Example sentences of "that there is little [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What emerges from the survey as most worrying for the Government is that there is little support from even its most natural supporters for some key policies , like the privatisation of water and the railways .
2 Most FRES members support this view , saying that there is little evidence of discrimination against candidates who have been made redundant .
3 It may well be true that there is little evidence of a widespread parochial anti-clericalism in the early sixteenth century , if by that we mean an endemic lay hostility towards the local priesthood .
4 In her review Cohen argues that there is little evidence in favour of the absolute specialisation models and points out that , as regards the nature of hemispheric specialisation , differences between the two halves of the brain have been conceptualised in terms of specialisation for different types of material , specialisation for different processes and specialisation for different stages of processing .
5 Diamond and Smith ( 1982 , 1984 ) and Diamond ( 1985 , 1987 ) have argued that there is little evidence that all students not admitted to their first-choice institution will be prepared to substitute an alternative institution particularly if this is one from a different sector .
6 He suggests that there is little evidence that any British Government ever managed the unemployment rate simply with a view only to winning the next election .
7 ‘ The point , ’ said McInnes , drawing the meeting to order , ‘ is that there is little change in basic share prices , unless a real story hits the wires .
8 There is also some evidence to suggest that there is little variation by social class in the amount of practical support given and received .
9 The political process in such an organization is made even more difficult by the fact that there is little communication .
10 They claim that there is little communication with general practices in some areas and that the system for calling patients is sometimes inadequate .
11 The working party found that the linkage between the IT research community and the IT industry is very strong , but that there is little linkage between the IT research community and the wider engineering research community or engineering industry .
12 Dr Brice Pitt comments in Making the Most of Middle Age : ‘ So much publicity is now given to the art of making love , what men and women need from each other , and how to please your partner , that there is little excuse for a dull , unimaginative sex life even in the supposedly stolid middle-aged . ’
13 While there may be problems of productivity for a small category of workers , there is a substantial body of research which suggests that there is little foundation in reality for such views for the majority of occupations .
14 Some scientists who think that there is little likelihood of there being any other technological civilization in the Galaxy agree that the approach is Indeed ‘ uniquely logical ’ — and have gone on from there to support their own case .
15 However much Labour may talk about public expenditure , it normally makes such a mess of the economy that there is little benefit to be found in the longer run .
16 Dunning and co-workers ( 1986 ) further point out that there is little proof that soccer violence is caused by the excessive drinking of alcohol : many hooligans seldom drink prior to the match to keep a ‘ clear head ’ for any aggression which might take place .
17 The common view has been that the Conservative party 's structure is so rigidly hierarchical that there is little scope for initiatives from the party members .
18 It is in the light of that situation that the committee has issued its warning that there is little scope for cuts in the parish ministry — the main point of contact between the church and its members .
19 This will be so particularly in the case of goods which are of a very low price , so that there is little income barrier to their purchase .
20 The pay off is that there is little sign of the peakiness that can accompany sports engines .
21 The majority will find that there is little knowledge of the needs of the physically disabled community , that there are no policies for meeting such needs and that housing and social services departments are failing to work together to help disabled people achieve the things which most non-disabled citizens take for granted .
22 Lest it be thought that there is little help at hand , the Office of Fair Trading ( OFT ) , responsible for much of the supervision of the 1974 Act , does supply some helpful explanatory material .
23 But it does mean that there is little chance for physical closeness or the impulse cuddling that can say so much in its own right , as well as leading naturally and delightfully to full sexual enjoyment .
24 He believes that there is little chance of him finding a job in the near future .
25 It can be concluded from the evidence of Table 16.5 that there is little relationship between low tax burdens and faster economic growth .
26 Punctuality of departure means that there is little leeway for prolonged diagnostic through and the tendency under such conditions is to change the suspected LRU even though the BITE check if available indicated that it is functioning correctly .
27 Arguments against screening included that other effects of hormone replacement therapy are as or more important when decisions on treatment are made ; that no agreement exists on when and whom to treat ; that measurements vary at different times and with different equipment ; and that there is little separation between the groups who will and will not suffer fracture in terms of bone mass .
28 And UN officials worry that there is little prospect of creating stable government in what is left of ‘ free ’ Bosnia .
29 This does not mean that there is little truth in the tenets of other faiths .
30 The book from its invention has been a commodity , dependent on patronage or the market for its circulation , and this is a fact of history that there is little point in complaining about .
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