Example sentences of "little [is] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , by binding Vitamin C to a phosphate mineral , very little is lost during the food 's preparation — which , says Steve , does away with skeletal deformities in young fish , a feature of vitamin deficiency . |
| 2 | Surprisingly little is recorded about the techniques of ship construction at that time , and the wreck may provide valuable clues . |
| 3 | Although substantial information has recently accumulated on how IL-6 interacts with two distinct receptor molecules on the surface of target cells ( 15–16 ) , as yet very little is understood about the signal transduction pathway which mediates its effects . |
| 4 | However , relatively little is understood about the links between economic and social change at the local level or the links between general processes at national level and specific local outcomes . |
| 5 | Very little is revealed about the impact of these changes on the social life and social relations of farm families and farm communities . |
| 6 | In comparison with the amount of information given about Molla Fenari , little is given in the article about Molla Yegan . |
| 7 | By contrast , little is learnt from the falsification of a bold conjecture or the confirmation of a cautious conjecture . |
| 8 | But so little is agreed about the cause of the disorder that endogenous opiates may well be involved . |
| 9 | What is more , little is offered in the way of treatment . |
| 10 | Little is shown of the background to this conflict , and even less is shown of the people who have struggled against the Saddam Hussein government whilst Western aid continued fuelling his campaigns against Iran , the Kurdish people and his own people . |
| 11 | He 's one of the most famous names in fashion but little is known of the man himself . |
| 12 | Little is known of the general effects of oil on the distribution of small cetaceans . |
| 13 | Little is known of the activities at Pitts Mill ; presumably it was run in conjunction with its neighbour . |
| 14 | Little is known of the visit other than that Mozart appeared before the Bavarian Elector Maximilian III Joseph . |
| 15 | Little is known of the history of the tower , which is part of a late 13th-century fortified manor house , but the remarkable paintings — ranging from biblical subjects to scenes of everyday rural life — tell a fascinating story of their own . |
| 16 | Little is known of the inhabitants of the old manor house with its interesting architecture in the centre of the village , but the oddly named Hanging Grimston is within the parish , and here the Bouchier family lived in what must have been a grand castle with cottages nearby , and owned much land . |
| 17 | Little is known of the ‘ cottage countess ’ but there is no evidence of her surprise at seeing Burghley House , or her supposed decline under the aristocratic social pressures which Tennyson alludes to . |
| 18 | Relatively little is known of the first great temples , which were built between 2000 and 1900 BC and destroyed by earthquakes in 1700 BC , except that they stood on the same sites as the later temples . |
| 19 | LITTLE is known of the interdecadal variability in the thermohaline circulation of the world 's oceans , yet such knowledge is essential as a background to studies of the effects of natural and anthropogenic climate change . |
| 20 | These molecules are involved in low-affinity homophilic and/or heterophilic recognition , but little is known of the physical basis for these interactions . |
| 21 | Instead , they reflect how little is known of the demographic processes ( such as root mortality ) that control below-ground carbon and nutrient cycling , and the relationship between root demography and the soil environment . |
| 22 | Little is known of the ecological context of the afropithecin fossils , but while the best record is again from Maboko Island , there is some doubt about the ecological interpretation of this site . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , little is known of the south wing , but it has a very similar appearance to that of the north side and suffers from the disadvantage of facing north , which precludes any possibility of the best accommodation being situated there . |
| 24 | There is still much debate as to the necessity of using toxic doses of interleukin-2 : little is known of the precise mechanism by which it causes tumour regression , and many healthcare professionals seem reluctant to change from protocols that have shown some benefit in terms of survival and tumour response . |
| 25 | This reading of events gains some support from what little is known of the council 's role during April , before Gloucester and the prince reached London . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , after the Romans left in the 4th century , very little is known of the inhabitants of the area until the arrival of the Normans in the 11th century . |
| 27 | Of those families with documented familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , however , only about half have identifiable mutations related to the β-myosin heavy chain gene , and little is known of the incidence of genetic abnormalities in non-familial cases . |
| 28 | Very little is known of the ecology or adaptations of periantarctic beetles , grass aphids or thrips . |
| 29 | Although reasonable surmises may be made concerning the effect of various properties of the coast on erosion , little is known of the precise effects which they have . |
| 30 | Little is known of the Palace during the first hundred years . |