Example sentences of "to be little [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In plant production there appears to be little concern over the techniques involved in breeding new varieties , except possibly in relation to breeding for herbicide resistance . |
| 2 | In France , however , there seemed initially to be little concern in government circles at the economic recession abroad . |
| 3 | A team is already in the US discussing the technical problems , but there seems to be little difficulty in mating Exosat to a Delta rocket . |
| 4 | Children will clearly need to be taught all these things and , as the Bullock report points out ( DES , 1975 ) , there ought to be little difficulty in teaching these things if , and it is a big if , they are taught in a practical manner so that children can see that they do actually help them . |
| 5 | There was lengthy speculation that Honda might take an equity stake ( ie a shareholding ) in Rover , but there appeared to be little enthusiasm for that from Honda . |
| 6 | South Africa has such a congested international itinerary over the next few season that there is going to be little opportunity for this country 's top players to even think in terms of county contracts . |
| 7 | Details of recent sexual activity , when and with whom , are always important , even when there seems to be little likelihood of there being a sexually transmitted disease . |
| 8 | The painting clearly represents a real instrument , and since the picture was intended for Handel to keep ( as we may infer from his afterwards presenting it to Harris ) there seems to be little likelihood of the painter substituting an instrument with which the composer had no connection . |
| 9 | In the Western societies there seems to be little inclination at present to embark upon fresh experiments in political action on the scale of the 1960s . |
| 10 | Despite the fact that the Criminal Law Revision Committee and the Policy Advisory Committee have recently considered the question of homosexuality , there appears to be little possibility of change in the conditions of lawful homosexual conduct . |
| 11 | For the private sector Challis and Bartlett ( 1986 ) observed that about 60 per cent of admissions were the result of a crisis/emergency and again there appeared to be little choice of the actual home . |
| 12 | Although there appears to be little synergy between Unit 's existing business and engineering , the group believes it can introduce better management systems in the target company . |
| 13 | There seems to be little chance of any philosophical , unprogrammatic enquiry here which might be critical of the system ; and no ‘ espionage ’ from within ! |
| 14 | But there appears to be little sense of common purpose . |
| 15 | From the ‘ street level bureaucracy ’ standpoint there appeared to be little sense in the new arrangements and they were frequently viewed as the product of political pragmatism rather than administrative reasoning . |
| 16 | Although this his been the opposite of what was generally intended , there seems to be little sign of any reappraisal of rural planning controls which might result in a reversal of current trends . |
| 17 | There does indeed seem to be little advantage in damaging the coat of modern varieties of sweet peas . |
| 18 | Lady Mary Bell of East Rounton , near Northallerton , one of the organisers of the Revolt pressure group , said there appeared to be little co-ordination between the departments of energy and transport . |
| 19 | Little detail was available on the needs of individual republics , and there appeared to be little co-ordination in the demands . |
| 20 | With regard to how the information appeared in practice , there appeared to be little potential for improvement , except where information or data was subject to routine processing . |
| 21 | There seemed to be little relation between charge and geographical location , except in Scotland and Northern Ireland , where the cost of water was low . |
| 22 | There appeared to be little prospect of dialogue , however , as Serbian political leaders were not only denouncing the Albanian demonstrators as " terrorists " , but openly accusing leaders in Slovenia and Croatia of trying to undermine Serbia by voicing support for the demands of the Kosovar Albanians . |
| 23 | Other than in Ipswich , where the WEA branch was among the small group of vigorous , active and well-organised centres in the District , there appeared to be little prospect for development without LEA-funded support in the pre-war years and , as in West Suffolk , the development of a substantial WEA presence did not occur until after the 1939–45 war . |
| 24 | There would seem to be little incentive for teachers to examine the problem in dynamic terms , as a product of interaction ; everyone 's or no one 's fault . |
| 25 | For most of those in political life , the existing pattern of local government ( through which numbers of politicians , particularly in the Labour Party , had graduated ) was quite satisfactory and there seemed to be little point in tinkering with it . |
| 26 | In the general morass of Trinidadian political life there seemed to be little room for genuine political parties , such as the West Indian National Party , ( 1942 ) and the Caribbean Socialist Party , ( 1947 ) . |
| 27 | Where that is the norm , there tends to be little investment in the education of girls . |
| 28 | Yet they were alike : Viola was a shade darker in skin and hair but the features were similar enough for there to be little difference between the two women in a picture . |
| 29 | There appeared to be little difference between broad subject areas in the propensity of research students to be in or waiting to enter arranged employment . |
| 30 | There seems to be little difference between the lack of a requirement of assault and the necessity for a direct application of force . |