Example sentences of "[vb base] [det] more [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rent 's supposed allies appear little more than an improbable amalgam of all those who might be opposed to the regime of Mortimer and Isabella , and it is hard to believe that the conspiracy had such wide-ranging support . |
| 2 | Instead of government-rigged prices , they want little more than a reaffirmation of existing anti-dumping rules . |
| 3 | The provisions the Committee recommend for inclusion involve little more than a restatement of the existing common law position : |
| 4 | At the higher levels of government , candidates are usually selected by the top leaders themselves , another element of ‘ top down ’ power , making the actual election process little more than a ‘ rubber stamping ’ exercise . |
| 5 | An inexpensive pond heater will solve the problem — and cost little more than a lightbulb to run . |
| 6 | And finally , there are the ones that seem little more than a cue for a really good cackle . |
| 7 | In comparison with Porter 's work , the lists of factors given by General Electric back in the 1970s now seem little more than a tentative beginning at an appropriate form of analysis . |
| 8 | The dental remains indicate little more than a dependence on a hard-fruit diet , and there may have been several species with this inclination . |
| 9 | Such abuses were seldom reported , thorough investigations were rarely held , and " the few perpetrators disciplined or prosecuted usually get little more than a slap on the wrist and most know they can get away with it unchallenged " . |
| 10 | With Stanley turning out to be , in the best Ben Franklin tradition , an inventor and mechanical genius on the side , things get much more than a little too easy . |
| 11 | And someone else might catch it and get much more than a spot or two , so you see , you must be public-spirited about this . |
| 12 | Most of them demand little more than a ‘ view with a loo ’ — a place to park , a cup of tea and adequate toilet facilities . |
| 13 | The GIS operations constitute little more than a sequence of map overlays in the form of a Boolean search . |
| 14 | At best they furnish little more than an outline guide to the interpretation of the numerical data , a hint of the kind of hypothesis that needs to be tested . |
| 15 | Of course , we are all too aware of the physiological symptoms which result from anger and which take much more than a second to show their effect and presence : the forehead bunched in a frown , the staring eyes , the constricted pupils , the clenched mouth and fists , the jaw thrust forward , the reddened neck or face and enlarged arteries due to the increase in the blood supply to the skin . |
| 16 | As a result , Areas of Interest Maps represent little more than a statement of intent at a given moment in time by BC . |