Example sentences of "for little " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a report to a plenary meeting of Tsektran in June , he said that trains should stop acting like droshkys , carrying people and goods where they wished for little or no pay . |
| 2 | Commissioner of the Garda Siochana for little more than two years in the 1970s , he presided over a force struggling to cope with a surge in urban crime and the spillover violence of the IRA campaign in Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | Its Military Committee , which the victors of 1945 had once hoped ( for little more than the time it takes to shake hands ) would in future enforce peace at the head of a world army , remained a jobless phantom . |
| 4 | Many of the most apparently distinguished honours are a reward for little more than longevity or political servitude . |
| 5 | ALAMO ( 0800 272200 ) will rent out a Mercedes 190 at Heathrow for little more than its rivals charge for a Ford Fiesta . |
| 6 | There may well be a reputable graffiti artist in the area who would take on the challenge for little more than the cost of the materials ! |
| 7 | For little more than the price of two rolls of 35mm this source of invaluable information really is worth having . |
| 8 | The couple stayed together for little more than a year and their son died before he was 12 months old , an incident that was to haunt Gallacher throughout his precociously successful playing career . |
| 9 | Panic , for little ol' Bean ! |
| 10 | Again this is a key finding , for little can be done about speeds , safety and environmental traffic management issues so long as housing areas have through traffic inflicted upon them . |
| 11 | One may wonder why it is necessary to fit such a ‘ bluff ’ unit when a proper working alarm could be constructed for little extra outlay . |
| 12 | One day , just as he is about to throw himself off a cliff , he sees Custer riding for Little Big Horn . |
| 13 | Apart from the Dome , built as the focal point for Hothampton ( a name rapidly forgotten ) little else remains , for little was built . |
| 14 | Individuality counts for little as the nurse in the antenatal clinic brightly calls us ‘ Mother ’ , and the doctor treats us as if we were half-witted . |
| 15 | Experiments and modern calculations suggest that the Sutton Hoo type boat could average a speed of 3 knots for little more than six hours , so that a crossing of the North Sea from Holland to East Anglia could have been achieved in about 14 days , although if sails were available the time would be considerably less ( Green 1963 ) . |
| 16 | For little more than the price of ordinary-looking hardcover books you can own these extraordinary editions — books that are admired and collected in 131 countries around the world . |
| 17 | For every Western aid worker , there are at least five Somali aid workers who , like Hawa the nurse , put themselves at greater risk , work longer hours for little or no money , and provide a body of local people who may be able to continue their work in health care or administration after the fighting is over . |
| 18 | Now the truth was emerging ; the British , though pushing forward with undiminished tenacity and courage , were suffering a disaster of gruesome proportions , with hundreds of thousands of men perishing for little territorial , and no strategic , gain . |
| 19 | But surely in an economically and culturally disparate country such as Italy , which has existed as a single entity for little more than a century , a north-south break-up would be the best thing to promote accountability , reduce bureaucracy and eliminate waste . |
| 20 | In George Bush 's time , there was also a plan for little space-based interceptors , ‘ brilliant pebbles ’ , that would hit missiles early on in their flight . |
| 21 | Large bedrooms with two large beds accommodating the family for little or no extra cost means revenue from extra meals and drinks . |
| 22 | But he is prepared to act as consultant for corporate clients like Mars in order to be able , for little or no money , to advise clients like Greenpeace or the China Appeal , Michael Manley and the Jamaican government , the National Council for Civil Liberties and the opposition parties in the 1989 Hungarian elections , on their communications and advertising strategies . |
| 23 | Then , when the truce had run for little more than three years , Richard II was deposed and murdered , his place as king of England being taken by Henry IV , the son of John of Gaunt . |
| 24 | Enclosure turned small or fragmented holdings and commons suitable for little more than subsistence agriculture into consolidated holdings able to support the new farming and generate capital for improvement . |
| 25 | Use lemon curd to make a delicious filling for little brown bread sandwiches to eat with ices , to spread on brioche or currant bread , or as a sauce for little yeast pancakes as well as for the traditional lemon curd pie made with rich , sweet short crust . |
| 26 | Five thousand francs a kilo they were fetching today , and a week later in London shops 12s. 6d. each for little tiny ones . |
| 27 | Most of them are poor people who give their services to their neighbours and communities for little or no charge . |
| 28 | Such farms may allow for little or no daily contact with the workforce ( other than by two-way radios fitted to tractors ) , with day-to-day supervision remaining in the hands of managers and foremen . |
| 29 | I was able to recall perfectly quite long sequences of words even when I was exposed to each for little more than twenty milliseconds . |
| 30 | Was he being indescribably presumptuous even to suppose that Sir Philip might consider allowing his only daughter to share her life with a man who could pay for little more than the bare necessities ? |