Example sentences of "[vb infin] little more than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could do little more than watch porpoises and gulls with them . |
| 2 | Under these conditions we have little option other than to accept that we can do little more than look with envy towards those farmers in New Zealand making a living without the ‘ benefit ’ of subsidies . |
| 3 | Yet computer cuts in the services sector mean that , for now , it can do little more than mark time . |
| 4 | further , top management may do little more than pay lip-service to computing . |
| 5 | Lithified materials may require little more than decision on the orientations of thin sections needed for later examination under the optical microscope , but special slide preparation and cementing media may be required , particularly if soluble minerals are thought to be present ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 6 | Artefacts are frequently reconstructed before they are put on display , which may involve little more than repair work , such as sticking pieces of pot together and filling any remaining gaps . |