Example sentences of "little [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact a little further to the north-west this track is cut by a Bronze Age ditch . |
| 2 | CAN I thank Gadfly ( Echo January 29 ) for putting a face and name to me and providing some , albeit sarcastic , coverage in The Northern But there is a little more to the story than he implies . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , they are rarely used individually and to the exclusion of all other forms of communication , so they need to be considered all together ; each form of communication adding a little more to the message the horse is sending . |
| 4 | ‘ The figures of the heads are beautifully done , ’ noted Selby , ‘ [ and ] are quite sufficient to identify the species , [ but ] I wish he had added a little more to the letter press as not a single word is said about habits , a description of the plumage alone being given . ’ |
| 5 | In some cases , the process may be experienced as one of successive approximations , each one a little nearer to the mark . |
| 6 | I shall revert a little later to the defence of passing on . |
| 7 | Mrs Frizzell drank her coffee quickly , then scrambled out of bed and proceeded a little unsteadily to the kitchen , her cotton nightgown drooping despondent–y round her . |
| 8 | The girl moved a little closer to the man , who put his hand ponderously , patriarchally , on her near shoulder . |
| 9 | The attendant watched her , hoping that she would get a little closer to the picture , so that he could relieve the boredom of his long day by telling her to stand back . |
| 10 | Crawling a little closer to the heat , she wrapped herself up and lay down , pillowing her head on her arm as she stared at the flickering flames . |
| 11 | Whatever the wider influences the producers themselves were just experimenting , trying to cut costs and to standardize production , and trying to whip up some interest by injecting a little sensationalism into their films by sailing a little closer to the wind . |
| 12 | In this talk I want us to consider an image which I believe takes us a little closer to the meaning of the cross — the image of reconciliation and representation . |
| 13 | When we went a little farther to the south , we found a large denuded zone along the seventeenth parallel , the line that divided the country then . |