Example sentences of "little is [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little is known of the relative efficacy and toxicity of different strains . |
| 2 | I agree that they are important , but I am concerned that so little is made of freight . |
| 3 | Very little is recorded of his subsequent activities but on 22 March 778 he ordered three duces ( ealdormen ) to be slain by the nobles , Aethelbald and Heardberht — Ealdwulf , son of Bosa , at Coniscliffe and Cynewulf and Ecga at Helathirnum ( ASC D , s.a. 778 ) , and this action may have weakened his position for in the following year he was driven out by Aelfwald , son of Oswulf ( ASC D , s.a. 778 ) . |
| 4 | Although they are so common and live just beneath the ground , very little is seen of them . |
| 5 | ‘ Very little is asked of audiences . ’ |
| 6 | A particularly notable omission was children of high ability , the more serious in view of the widespread evidence nationally that such children underachieve in primary schools , partly because too little is expected of them . |
| 7 | Since Rome has been continuously inhabited ever since , and as Medieval , Renaissance and Modern cities have been built on the same site , very little is left of any of these fora except the excavated site and fragments of buildings . |
| 8 | There were many famous examples , but little is left of any of them except in such cities as Rhodes , where some twentieth century excavations and restoration have been carried out . |
| 9 | Little is shown of the background to this conflict , and even less is shown of the people who have struggled against the Saddam Hussein government whilst Western aid continued fuelling his campaigns against Iran , the Kurdish people and his own people . |
| 10 | Although Sukarno fought to retain his authority he was steadily out-manoevred by General Suharto , hitherto little known , so that The Times ( 2 March 1966 ) had to announce : ‘ Remarkably little is spoken of him . |
| 11 | He 's one of the most famous names in fashion but little is known of the man himself . |
| 12 | Little is known of the general effects of oil on the distribution of small cetaceans . |
| 13 | The duchess apart , little is known of their lives or even what their connection was with this village , but they should have left us £3,000 a year in charities . |
| 14 | At some stage a nine-hole course also existed on Ewelme Common but little is known of it , and other courses are likely to have come and gone . |
| 15 | Little is known of this period , but the mill had become the property of Leonard Stanley Priory by 1456 . |
| 16 | Little is known of the activities at Pitts Mill ; presumably it was run in conjunction with its neighbour . |
| 17 | Little is known of the visit other than that Mozart appeared before the Bavarian Elector Maximilian III Joseph . |
| 18 | Little is known of eruptions there , but there may have been one in the last decade , since sets of aerial photographs of the island taken many years apart show some slight changes . |
| 19 | The McGuires had another son and daughter , Hugh and Jacobina , but little is known of them and it is presumed that they both died young . |
| 20 | However , very little is known of any deaf aristocrats prior to 1750 , but there were some in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries , a number of whom achieved political renown . |
| 21 | Little is known of the history of the tower , which is part of a late 13th-century fortified manor house , but the remarkable paintings — ranging from biblical subjects to scenes of everyday rural life — tell a fascinating story of their own . |
| 22 | Little is known of his early life , except that he was the son of a judge 's clerk , of upper-middle class background , and that the male members of the family were engaged in either the legal or ecclesiastical professions . |
| 23 | Little is known of the inhabitants of the old manor house with its interesting architecture in the centre of the village , but the oddly named Hanging Grimston is within the parish , and here the Bouchier family lived in what must have been a grand castle with cottages nearby , and owned much land . |
| 24 | Newbridge , for instance , is now only a farm near Pulborough , and very little is known of its foundation . |
| 25 | Little is known of the ‘ cottage countess ’ but there is no evidence of her surprise at seeing Burghley House , or her supposed decline under the aristocratic social pressures which Tennyson alludes to . |
| 26 | There is the added attraction that , since little is known of publishing in many places , items are not always recognised as rare or significant , and are therefore comparatively inexpensive . |
| 27 | Little is known of his early life except for his recollection that at the age of nine or ten he ‘ did so offend the Lord that He did scare and terrify me with dreadful visions ’ , and that he was greatly afflicted at that time with thoughts of the Day of Judgement . |
| 28 | Little is known of this strikingly beautiful femme-fatale , except that her contribution to early aviation reporting was considerable . |
| 29 | Little is known of Aenarion 's early life . |
| 30 | Little is known of their courtship but it is said that , for a brief time , they were happy . |