Example sentences of "[adv] little as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nothing so little as grace at first , and nothing more glorious afterward : things of greatest perfection are longest in coming to their growth … |
| 2 | You can see so little as you blunder on that you are an easy target for any animal seeking fresh meat . |
| 3 | Priced at just under £30,000 , however , the Alpine offers so much for so little as to question the morality of widening the scope of supercar ownership far beyond those dedicated few prepared to invest in the high level of training to drive one safely . |
| 4 | With the pneumonias , the interval between early chest infection and death could be as little as 12 hours in someone outwardly fit and well . |
| 5 | Despite what brewers ' architects often allege , the life expectancy of such plastic window units is proving remarkably short — as little as five years for the fittings , and twenty years for the plastic itself , which is exhibiting distinct tendencies to warp and discolour with age . |
| 6 | I expect he hoped to have as little as possible to do with her , but when she made a dead set at him , as she did at all young married men , that was no longer possible . |
| 7 | Fortunately , most popular hedging plants tolerate frequent close clipping to control them , and a hedge made from species such as beech , hornbeam or box can be as little as 15in wide . |
| 8 | It mattered as little as it seemed to matter to Lucy that they would have — yet another — three weeks apart . |
| 9 | Move your arms as little as is necessary to achieve your purpose , and always move them together so that if the front hand is knocking down an incoming punch , the rear is executing a counter-punch . |
| 10 | The purpose of this chapter is to help you to deal with any injuries which you may pick up , so that they affect your fitness as little as possible . |
| 11 | It features a 2.2″ screen with built in aerial , weighs as little as 8oz and comes complete with a protective soft case and batteries . |
| 12 | A more realistic and simple proposal was investigated by the GLC who concluded that it might be possible to reopen the link for as little as £1million . |
| 13 | Yet , the Labour MP Jeff Rooker claims , there have been examples of Royal Warwickshire prisoners of war seeking desperately needed help who have been given as little as £25 , while many more have been means-tested and found ‘ unqualified ’ for even basic financial assistance . |
| 14 | Mr Carey said : ‘ We submitted a bid which tried to be clear about the problems , and to arrive at a view of what is practicable , which disturbs MPs as little as possible , while giving the broadcasters what they want . |
| 15 | Mr Guerin 's lawyer said he had advised Mr Guerin to say as little as possible for the time being . |
| 16 | In some authorities , the inspectors — who are quite separate from Her Majesty 's Inspectorate — spend as little as 3 per cent of their time on direct observation of classrooms . |
| 17 | Some classes gave as little as half an hour a week to science and , on average , it took only 5 per cent of the timetable . |
| 18 | In considering the personal aspects of a witness , courts should always bear in mind the unreliability of subjective impressions and should base their judgments on these as little as possible . |
| 19 | It offers a full discretionary management service — anything from PEPs , shares and gilts to traded options — for first-time investors with as little as £10,000 . |
| 20 | The scheme , which already covers more than a million motorists in the UK , can cost as little as £6.50 a year . |
| 21 | The terms of exchange between manufacturers and agricultural produce moved swiftly to the disadvantage of the towns ; a pair of boots which in 1913 had been worth 283lb. of rye flour was worth as little as 133lb. by May 1922 . |
| 22 | Boats start from as little as £200 for a popular second-hand Mirror , right up to over £5000 for a state-of-the-art racing ‘ machine ’ . |
| 23 | The hunger that made Charlie , Charlot , chew the boiled slices of boot , moustache toing and froing under his nose , I understood as well or as little as the hunger of the grown-ups around me , my mother eating the woodworms along with the oats and the silence as everybody stopped to watch her . |
| 24 | In this way , in as little as a hundred years , Africa 's doubts about herself — now so prevalent — may finally be removed . |
| 25 | Bath/shower mixer taps cost from as little as £40 . |
| 26 | One full course of treatment costs as little as 5 pence , and can save a life . |
| 27 | Some people wear it all the time because they think it acts as a barrier against the weather but I believe in letting your skin breathe so I always wear as little as possible . |
| 28 | And anyway , the thought of spending January and February in Spain or Portugal for as little as £10 a day seems attractive in its own right . |
| 29 | Also this £300 machine is often sold for much less , and old models ( which have a single-sided 360K drive ) are available for as little as £175 . |
| 30 | UAL chairman Stephen Wolf , who is under pressure from the rest of his board to deliver the company from its limbo state since the original $6.75billion buyout plan was dropped , began another round of talks this week with the airline 's employees and union leaders to raise support for a bid likely to be worth as little as $4.5billion . |