30 | And vice versa , the A the western relief has very little effect on the A fifty nine . |