Example sentences of "little [vb -s] have [been] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It is , no doubt , already familiar to all those attending this meeting , yet still little appears to have been done to overcome it .
2 The main impediments to the free flow of people are those placed there to facilitate the free flow of motorised traffic , particularly road crossing barriers , signs embedded in the pavement and steps and ramps to carry the walker over or under the roadway. little seems to have been done in the way of formal schemes of assessment of pedestrian problems or of priorities for maintenance or design .
3 Little seems to have been done to repair the various bridges and now , — " Ballinaby having presented to this Meeting an Estimate of a Bridge to be built upon the water of Saligo …
4 Work was interrupted by a fire in the palace in 1298 and little seems to have been done until 1320 , but Michael was occupied on other works for the Crown , being sent to Winchester Castle in 1306 .
5 ‘ This is apparently against prison regulations , but little seems to have been done to enforce the rule . ’
6 For that matter little seems to have been gained by the translation of gâteau petit duc into Little Duke Cake and crêpes normandes into French pancakes Normande .
7 Habits and patterns of work can become more disorganized : people may be unable to focus on one task because all the other things to be done keep crowding in ; at the end of a very busy day little seems to have been accomplished .
8 In Borrowdale surprisingly little seems to have been reported ( perhaps the regular new routers have found another secret crag ? ) .
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