Example sentences of "with [adv] little " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theories that suppose latent inhibition to be a function of what the stimulus itself predicts have been compelled to introduce special explanations to deal with the fact of context — specificity — and , as we shall see , they have done so with rather little success . |
| 2 | This is probably partly because it is always possible to land one on grass ( or any other hard surface ) with remarkably little damage , especially if the ground is wet . |
| 3 | The tradition of the theory of ideology has attempted this , though with perhaps little effect on practice . |
| 4 | For this reason , some of the Prince 's closest friends were against the marriage ; they feared that with so little in common it could never work . |
| 5 | She made a little rite of soaking her feet in a corn cure called ‘ Reudel ’ , and as she lowered her feet into the bowl of steaming water there was again that little look , that narrowing of the eyes and pursing of the lips , which said so much with so little disturbance of her features . |
| 6 | That it will reach 130mph was no surprise but to do so with so little fuss and noise was impressive . |
| 7 | Lord Brougham believed of Liverpool that : ‘ No minister ever passed his time with so little ill-will directed against himself , or had so much forbearance shown him upon all occasions . ’ |
| 8 | With so little fat in the diet I would n't have been surprised to receive reports of dryness , but I had no reason to worry . |
| 9 | There never was a time when so many could get about so quickly , comfortably , and with so little effort as we can now ( except when they were infants in arms ) . |
| 10 | There can not be another 42 with so little use , this boat is in as new condition . |
| 11 | If a third of the adult population viewed reading with so little enthusiasm , was it any wonder that many children were doubtful as to its worth ? |
| 12 | Just a few paragraphs in and we are plunged into the fog and grime of the capital : in 1817 the American Ambassador was enveloped in a midday fog in Bond Street so thick that he felt tempted to ask how the English became so great with so little daylight . |
| 13 | So many films with so little time torture the eyeballs and numb the brain . |
| 14 | With so little at Gloucester 's disposal , it is striking that most of his grants went to former servants of his brother . |
| 15 | She felt annoyed with herself , made miserable with so little cause . |
| 16 | Several other sets of doors were dotted around the floor and , far off to the left , a black maw opened up in the wall , with so little light coming from it that Benny was certain the tunnel beyond turned several times before reaching the outside world . |
| 17 | Terry was disappointed to find so many of his friends scattered and his family with so little free time to spend with him . |
| 18 | We shall have to ask ourselves in the next lecture to what extent they succeeded with so little Latin at their disposal . |
| 19 | God , it hurt to think that their love-making meant so little to him that he could dismiss it with so little difficulty . |
| 20 | Poor women , receiving a gift with so little thought behind it ! |
| 21 | He could hurt her with so little , she reflected , realising that she was finding it more and more difficult to keep hatred alive as a counterbalance to love . |
| 22 | He kissed her lingeringly as if he had all the time in the world and she felt a shudder run through her at the response he was forcing from her with so little effort . |
| 23 | More than likely his younger brothers and sisters would welcome a new mother , but he was too nearly a man to take kindly to any woman set with so little warning in his own mother 's place , especially when this new incumbent stood to gain a crown as well as a ring . |
| 24 | But so much gallantry to be squandered with so little hope ! |
| 25 | For one thing it was too babyish — Moses Arkwright would never do anything with so little risk attached to it — and for another , deep in the dark of his mind a small seed of moral uneasiness had begun to germinate . |
| 26 | Dunleavy also wishes to distinguish between different levels of the bureaucracy in explaining why , contrary to budget-maximization accounts , privatization has met with so little resistance from senior officials . |
| 27 | With so little at Gloucester 's disposal , it is striking that most of his grants went to former servants of his brother . |
| 28 | This is Millie 's father , coming up Hyde Hill Lane of an evening so wearily , with so little to say for himself ; yet here he is sliding through the grass with such snake-like speed and resourcefulness . |
| 29 | My mother was a great inspiration ; she was such a lovely jolly little lady , with precious little to be jolly about . |
| 30 | Like many experts in this line he finds his days are taken up by writing and talking about gardening , with precious little time left to get down to the gardening himself . |