Example sentences of "[prep] little more [subord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Schools were expected to make sense of ideas which had not always been thought through fully , and to implement practices whose justification frequently consisted of little more than unsubstantiated assertion . |
| 2 | You can create quite a memorable set out of little more than good lighting . |
| 3 | Some items were of little more than symbolic significance , but others were more substantial . |
| 4 | The Low Attainers in Mathematics Project ( LAMP ) and the Raising Achievement in Mathematics Project ( RAMP ) found that the mathematical diet for low-attaining pupils often consisted of little more than basic arithmetic presented in simple step by step learning sequences and repeated frequently . |
| 5 | It is often the case that the mathematical diet for these lower attaining pupils consists of little more than basic arithmetic , presented in simple step-by-step learning sequences , and repeated frequently . |
| 6 | There are stabs at the mysterious menace of ‘ Skin Deep ’ , the trashy pop wonder exemplified by tunes such as ‘ Nice In Nice ’ and the arty decadence of ‘ Golden Brown ’ — and they all sound like little more than well-executed pub rock . |
| 7 | Robinson begin by rattling off a handful of saccharine songs that sound like little more than fast-paced lift music . |
| 8 | He left school with little more than basic education , then struggled to earn a living as a cattle mart dealer and haulage contractor before going into politics full time . |
| 9 | Environmentalists , who have long campaigned for a single agency , have expressed their concern that the plans for the reform of the Inspectorate amount to little more than political opportunism and will have little real impact . |
| 10 | But gradually his terror of metal stairways subsided to little more than ordinary fear . |
| 11 | Lou Reed 's lyrics amount to little more than self-indulgent nastiness , says Tony Parsons |
| 12 | However , the title of this paper restricts reference to developed countries only , but even here the normative suggestions about distortions to prices of factors and outputs ( leading to inappropriate signals to research institutions ) seem to amount to little more than wishful thinking . |
| 13 | Today , there are more good lines than bad , and the choice amounts to little more than personal preference . |
| 14 | ‘ Did you not come away thinking that the urban development challenge of the century adds to little more than opportunistic chaos — an architectural circus — with a sprinkling of postmodern gimmicks , the ghastly mega-lumps of Canary Wharf and a fairground train to get you there ? ’ |
| 15 | Elsewhere , local authority treatment could descend to little more than fashionable mediocrity . |
| 16 | On one level the sudden and unexpected friendship thrives on little more than mutual back-scratching . |
| 17 | Simplistic or casual analysis based on little more than common sense and drawing ‘ portfolio boxes ’ is obviously totally inadequate . |
| 18 | However , many of those connections which Walcott thought he had identified appear to have been tied together by little more than familial relationship ; he was not able to show that they acted together as a cohesive political force . |