Example sentences of "little more than the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without this we are left with little more than the old rather ‘ Whiggish ’ account of how reasonable men gradually came to perceive women 's ills . |
| 2 | Moreover , some appear to consist of little more than the ‘ active constituents ’ of the dietary regimen we have already described — a regime whose effectiveness is not accepted by all research workers . |
| 3 | Adeane 's function as private secretary appeared to be little more than the job of arranging the Prince 's schedule around polo and the children 's bath times . |
| 4 | Observers saw Mrs Thatcher 's comments as little more than the latest in a series of delaying tactics . |
| 5 | Observers saw Mrs Thatcher 's comments as little more than the latest in a series of delaying tactics . |
| 6 | ‘ Pride and dignity ’ appears to be barely different from conventional ambition/self-presentation/self-nurture , ultimately amounting to little more than the uncritical desire to participate in society on its own terms . |
| 7 | In the immediate post-war years , the Minister of Defence had been little more than the co-ordinator of the three autonomous Service Ministries and the Ministry of Supply . |
| 8 | Its Military Committee , which the victors of 1945 had once hoped ( for little more than the time it takes to shake hands ) would in future enforce peace at the head of a world army , remained a jobless phantom . |
| 9 | Shabby brick apartments stretch for block after block , dotted with little more than the odd liquor store , fried-chicken shack and cheque-cashing shop , well buttoned up with wire mesh and bullet-proof glass . |
| 10 | We live in a century imprinted on the present , which regards the past as little more than the springboard from which we were launched on our way . |
| 11 | ‘ Rural development has often appeared to consist of little more than the creation of as many plans , programmes , projects , rural centres , and special development agencies as possible . |
| 12 | There may well be a reputable graffiti artist in the area who would take on the challenge for little more than the cost of the materials ! |
| 13 | For little more than the price of two rolls of 35mm this source of invaluable information really is worth having . |
| 14 | At one extreme ( for instance , when grass-letting ) you can get by with little more than the dwelling house : at the other ( on an intensively-run livestock farm ) special buildings are essential . |
| 15 | This actually is little more than the theology of Genesis chapter two . |
| 16 | The hamlet consisted of little more than the substantially-built Adscombe Farm , three cottages , and a ruined medieval chapel , probably the original of the chapel in ‘ The Foster-Mother 's Tale ’ whose leaning wall was propped by a ‘ huge round beam ’ . |
| 17 | Cars such as the Vauxhall Cavalier SRi , Rover 416 GSi and Ford Sierra 2.0i Ghia are worth little more than the same model with a lower spec . |
| 18 | In a much governed kingdom like England royal administration included control over the sheriff and other local officers ; in some kingdoms it included little more than the issuing of charters and the collecting of somewhat meagre taxes . |
| 19 | In practice , the employment was seasonal and ill-paid , covering little more than the necessities of life . |
| 20 | In a very fast and expert manner the bottle would then be brought to an upright position , thus preventing very little more than the sediment from escaping . |
| 21 | In larger tanks the fish will establish their own territories , and little more than the odd display will be seen . |
| 22 | Until recently , the Aborigines have always been regarded as little more than the exceptional survivors of prehistoric man , a view based primarily on the materialistic aspects of their culture , its ‘ hardware ’ . |
| 23 | The rest of the human was normally little more than the wrong end of a pair of nostrils , a long way up . |
| 24 | For little more than the price of ordinary-looking hardcover books you can own these extraordinary editions — books that are admired and collected in 131 countries around the world . |
| 25 | ‘ History , which is , indeed , little more than the register of the crimes , follies and misfortunes of mankind , ’ for instance ; or , ‘ corruption , the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty , ’ and , most chillingly , ‘ all that is human must be retrograde if it does not advance . ’ |
| 26 | This most popular show , which ran for 12 years and hooked 22 million viewers at its peak , operated under all the usual constraints of economy sit-com — restricted set , small cast , tiresome re-establishment of norm every week — but somehow extracted magic from little more than the relationship between Harry H Corbett and Wilfrid Brambles . |
| 27 | Connolly 's famous valedictory — ‘ It is closing time in the gardens of the West ’ — may be little more than the self-excusing of an indolent man , but what replaced Horizon ( 1940 — 50 ) and Penguin New Writing ( 1940–50 ) was something far brisker and far less mandarin . |
| 28 | If so , the timber structure need have been little more than the simplest type of tailor 's dummy . |
| 29 | This indicates little more than the lack of influence exerted by BASW and the SCA , but the real indictment of the profession is that the principles of social work and management have not been integrated . |
| 30 | Expected to be called the Powerserver 970 and costing little more than the current 75.8 SPECmark Model 950 , it is said to be a rack-mount machine costing around $97,000 for an entry-level configuration with 64Mb memory and 2.2Gb disk . |