Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adv] little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It needs very little provocation to start Shelley off on such topics , or Albé either — he particularly enjoys vampire stories . |
| 2 | When the spaces between the scallops are left plain , it needs very little fabric fullness . |
| 3 | Mains gas is supplied to around 85% of British homes : it 's available ‘ on tap ’ ( there 's no need to store it ready for use ) ; it 's clean ; it 's easy to control ; and the equipment that uses it needs very little maintenance . |
| 4 | What is more , because this youthful community has little contact with the older generation it has increasingly little reason to see why it should defer to the older generation 's judgement . |
| 5 | If it has so little status , why bother understanding it , one might ask ! |
| 6 | This acts to surprise the liver into activity , for it has very little work to do when you are on a pure diet . |
| 7 | The cake mixture will curdle slightly , as it contains so little flour — but do not worry . |
| 8 | But it places so little emphasis on resistance to the dominant culture , that it either becomes a sort of ‘ toothless liberalism ’ ( Segal 1987 : 24 ) , or ignores politics completely . |
| 9 | Unfortunately the orientation of the palazzo means that it gets very little sun to set it off ; this together with the dark paint and stonework , means it looks rather sombre . |
| 10 | When I make the stake-out it takes too little time . |
| 11 | It takes very little effort to keep her clean and tidy . ’ |
| 12 | These three islands share a history that reads like a pirate novel and it takes very little research to find documented facts detailing pirate treasure and shipwrecks galore . |
| 13 | It takes very little time to do and makes an enormous difference to the finished garment . |
| 14 | This calculation may look cumbersome , but it takes very little time and provides record storage positions very effectively . |
| 15 | But even without the figures it takes very little imagination to see why this council must not put off any longer the construction and commissioning of the southern fire station . |
| 16 | In one respect ours falls particularly short of perfection : it gives very little idea of Nietzsche 's style . |
| 17 | Even when it is in session it devotes relatively little energy to the serious scrutiny and debate of government policy . |
| 18 | It provides perhaps little incentive for most youngsters in today 's affluent society . |
| 19 | After this it comes as little surprise to learn that ‘ the earth was corrupt in God 's sight , and the earth was filled with violence ’ ( Gen. 6.11 ) . |
| 20 | If , as has been suggested above , insider evaluation is primarily associated with curriculum improvement , it comes as little surprise that proposals for particular approaches are directly or indirectly related to models of curriculum design and development . |
| 21 | Considering Renault 's pioneering work in turbocharging for both road and track , it comes as little surprise that the power delivery is so smooth and strong though even Renault engineers have been unable to iron out the last fraction of a second of lag between the throttle being floored and the turbo-pressure rising . |