Example sentences of "it [vb -s] little [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , it plays little part in standard accounts of the history of English before about 1600 , and in ME stop-deleted forms ( such as bes , lan : ‘ best , land ’ ) are amongst the forms that are typically corrected by textual editors as errors . |
| 2 | Although it receives little publicity outside the ICI Group , Chlor-chemicals is one of ICI 's longest standing and most consistently successful businesses . |
| 3 | It offers little discussion of some topics and is not controversial ( contrary to the claim on the back of the book ) . |
| 4 | It has become fashionable to say that this kind of equality is unimportant because it offers little protection against tyranny . |
| 5 | Now that opposition to the governor 's plan to create the park is growing , it seems likely that , if the Yanomami Park is not created before UNCED , it stands little chance of ever becoming a reality . |
| 6 | It has little sympathy with intruders . |
| 7 | Such beauty may make a strong impact , but , if it has little relationship with the inner nature , it is precarious . |
| 8 | Worse , they feel it has little relevance to everyday business decisions , where right and wrong are by no means always clear-cut . |
| 9 | As presently envisaged , it has little relevance to medical practice in hospitals . |
| 10 | It has little relevance in other countries , though a few ( e.g. Denmark and Norway ) have recorded a formal objection , and it appears to have been used in one case for communication from a U.S. attorney to a French huissier . |
| 11 | It has little impact on local history studies , for gradually the system of numbering the days of the month as a continuous series was , with one outstanding exception , accepted . |
| 12 | It has little effect at low currents but severely reduces voltage at high currents . |
| 13 | Liberals may appreciate that conclusion , but it has little basis in empirical fact . |
| 14 | Because it places little emphasis on sheer physical strength , kung fu is a discipline open to young and old alike . |
| 15 | The problem with such a characterisation of pluralism is that it bears little resemblance to what pluralists actually say pluralism means , and consequently it is hardly surprising that even the most cursory of empirical investigations can show such a naive version of pluralism is untenable as a description of the distribution of power in Western liberal democracies . |
| 16 | It bears little resemblance to bikes popular in the West , which was ruefully noted by the Shanghai Bicycle Factory recently . |
| 17 | If the party at large is grateful for their actions , it shows little evidence of it . |
| 18 | They say it shows little respect for the environment and have managed to pursuade council officials to consider putting preservation orders on the remaining trees . |
| 19 | It takes little knowledge of history to appreciate that relatively few of the battles recorded in history have had a decisive effect upon the future of those involved . |
| 20 | While the Dutch government is actively planning to reduce the number of hospital beds , particularly those for long-stay patients , it takes little notice of the reality of mental health care in The Netherlands , cherishing various misconceptions regarding institutionalism and community care . |
| 21 | It takes little effort of the imagination to put oneself in Theo 's shoes , and feel the grey , correct , judicious side of his character flinching from the terrifying sincerity of Vincent 's outpourings . |
| 22 | Such a word may be useful to a literary man but it throws little light on Green 's intentions except when he uses it in a negative sense ; in one chapter he states a subject was ‘ unpicturesque and consequently not worth an artists attention ’ . |
| 23 | Some anthropologists would counter these examples by arguing that there actually are class-like phenomena in such states ( Terray , 1975 ) , by pointing out the difference in access to the means of production between elders and juniors and men and women , but even if this argument is accepted it gives little support to the general theory in that such ‘ class ’ differences also occur in clearly stateless societies . |
| 24 | Another way of putting it is that even though the academic community is founded on a culture of critical discourse ( see Chapter 7 ) , normally it gives little thought to the criteria by which its critical judgements come into play . |
| 25 | More specifically , it gives little attention to processes other than those related to class ( including ‘ lost ’ class ) experience and the demands of capital accumulation . |
| 26 | But when you consider this in the context of its well-weighted precision and speed , it gives little cause for complaint . |
| 27 | This , I would argue , though not all would agree , may tell us something interesting about the way the brain compartmentalizes different aspects of visual processing and it may tell us that subjects are more conservative about admitting to seeing a very degraded image than about trying to move their eyes to it , but it sheds little light on the actual experiences the patients are having when we show them a light . |
| 28 | The index to the calendar is useful for those who are working on local and genealogical history , but it provides little help to those who are interested in topics of wider historical significance . |
| 29 | That prospect may be less depressing than a future dominated by the BJP , but it leaves little room for optimism . |
| 30 | It leaves little room for influence or manoeuvre . |