Example sentences of "[verb] little more 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 | He could do little more than watch porpoises and gulls with them . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Yet computer cuts in the services sector mean that , for now , it can do little more than mark time . |
6 | further , top management may do little more than pay lip-service to computing . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | We already know that many of the existing members of the Community currently pay little more than lip service to EC directives . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 ) . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Second , the institutions of government , apart from the Council , did little more than process decisions made elsewhere . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | During that period Lukic had little more than back passes to worry him ( AND SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF THE LEEDS FANS SEZ ME ) |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | This type of drill , however , probably teaches little more than familiarity with the verb root . |