Example sentences of "was little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was little apology in Luke 's voice or in the look he gave the other man , and Fred laughed . |
| 2 | But there was little celebration in the Kiwi camp on gaining a finals spot . |
| 3 | What is even more surprising is that there was little celebration of the inauguration of this unique technical phenomenon in the engineering press . |
| 4 | Conservation groups hailed the decision as enlightened , and there was little criticism from the fishing industry . |
| 5 | In Catalonia there was little criticism of a territorial aristocracy that took little or no interest in its lands : the large farmers were confident and secure in an aristocratic rural society where an early and major defeat of the economic power of the nobility had left the masovers a rural bourgeoisie . |
| 6 | Filmmakers were rarely imported from outside ( Thorold Dickinson , who was allowed in to make Secret People in 1952 , could be regarded as an ‘ old boy ’ since he had worked at the studio during Basil Dean 's time ) and , with five directors responsible for two-thirds of the films made at the studio between 1942 and 1955 , there was little competition inside the studio , and no exposure to fresh ideas from outside . |
| 7 | There was more than enough to go around , so there was little competition for loans , and interest rates were relatively low . |
| 8 | There was little likelihood of Denmark being able to regain control over the Danish populations lost to Germany in 1864 , nor of Sweden regaining Finland , a Russian province , where there were still large numbers of Swedes . |
| 9 | Another problem was the uncertainty surrounding city-centre planning , when it was apparent that there was little likelihood of an early resolution of the financial , administrative and political issues involved . |
| 10 | However , in 1982 , the World Health Organization stated that there was little likelihood of a significant change in the ozone layer in this century as a result of changing agricultural practices , but that the topic requires further study because of possible long-term effects ( Hulm , 1982 ) . |
| 11 | It was the school 's belief that the creation of special units would not solve the behavioural problems which we encounter and furthermore there was little likelihood of re-integration into mainstream schooling ( a view largely substantiated by the available evidence of many of the existing units ) . |
| 12 | There was little likelihood that he would believe it , and , anyway Huy himself was not about to trust the Medjay completely . |
| 13 | As both had their special preoccupations in 1980 — the US its Tehran hostages and the USSR Afghanistan — there was little likelihood of Iraq 's invasion provoking the intervention of either . |
| 14 | The stalls were erected and dismantled every day so there was little likelihood of the arms being hidden beneath them . |
| 15 | While welcoming the news of the developments in Lancashire , shop stewards at the Albion axle works in Glasgow said that did not alter the position at their factory , where there was little likelihood of a similar buy-out . |
| 16 | But Mr Jones said there was little likelihood of Airtours returning for another tilt at a takeover in a year 's time , which it is entitled to do , given the Cook stake . |
| 17 | There was little monitoring until the later 1980s ( Sills , Taylor and Golding , 1985 ) . |
| 18 | His first challenge was to take charge of a nuclear research centre for C. A. Parsons , which at the time employed 350 graduates and trained scientists , but for which there was little work . |
| 19 | He was surprised by her , there was little expectancy , just blankness . |
| 20 | ‘ We were new to the business when we opened up , and we quickly realised that there was little advantage in the higher discounts from publishers when their long delivery times were taken into account . |
| 21 | So by the time an actual ( although as it turned out farcical ) landing took place in North Wales on 25 February , there was little gold in the chest to meet massive withdrawing . |
| 22 | And there was little water in that place . |
| 23 | Surprisingly , there was little euphoria after the game . |
| 24 | This set the pattern of Anglo-Gascon administration for the rest of the Middle Ages , and there was little departure from its terms before the final débâcle of 1453 . |
| 25 | Their league table is headed by improved attitudes , increased staffing and staff development ; but there was little consensus about the rest . |
| 26 | The Schools Council 's early projects have been criticized in that they rarely took account of the context of the individual institutions where change was sought and ignored the fact that there was little consensus amongst teachers about the value of change anyway ( Becher and Maclure , 1978 ; Kelly , 1982 ; Richards , 1983 ; Cassidy , 1986 ) . |
| 27 | Dave said : ‘ Before the field trip , we were basing our knowledge on a lot of speculation : we had little direct access to data and there was little consensus among academics and the oil industry as to what the source rocks are . ’ |
| 28 | Although the negotiators had agreed to reduce the deficit by $50,000 million in 1991 , there was little consensus as to how this should be achieved , with the Democratic members of the congressional team denouncing Darman 's proposals as unacceptable . |
| 29 | His voice was calm and there was little panic , said tearful Dutch transport minister Hanna May yesterday . |
| 30 | There was little glory for Italy in dying on the Russian front , as so many did in 1942 . |