Example sentences of "[verb] little [adj] than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But new-wave sanitation experts say sewerage offers little more than convenience when compared to well thought-out latrines . |
| 2 | Seven supplements , 136 pages and a rolling roster of high profile commentators aggressively signal the ST 's intention to represent ‘ every shade of opinion ’ even if , given the paper 's overall ideological complexion , some of the captured names suggest little more than tokenism . |
| 3 | Since then , the directors have done little other than line their own pockets , award themselves enormous pay increases and indulge in dodgy share options , all of which has been done at the expense of the domestic customer , whose bill has gone up by 40 per cent . |
| 4 | Operating under budgets constrained by the government 's public expenditure policies , health authorities can do little other than wait until the new financial year before they provide extra funds for hospitals . |
| 5 | He could do little more than watch porpoises and gulls with them . |
| 6 | Under these conditions we have little option other than to accept that we can do little more than look with envy towards those farmers in New Zealand making a living without the ‘ benefit ’ of subsidies . |
| 7 | Yet computer cuts in the services sector mean that , for now , it can do little more than mark time . |
| 8 | further , top management may do little more than pay lip-service to computing . |
| 9 | The report outlines what would happen in the event of nuclear war and maintains that talk of planning for , and training in triage and mass casualty techniques is meaningless , because surviving nurses would be able to do little other than help to provide limited care for casualties and comfort the dying . |
| 10 | It was Eric 's turn next : his presenter appeared in jogging track suit , and false beard , and needed to do little more than puff heavily round the stage several times intoning ‘ no , not on the roof , no , not on the roof , to bring the house down , rousing laughter even from those who did not know that these were the mysterious words that the Warden had uttered in a loud cry when abruptly roused from slumber during a session of group therapy . |
| 11 | We already know that many of the existing members of the Community currently pay little more than lip service to EC directives . |
| 12 | Indeed , such progress has not been common to all publishers — some still produce little more than typesetting tapes with cryptic codes labelling the various components of each entry , and little or no accompanying software or documentation for their search or extraction . |
| 13 | Lithified materials may require little more than decision on the orientations of thin sections needed for later examination under the optical microscope , but special slide preparation and cementing media may be required , particularly if soluble minerals are thought to be present ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 14 | Though the majority of teachers reported grading reading requirements according to pupils ' abilities , the general practice did not include close supervision of pupils ' reading , and it appeared that frequently the interested and able pupils read widely on a topic while the poorest readers did little other than copy short statements or cut out pictures . |
| 15 | Western governments generally expressed sympathy for the Lithuanian cause and concern at Soviet military pressure and the economic blockade , and Prunskiene was received everywhere by heads of government , but these governments did little more than call for restraint by both sides and for negotiations . |
| 16 | Harry Agg , the old man who had helped on the farm for very many years , was still employed there , but he did little more than potter , his main duties being to clean out the stables and cowshed . |
| 17 | Second , the institutions of government , apart from the Council , did little more than process decisions made elsewhere . |
| 18 | Hewison 's contention is that the term ‘ postmodernism ’ does little more than signal modernism 's ending : let us than weep for all forms of reflective production , swept away , along with our sense of history , by the marriage of commerce and culture . |
| 19 | During that period Lukic had little more than back passes to worry him ( AND SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF THE LEEDS FANS SEZ ME ) |
| 20 | Artefacts are frequently reconstructed before they are put on display , which may involve little more than repair work , such as sticking pieces of pot together and filling any remaining gaps . |
| 21 | The self-centred and materialistic climate of the decade corrodes ideals and concerns about social justice , narrowing perspectives to the point where conversations comprise little more than house prices or retiling the bathroom . |
| 22 | This type of drill , however , probably teaches little more than familiarity with the verb root . |