Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] little [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the northern geometric deigns , again , appear to owe little to the latter . |
| 2 | Performers such as Richard Cocciante , Sandra , Renaud and Telephone mean little to British audiences , but in their own countries — Italy , Germany and France — they are stars , selling enormous quantities of records . |
| 3 | They stand to benefit little from the insider dealing prohibition . |
| 4 | ‘ There are more women caring for elderly relatives than looking after children under five but as yet we 've heard little about it . |
| 5 | I 've heard little about you since . |
| 6 | Despite changes in official and media attitudes to corporal punishment , the Newsons ' research suggests parental habits have altered little in nearly 30 years . |
| 7 | They were stars of the hard left , but we have heard little about them during the election struggle . |
| 8 | Studies are now being conducted into the habits of the maleo but so far ornithologists have added little since Wallace 's day to our knowledge of the bird . |
| 9 | In the past two chapters , I have been discussing the mechanisms of evolution , but have said little about the outcome of the process . |
| 10 | But they have said little about law 's part in the mosaic . |
| 11 | Ironically again , French software and computer services companies have benefited little from direct government spending . |
| 12 | However , at the last minute the selectors have restored Little to inside centre and picked Fox and Steve Bachop as the fly-halves , very likely on the basis they are much more accurate punters than Little . |
| 13 | What is nice about the AX diesel is that you can smile smugly about the miles you are effortlessly squeezing from every gallon , in the knowledge you have sacrificed little along the way . |
| 14 | The most simple and primitive in contemporary use , these looms have changed little since their inception several millennia ago ; they consist of four wooden beams which are laid out flat and secured by pegs driven into the ground . |
| 15 | However , this statistic conceals that levels of nitrogen dioxide have changed little since 1983 . |
| 16 | These animals have changed little during the 400 million years since they evolved , and still retain their strange eyes . |
| 17 | It strikes me that the transformed cladists have changed little except the words . |
| 18 | Perhaps surprisingly , Conran 's management style and operating methods have changed little in the light of his vast experience . |
| 19 | Their passion for raiding has declined in recent years , but in most other respects their lifestyles have changed little in centuries , and the rugs they make today remain faithful to their ancestors ' methods of weaving and repertoire of designs . |
| 20 | He says the tools of the trade have changed little in more than a 1,000 years . |