Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] little more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doctors can convince trusting patients that they will get better even while giving them a course of pills which consist of little more than sugar and water . |
| 2 | Most sites do not produce remains that can be readily understood by casual visitors , and they often consist of little more than holes in the ground showing where posts once formed part of a timber building , pits dug for various purposes , or ditches for drainage , boundaries and defence . |
| 3 | The distinction between capital and maintenance schemes can sometimes amount to little more than an administrative technicality , and as grants for capital schemes are reduced , there is a possibility that old-style capital works will be slipped by under the banner of maintenance . |
| 4 | While some contributions amount to little more than a description of manufacturers ' software , others delve into the concepts and methodologies . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So you end up taking a whole pile of clothes , most of which invariably amount to little more than ballast . |
| 7 | My alterations to D'Oyly 's account in fact " amount to little more than replacing " kinsman of the bride , kinsman of the bridegroom " by " mother 's brother " or cross-cousin " as appropriate . |
| 8 | He wrote : " All the occurrences of Jurassic formations … amount to little more than relics of marginal lappings of the sea around the edges of the continents ; the sole exception being the Tethys " . |