Example sentences of "little [adj] [conj] a quarter [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Barbados , which even now has little more than a quarter of a million people , has led the way with a roll of honour of mind-boggling proportions . |
2 | In part , this reflected the greatly reduced role of hospital services , which fell from three-quarters to little more than a quarter of all residential places . |
3 | An added paradox to the Narvik actions was the Germans ' own demolitions that destroyed much of the port 's facilities , reducing iron-ore shipments to little more than a quarter of the pre-war level . |
4 | At this point , the channel is little more than a quarter of a mile wide and on the far bank a road continues the journey to Broadford . |
5 | Agriculture provides little more than a quarter of total exports ; no doubt that figure can be improved , but not enormously . |
6 | Altogether , these small builders were responsible for little more than a quarter of the houses . |