Example sentences of "little [noun sg] in [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was little enthusiasm in the ILP for a United Front with the Communists , and little affection for the ILP in the Communist Party . |
| 2 | Clearly it is now almost impossible to proceed without the DUP , as some had hoped , and there is little enthusiasm in the UUP for full-scale inter-party talks . |
| 3 | During the next 100 years , there was little progress in the treatment of diarrhoea , and the main source for debate was the precise composition of the intravenously administered fluids . |
| 4 | However , although the Education Act 1981 shifted the emphasis in education from handicap to special educational need , based on assessment of curriculum requirement rather than on the child 's disability , there has been little progress in the integration of the handicapped in education . |
| 5 | While the diesel option has become popular among owners of off-roaders like the Discovery and the Mitsubishi Shogun , it has so far made little progress in the executive car class . |
| 6 | Now that we have a little experience in the joys of simple kite flying , it 's time to look deeper into the whole subject and to understand more about those ‘ Modern Materials ’ which have emerged since the 1970s . |
| 7 | For many years , both in the days of glassfibre and for the first few years of plastic , there was little variety in the shape of boats in general recreational use . |
| 8 | And when I woke up , although it was still dark outside , I wrapped up some spare clothes in a parcel , and put a little money in a purse . |
| 9 | She had decided to do outdoor work and earn a little money in the harvest . |
| 10 | ‘ We have very little money in the bank but this match is so important to us that , cash or no cash , I have booked the team into a posh hotel for Saturday night so that we can get the right preparation . |
| 11 | There was little ideology in the revolt , although Christian teachings of social obligation played some part . |
| 12 | Until the middle of 1971 , the IRA had played little part in the conflict . |
| 13 | I took very little part in the conversation . |
| 14 | Professional standards have traditionally played little part in the accounts of central government . |
| 15 | In the 1656–8 Parliament , as a member for Surrey , he was active in committees but took little part in the debates . |
| 16 | Having played little part in the August riots ( epitomised by the derisory slogan , ‘ IRA — I Ran Away ’ ) , old IRA men came out of retirement ( Rose , 1972 ) and ‘ there was a steady stream of recruits from young men who had seen houses and streets burnt down by Loyalist mobs and who 'd been unable to prevent them ’ ( Farrell , 1980:267 ) . |
| 17 | Older people are expected to play little part in the running of the group , beyond perhaps a simple process of consultation . |
| 18 | In the event my evidence — on the scientific value of clinical ecology — played little part in the proceedings because the charges brought by the GMC touched only peripherally on Dr Mumby 's clinical activities . |
| 19 | Character statistics play very little part in the proceedings , which is unforgivable for a product passing itself off as a roleplaying game . |
| 20 | Apparently , the guru had played little part in the proceedings , confining himself to putting records on the gramophone ; and this , for Eliot , seemed to render him the more sinister . |
| 21 | Although direct associations between the context and the target stimulus can play little part in the effect , it is still possible that associative interference might be responsible , in whole or in part , for latent inhibition . |
| 22 | A young probationary teacher and a student-teacher were also available for some periods of " fringe help , mostly supervisory " ( op. " cit. : 5 ) , but played little part in the planning discussions . |
| 23 | For most of the time the United States played little part in the organization of world power except in the Far East . |
| 24 | The teenager gets older , encounters some nicer , more controlled , more kindly people than he or she ever found at home — most people behave worst in their own homes — and with any luck comes to understand , yes , there is an aspiration or so floating around out there , and , if he , she , has n't seen too many horror movies , been too beaten up in body and mind , regains a little faith in a world at least potentially redeemable . |
| 25 | Pilots had little faith in the system and kept their heads and height down , preferring to risk prosecution by the CAA for low-flying rather than run the risk of killing themselves and another crew . |
| 26 | ‘ Have a little faith in the hero . ’ |
| 27 | I have little faith in the notion that treatment of mental diseases will truly benefit from knowledge of the culprit genes and gene products . |
| 28 | If the story demonstrates little faith in the new-Europe , so too does a film production that must , as usual , draft in an American star to play a British part . |
| 29 | Many students have little faith in the value of what or how they are taught and largely despise school . |
| 30 | They put little faith in the sincerity of the Communists but were prepared to make concessions in the interests of " Unity against Fascism " . |