Example sentences of "could [be] little [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Even with that level of scrutiny , there could be little hope of containing fraud , which is already a serious drain on the EC 's coffers and on its reputation .
2 Although no reports on incidental killings of small cetaceans in the new Tasman/South Pacific drift-net fishery were provided by the Taiwanese , Japanese , or Korean governments , there could be little doubt of the damage being done .
3 On the basis of the most recent evidence , there could be little doubt that Judas Thomas was indeed Jesus 's brother — the brother mentioned in the Gospels as Jude .
4 There could be little doubt that Richard and his elder brother would give very different answers to these questions .
5 But of his courage , though it was not of a kind that Hotspur admired , there could be little doubt ; and of his ability and calculating detachment , none .
6 Primo de Rivera was still alive and there could be little doubt that he would be opposed to the idea , for , even before the rising , he had warned against the danger of becoming the puppets of the military .
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