Example sentences of "[prep] little more [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This kind of simple redundancy occurs widely in databases and a significant level of compression can thereby be achieved through little more than an exercise of commonsense and ingenuity . |
| 2 | But surely in an economically and culturally disparate country such as Italy , which has existed as a single entity for little more than a century , a north-south break-up would be the best thing to promote accountability , reduce bureaucracy and eliminate waste . |
| 3 | The couple stayed together for little more than a year and their son died before he was 12 months old , an incident that was to haunt Gallacher throughout his precociously successful playing career . |
| 4 | Altogether , these small builders were responsible for little more than a quarter of the houses . |
| 5 | For little more than a decade , the high level qualification available to students seeking a first degree equivalent was the Diploma in Art and Design ( Dip.AD ) . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | Fletcher is worried that half of England 's winter tour party will be at home for little more than a week before flying off again for pre-season trips with their counties . |
| 8 | For little more than the price of two rolls of 35mm this source of invaluable information really is worth having . |
| 9 | For little more than the price of ordinary-looking hardcover books you can own these extraordinary editions — books that are admired and collected in 131 countries around the world . |
| 10 | In fact , Manchester 's east side ( officially referred to as Tameside ) is renowned for little more than the sweat and dirt of industry . |
| 11 | In fact , Manchester 's east side ( officially referred to as Tameside ) is renowned for little more than the sweat and dirt of industry . |
| 12 | There may well be a reputable graffiti artist in the area who would take on the challenge for little more than the cost of the materials ! |
| 13 | Wimpey News has teamed up with Kuoni , one of the world 's leading travel companies , to offer readers the chance of visiting one of three exotic holiday destinations for little more than the cost of a European holiday . |
| 14 | Its Military Committee , which the victors of 1945 had once hoped ( for little more than the time it takes to shake hands ) would in future enforce peace at the head of a world army , remained a jobless phantom . |
| 15 | With that number about little more than a century ago , it might be thought an easy matter to run one to earth . |
| 16 | He proved himself an effective administrator , but died 22 September 1652 after little more than a year in office . |
| 17 | But in the space of little more than a year he found that Clift had ‘ deteriorated to a shocking degree ’ : |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | That makes the investment look like little more than a punt on First Fidelity 's shares — a profitable punt , perhaps , but a punt nonetheless . |
| 21 | But for the most part , later eleventh-century castellans had contrived to convert their homage into little more than a symbol of deference and willingness to perform service ; the implications that their castle and office were enjoyed purely by delegation , that their duty lay in exercising powers and privileges only for the benefit of their lord , were swiftly transmuted into something much less rigid ; exactly what depended on the prince 's powers and proximity . |
| 22 | Coming to the Elbow , where the runners veer right-handed off the main course towards the line with little more than a furlong to go , Pitman gave his mount a smack down the right-hand side . |
| 23 | In short , life had really left him with little more than a reputation and a network of scars . |
| 24 | In 1953 Antenor 's eighteen-year-old daughter , Maria Isabel , met and fell in love with James Goldsmith ( then the son of a hotel manager with little more than a taste for gambling and various romantic exploits to recommend him ) , and informed her father that she wished to marry him . |
| 25 | Apple Computer Inc has been left with little more than a garbage can in its protracted suit against Microsoft Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co alleging that Windows infringes its copyright in the Macintosh user interface . |
| 26 | At one extreme ( for instance , when grass-letting ) you can get by with little more than the dwelling house : at the other ( on an intensively-run livestock farm ) special buildings are essential . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The talks ended with little more than an agreement to hold a third round in Norway in early 1993 . |
| 29 | However , whilst the image of the ‘ head and tail ’ coin is pertinent to our understanding of the rituals , the rabbis ' words provide us with little more than an appreciation of how Jewish society ( or a part thereof ) at the time perceived and explained the religious state of affairs . |
| 30 | This most popular show , which ran for 12 years and hooked 22 million viewers at its peak , operated under all the usual constraints of economy sit-com — restricted set , small cast , tiresome re-establishment of norm every week — but somehow extracted magic from little more than the relationship between Harry H Corbett and Wilfrid Brambles . |