Example sentences of "[ex0] have been [adv] little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet there has been remarkably little research activity in this area . |
| 2 | There has been precious little attention to giving basic education to the general public on the art of wise borrowing . |
| 3 | To date , however , there has been rather little evidence on the means of transmission of difficulties . |
| 4 | Given the undoubted importance of deixis to philosophical , Psychological and linguistic approaches to the analysis of language , there has been surprisingly little work of a descriptive nature in the area , with a Consequent lack of adequate theories and frameworks of analysis . |
| 5 | Because there has been so little change in British industrial and fiscal policies in a changing world , the emerging nations are overtaking us , gaining access to our markets at home and abroad . |
| 6 | Given the current arrangements in primary and secondary care , it is hardly surprising that there has been so little assessment of efficiency to date . |
| 7 | World Bank officials have no pat answers for why there has been so little trickle-down in Thailand . |
| 8 | Part of the reason there has been so little bloodshed is that nobody yet is certain who killed Mr Gandhi or why . |
| 9 | One consequence of this approach is that there has been comparatively little research examining the beliefs and attitudes of older people about their health . |
| 10 | So far as elderly people in particular are concerned , there has been relatively little change in patterns of co-residence with relatives until the later part of the twentieth century ; although there have been some fluctuations , the overall pattern shows more continuities than changes . |
| 11 | There has been relatively little research by sociologists into child abuse . |
| 12 | Apart from these , and the research described in the present book , there has been relatively little research in this area , most of it resulting in unpublished MA theses ( e.g. Tate 1984 ) or doctoral theses ( e.g. Wright 1984 ) . |
| 13 | Though we feel ourselves to be much more comfortable now than we used to be , there has been very little increase in domestic fuel demand over fifty years or more . |
| 14 | There has been very little work done on the psychology of the horse . |
| 15 | In comparison there has been very little work on the psychology of masculinity and the nature of male identity , although both men ( and women ) are becoming increasingly interested in the forms masculinity might assume in the 1990s and beyond . |
| 16 | ‘ There has been very little criticism over price increases . |
| 17 | ‘ We have a homogeneous population , there has been very little immigration into Scotland and we have fantastic records . |
| 18 | However , there has been very little success with captive breeding and few of the cubs which are born survive past the first year . |
| 19 | To date , the number of cases taken in this fashion are very few and there has been very little guidance from the Courts as to the ambit of the provision . |
| 20 | However , there has been very little guidance or information from the Scottish Office relating to the transitional arrangements for RECHAR and how the Regional Council can maximise potential additional capital consents in 1993–94 . |
| 21 | There has been very little attempt to produce an adequate framework for monitoring and evaluating such initiatives . |
| 22 | As we have seen , the response in England has been substantial ; in Wales , on the other hand , there has been very little reaction to the reports and teacher training for further education in the Principality is generally less well developed than in England . |
| 23 | As there has been very little traffic today , I just thought I would comment on somebody 's statement that Leeds have possibly got the best squad in the premier league . |
| 24 | There has been very little research into BSL learning , and certainly no systematic analysis of the skills needed . |
| 25 | As will be made clear in the following brief history of Marxist thought in Latin America , there has been very little interplay between the evolutions of Marxism-Leninist prescriptions for revolutionary development in Latin America , as shaped by Soviet ideologues , and the way that Latin Americans themselves have applied Marxism to their situation . |
| 26 | But there 'd been precious little joy in our marriage for some time . |
| 27 | Surely there 'd been too little time , but then her father would n't have needed much time , would he ? |
| 28 | When I arrived back I found that there had been very little press coverage and quite a lot of disbelief . |
| 29 | And in times when there had been very little money , it had kept them going , Jasper and her , for months . |
| 30 | The ceiling and the walls in places were badly scorched , but structurally there had been very little damage and , luckily , the fire had been brought under control before it had had time to spread to other parts of the building . |