Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] little more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of them are farming for little more than the subsidies . |
| 2 | The heat had sprung up quite suddenly : the change from late winter to high summer — six months of European weather — was compressed into little more than a Delhi fortnight . |
| 3 | All these small invertebrates — flying insects trapped in webs by spiders , larvae concealed in bark picked out by woodpeckers , molluscs hidden in mud gathered by wading birds , termites licked up by anteaters — all are harvested with little more than the effort expended by those animals that sip nectar and munch pollen , or gather fruit and chew leaves . |
| 4 | So sex education becomes crucially important , but while the 1986 Education Act and Section 28 remain in place , sex education in Britain will consist of little more than a hymn to family life , largely devoid of any education about sex . |
| 5 | Legal Aid in England , due to the difference in rules of evidence , may be granted on little more than an ex parte statement by the applicant . |
| 6 | he had to share a bathroom with the four other tenants on the floor , and the room itself consisted of little more than a single bed pushed up against the wall to one side of the room , a wood-wormed wardrobe and a single gas ring for cooking . |
| 7 | The hamlet consisted of little more than the substantially-built Adscombe Farm , three cottages , and a ruined medieval chapel , probably the original of the chapel in ‘ The Foster-Mother 's Tale ’ whose leaning wall was propped by a ‘ huge round beam ’ . |
| 8 | Moreover , some appear to consist of little more than the ‘ active constituents ’ of the dietary regimen we have already described — a regime whose effectiveness is not accepted by all research workers . |
| 9 | ‘ Rural development has often appeared to consist of little more than the creation of as many plans , programmes , projects , rural centres , and special development agencies as possible . |
| 10 | That makes the investment look like little more than a punt on First Fidelity 's shares — a profitable punt , perhaps , but a punt nonetheless . |
| 11 | The certificate on form R190(SD) must be completed but this can be done at any time and amounts to little more than a claim procedure . |
| 12 | It 's all sturdy and dense and impressively intense , but it amounts to little more than a grumpy grumble from the arty side of town . |
| 13 | A good string orchestra can attain a degree of pianissimo which amounts to little more than an attenuated whisper , and is also capable of a robust and solid fortissimo which is almost ‘ brassy ’ in its effect . |
| 14 | They produce most satisfactory results , are relatively inexpensive , and can be located on the basic carrier systems shown by little more than a ‘ twinstick ’ mounting pad . |
| 15 | However , this reason was offered by little more than a third of all temporary workers . |
| 16 | The pictures showed various angles of a small room that was furnished with little more than a big couch , a hi-fi and a table of drinks . |
| 17 | DNA bending does not seem to be a general feature of eukaryotic transcription factors and has hitherto only been demonstrated for little more than a handful of such proteins ( see e.g. 44,69 and references therein ) . |
| 18 | Twenty-six-year-old Christopher Saggers escaped with little more than a broken elbow and a neck injury after falling from the 22nd floor of flats in Salford , Greater Manchester , on Thursday night . |
| 19 | The extent of formal training given by employing organisations was usually minimal , amounting to little more than an introduction , with other skills being learned on the job . |
| 20 | ‘ Pride and dignity ’ appears to be barely different from conventional ambition/self-presentation/self-nurture , ultimately amounting to little more than the uncritical desire to participate in society on its own terms . |
| 21 | The policy was based on little more than a vague belief in the large potential for economies of scale and an unquenchable faith among politicians that government agencies could successfully meet short-term political demands — particularly in respect of regional unemployment — in combination with longer-term goals of greater efficiency and higher industrial growth . |
| 22 | Suspicions of a CIA ‘ plant ’ deepened further when word leaked out that the matching of the Lockerbie circuit board fragment with the timers seized in Dakar was based on little more than a photographic comparison . ) |
| 23 | But , thanks to a combination of high interest rates on traditional deposit accounts over much of this period , coupled to a distinct lack of publicity for SAYE , it has been relegated to little more than a footnote in the long list of savings options . |
| 24 | ‘ You — you want me to — to live with you , Felipe ? ’ she asked in little more than a whisper . |
| 25 | In the Western media the University unrest was given prominent and extensive coverage , although it appeared to amount to little more than a mass bout of bottle throwing , which was nevertheless an act of political defiance aimed at the country 's " elder statesman " leader , Deng Xiaoping , whose last name was a homonym for the words " little bottle " . |
| 26 | For the moment , the revolution of 1327 seemed to amount to little more than the replacement of one greedy and unscrupulous faction by another . |
| 27 | Old glassfibre boats are just about infinitely reparable and even that one-time scourge of the plastic boat , osmosis , is reduced to little more than an irritant . |
| 28 | While some contributions amount to little more than a description of manufacturers ' software , others delve into the concepts and methodologies . |
| 29 | Again most of these stars are red , with spectral types of M , R , N or S. Their amplitudes are less than for the Mira stars , and usually amount to little more than a magnitude . |
| 30 | The distinction between capital and maintenance schemes can sometimes amount to little more than an administrative technicality , and as grants for capital schemes are reduced , there is a possibility that old-style capital works will be slipped by under the banner of maintenance . |