Example sentences of "it [modal v] make little [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lord president tried to attract support by embarking on a reform of the council , particularly by a reduction in its fees ; but it could make little progress against the obstructionism of Secretary Ingram , who had the backing at court of the lord treasurer , Lionel Cranfield ( later Earl of Middlesex , q.v . ) . |
| 2 | Of the Unionist press , only the Daily Telegraph supported the coalition , and it could make little head against such a tide . |
| 3 | In practice one suspects that it would make little sense to the participants in any of these cases to ask who is really being supported : . |
| 4 | It would make little sense in this context to increase the categories of sexual assault simply to maintain gender specificity . |
| 5 | On the other hand , as the new scheme stands , it will make little impact on the poverty experienced by lone mothers ; there is still no adequate compensation for women for the costs they bear as a consequence of inequalities in marriage and child-rearing ; and the financial dependency of individual women on individual men is maintained . |