Example sentences of "little more than the [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | For groups in this position the right to take part in politics represents little more than the right to whistle in the wind . |
| 27 | For the moment , the revolution of 1327 seemed to amount to little more than the replacement of one greedy and unscrupulous faction by another . |
| 28 | ‘ Rural development has often appeared to consist of little more than the creation of as many plans , programmes , projects , rural centres , and special development agencies as possible . |
| 29 | For the French the peace of the last years of the fourteenth century led to little more than the need to garrison their frontiers . |
| 30 | Aerial photographs reveal little more than the site 's main features , and plotting scatters of surface finds only gives a reasonable guide to its centre , with little information about its extent or shape . |