Example sentences of "little [adj] than a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lift was a little bigger than a phone box . |
| 2 | First he handed over a bundle of Russian paper money that was little bigger than a wad of visiting cards , and some coins jangled . |
| 3 | Every man , woman , and child in the country would own about 100 of them , but garaging them would be no problem as each car would be little bigger than a matchbox . |
| 4 | It has 11mm specification but is little heavier than a 9mm . |
| 5 | Police sources said the use of bombs little heavier than a packet of butter could herald a new tactic aimed at beating the roadblocks that have been set up in London for the first time . |
| 6 | She saw to the side of one of the houses the faded sign for Morgan and family , boot and shoemakers , fastened over what appeared to be little better than a shed . |
| 7 | Although having a B classification , it is little better than a country lane , yet , despite some sudden halts and reversings and generally slow progress , is a delight to follow . |
| 8 | The footpath on the left bank of the burn was little better than a sheep track , but there were clues to its former importance as a droving road over the hills to Byrness in Redesdale . |
| 9 | I know you feel you 're justified , that I 'm little better than a fortune-hunter . |
| 10 | There was just enough slope in the field to give him a decent run , though she felt sure it must be frustrating for someone so skilled to be stuck on what was little better than a nursery area . |
| 11 | Greg had been little better than a crook on the business front — and he had very nearly dragged her father — and his stupendous talent — down with him . |
| 12 | My rather innocent trust crumbled when I realized that as far as the police were concerned , I was little better than a criminal on whom they must keep tabs . |
| 13 | And Molly Malone was right : the gangway was little better than a ladder that clung to the ship 's side with fragile tenacity . |
| 14 | At times the road is little better than a forestry track . |
| 15 | But it was surely unlikely that he had talked over the idea with someone who was little better than a stranger . |
| 16 | A small , shapely lump of granite , a little smaller than a hen 's egg . |
| 17 | But the pigeon 's adaptation to such a diet of large objects is so good that seeds only a little smaller than a nutmeg will pass right through the bird and be ejected together with a small quantity of droppings which will help them grow on the forest floor . |
| 18 | A little less than a year ago , the Labour leader of Leeds City Council , Jon Trickett , unveiled plans for a transformation of the city 's central shopping streets . |
| 19 | In all , a little less than a quarter of a mile 's walk , though it felt like a marathon . |
| 20 | In each of 1986 and 1987 , a little less than a couple of dozen suspects would seem to have been detained long into the fourth day in the London area ( Metropolitan Police Commissioner , 1987 , 1988 ) . |
| 21 | Despite a tug of interest he moved away , and after a little less than a minute Alison returned . |
| 22 | The response was tremendous ; the reaction incredibly enthusiastic , and so from that point , it became a little more than a folk club . |
| 23 | Many World War One Aerodromes are little more than a folk memory kept alive by such names as Aerodrome Cottages at Hadleigh in Suffolk . |
| 24 | Hardly able to see a hand in front of her , but refusing to be daunted , Luce moved as fast as she dared down an alley-way little more than a metre wide . |
| 25 | Calls reedier and much less musical than Swallow or House Martin , twittering song being little more than a repetition of call note . |
| 26 | An attempt to cajole lay opposition was made by the issue of the ‘ Articles of Stamford ’ in July 1309 , but they were little more than a reissue of the Articles on the Charters , Articuli super Cartas , of 1300 . |
| 27 | The branch line was not immediately axed by Beeching , but the writing was on the wall , and on 3 January 1972 the last passenger train left Swanage ‘ from a station little more than a ghost ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ Nonsense , you are little more than a slip of a girl , you would be prey to all sorts of men , fortune hunters and the like . |
| 29 | You 're little more than a girl . |
| 30 | There have been scores of potentially dangerous incidents , some of them in a generator little more than a mile from the border with West Germany . |