Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] is little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So there is little chance of our newsreaders breaking off , US-style , from a headline story to extol the virtues of a brand of paint , or even a national newspaper . |
| 2 | So there is little chance that the 1993 programme will go for short-term audience gain at the expense of long-term credibility . |
| 3 | So there is little difficulty in believing those researchers who conclude from a study of the detailed structure of both adult and larva that the flatworms are descended from simpler organisms like corals and jellyfish . |
| 4 | So there is little check on them , except by referring to clinical case material for prohibitions or actions analogous to those in the tribe . |
| 5 | Very close to the wall is small and so there is little energy production ; far from it , is small with the same consequence . |
| 6 | Nevertheless there is little doubt that in the cases of Frederick and Joseph at least a feeling that an enlightened ruler ought to be above merely personal and family considerations , that it was his duty to sacrifice them ruthlessly on the altar of the State , was a factor in their behaviour to their own blood relations . |
| 7 | It is now entrenched so deeply there is little chance of it being overturned . |
| 8 | Sooner or later there is little doubt that the reticent Prince of Wales will have to make some kind of statement . |
| 9 | Clearly there is little traffic on this road . |
| 10 | Similarly there is little correlation between farming profits and farm workers ' wages on a regional basis . |
| 11 | Similarly there is little indication of concentration leading to major ‘ managerial ’ restructuring of union organisation or to change in traditional attitudes . |
| 12 | Medically there is little change in factors such as blood pressure , and risk of heart disease , though there could be a moderate fall in blood cholesterol level if this is elevated at the start of the diet . |
| 13 | Yet so far there is little evidence of this effect . |
| 14 | Often there is little respite when they get here . |
| 15 | More often there is little awareness of either the potential for independent living or how its denial is a denial of a basic human right . |
| 16 | Today there is little sign of the feminine touch in the Cabinet at Westminster . |
| 17 | Today there is little doubt that northern and western Britain , now including industrial areas , form part of the relatively deprived ‘ periphery ’ of western Europe — with southern Spain and southern Italy . |
| 18 | But today there is little hint of Allison 's old Champagne Charlie image . |
| 19 | Generally speaking the lift seems to have worked very satisfactorily , but even here there is little information , either in the minute books or in other records of the Company . |
| 20 | Here there is little site competition , little aggression , and a development of displays based on locomotion . |
| 21 | So the apparently boundless diversity of plant life disappears when one recalls that all plants are composed of carbon , hydrogen , oxygen , nitrogen and a few less important elements , and that chemically there is little difference between a daisy and an oak tree . |
| 22 | So , for whom is Belfast working ? — surely there is little hope that West Belfast will ever really work until the ‘ hidden agenda ’ is acknowledged and changed ! |
| 23 | The theory is elegant , but unfortunately there is little evidence in its favour . |
| 24 | And as Mary Douglas ( 1973 : 15 ) had pointed out , ‘ if we can not bring the argument back from tribal ethnography to ourselves , then there is little point in starting it at all ’ . |
| 25 | If one simply uses a dictionary to determine the grammatical category of a word then there is little indication of which are the more likely syntactic categories . |
| 26 | Puppies are unable to relate to an event which occurred in the past , so if you find that a place has been soiled overnight there is little point in scolding the puppy accordingly . |
| 27 | This is particularly important at a time when there is little mobility in the education service . |
| 28 | Again there is little evidence to suggest that he made a significant contribution to the work of the court . |
| 29 | Well the situation there is firstly there is little point in shouting and identifying ourselves if , firstly there 's nobody in the flat , or secondly er we 're giving advance warning that we are coming along the corridor to a possible location , er of somebody with a firearm . |
| 30 | This somewhat idiosyncratic interpretation is no doubt coloured by the specificities of French history , yet there is little doubt that the British police system is also a political construction of the nineteenth century , created to contain the potential in the newly urbanized working classes for mob disorder , which the excesses of the military had seemed likely to exacerbate rather than disperse . |