Example sentences of "little more than [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Looking at those over 16 , we guess that about 3m of these savers are entitled to gross interest but little more than a third — 1.2m — have registered . ’ |
| 2 | Although she was supported by little more than a third of the electorate ( or 40% or so of those voting ) , there seemed no prospect of ousting her from office . |
| 3 | The biggest challenge facing the city is to create a dynamic economy in the ex-socialist eastern districts , where unemployment is exploding , and where pay levels are at best 60 per cent of those in the west — sometimes little more than a third . |
| 4 | However , this reason was offered by little more than a third of all temporary workers . |
| 5 | This means the eight or nine pence a litre they receive for their milk — little more than a third of European prices — reflects the reality of world dairy markets rather than the subsidies enjoyed by European farmers . |
| 6 | These extremes of wealth and poverty apparently inseparable from corn-and-sheep husbandry did not exist in most pastoral regions , where , as a rule , little more than a tenth of all wealth belonged to men worth £50 or more . |