Example sentences of "[prep] little [det] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Altogether , these small builders were responsible for little more than a quarter of the houses . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | With that number about little more than a century ago , it might be thought an easy matter to run one to earth . |
| 8 | He proved himself an effective administrator , but died 22 September 1652 after little more than a year in office . |
| 9 | But in the space of little more than a year he found that Clift had ‘ deteriorated to a shocking degree ’ : |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | That makes the investment look like little more than a punt on First Fidelity 's shares — a profitable punt , perhaps , but a punt nonetheless . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In short , life had really left him with little more than a reputation and a network of scars . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In little more than a year 's time the forest will be gone and there 'll be farms in its place . ’ |
| 18 | Coming into the event at Walton Heath , Murray was languishing in 71st place on the Order of Merit , but worse than that , he had also been warned that an arthritic condition called spondylitis could force him out of the game in little more than a year . |
| 19 | Quite apart from the adverse opinion polls , they were conscious that Britain was in the midst of its second deep recession in little more than a decade . |
| 20 | In little more than a decade , its operating systems have won dominance in the personal-computer industry . |
| 21 | She spoke in little more than a whisper : ‘ Is it possible to speak to Comrade Levkovich ? |
| 22 | When he spoke again , it was in little more than a whisper . |
| 23 | ‘ You — you want me to — to live with you , Felipe ? ’ she asked in little more than a whisper . |
| 24 | An outbreak of scarlet fever had taken the nine-year-old twins in little more than a week . |
| 25 | In part , this reflected the greatly reduced role of hospital services , which fell from three-quarters to little more than a quarter of all residential places . |
| 26 | An added paradox to the Narvik actions was the Germans ' own demolitions that destroyed much of the port 's facilities , reducing iron-ore shipments to little more than a quarter of the pre-war level . |
| 27 | The sharpest criticism levelled was that the collection amounted to little more than a reshuffling . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Although this amounted to little more than a restatement of previously-agreed policies , including the Clean Air Act of 1990 [ see ED no 41/42 ] and the planned phase-out of chlorofluorocarbons , it did for the first time set a tentative target , suggesting that emissions of greenhouse gases in the year 2000 would be " equal to 1987 levels " . |
| 30 | Now that the two have fallen out , over maintaining a single currency and unified armed forces , the successor to the Soviet Union has dwindled to little more than a name . |