Example sentences of "little [det] than the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 For little more than the price of two rolls of 35mm this source of invaluable information really is worth having .
3 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 .
4 However , it cost little more than the price of the land — a real bargain , ’ she parodied in a bitter little voice .
5 There is a range of topics requiring little more than the ability to recognise and identify the prey being attacked .
6 ‘ 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 . ’
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 In fact , Manchester 's east side ( officially referred to as Tameside ) is renowned for little more than the sweat and dirt of industry .
9 In fact , Manchester 's east side ( officially referred to as Tameside ) is renowned for little more than the sweat and dirt of industry .
10 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 !
11 Wimpey News has teamed up with Kuoni , one of the world 's leading travel companies , to offer readers the chance of visiting one of three exotic holiday destinations for little more than the cost of a European holiday .
12 Lengthier ones such as those in support of specific discovery are not suited and the standard part becomes little more than the top and tail .
13 This actually is little more than the theology of Genesis chapter two .
14 His well-meaning attempt at being nice to Black Britons amounted to little more than the recital of a catalogue of sporting achievement .
15 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 .
16 For socialists of this persuasion , their model society has required little more than the superimposition of a substantial state sector on to societies characterized by markets , private ownership and liberal democracy .
17 In one way , they represent little more than the attempts of established disciplines to retain market share in a situation of academic and economic scarcity .
18 For such a one to throw up his job , sell his house and come to Britain with little more than the proceeds of sale in his pocket , in order to start his own business from scratch in an unfamiliar environment , would seem , the height of folly .
19 However , insurrection and revolution , whether by peasants or others , explain little more than the timing of some cases of serf emancipation , and nothing about the abolition of slavery .
20 Extended development of heads and others has in the past amounted to little more than the agglomeration of courses relating to specific short-term issues .
21 All this was little more than the Ministry of Health could offer in 1935 as advice for scheme preparation , in guidance which remained in force for the remainder of the decade .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 Whatever Isabella 's private intentions may have been , the deposition of the king had so far formed no part of her publicly declared programme , which amounted to little more than the removal of the Despensers .
25 Each child had one pair of all-purpose shoes but often there was little more than the uppers remaining .
26 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 .
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 Many of them are farming for little more than the subsidies .
29 How indeed , when Almsmead was so much better in every way than this creaking old hall and the Goldsboroughs ' possibly valuable but , in her view , horribly antique furniture which had come with it , held together , she often thought , by little more than the beeswax with which it was polished .
30 For groups in this position the right to take part in politics represents little more than the right to whistle in the wind .
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