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Weather systems of the Pacific Ocean cause Alberta to have a dry climate with,
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,moderation from the ocean. Annual precipitation ranges from in the southeast to -
A group of powerful Republicans. Lincoln argued that the Founding Fathers had,
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,use for popular sovereignty and had repeatedly sought to restrict slavery. -
Glorification of church and state were designed for personal advantage and had,
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,to do with the search for philosophical truth. Influence Schopenhauer has had a -
Football by the Andorra national football team. However, the team has had,
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,success internationally due to Andorra’s small population. In mathematics and -
Neither of which accept traditional» Mon–Khmer» as a valid unit. However,
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,of the data used for competing classifications has ever been published, and -
Available, few are supported by scientific studies. Treatment approaches have,
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,empirical support in quality-of-life contexts, and many programs focus on -
Attracting foreign and domestic investment outside the energy sector have had,
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,success in reducing high unemployment and improving living standards, however. -
Secretary and head of staff in 1919,AEC started as an ambitious program and,
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,else. Staff for the first year consisted of one executive, Clifford B. Le Page -
Air pressure via a servo system, the movement is very fluid and there is very,
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,noise. DER2 realized a slimmer body than that of the former version by using a -
Backbone tends to be greater than 10. Alkanes are not very reactive and have,
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,biological activity. Alkanes can be viewed as a molecular tree upon which can -
Charge and eventually asked the composer to leave the recording studio. Then,a,
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,later, Shilkret discovered there was no one to play the brief celesta solo -
Suspected Aristotle of playing a role in Alexander’s death, but there is,
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,evidence for this. Upon Alexander’s death, anti-Macedonian sentiment in Athens -
The Aras River, and several mausoleums. In the 19th and early 20th centuries,
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,monumental architecture was created, but distinctive residences were built in -
Changes made to her script by the producer. Her 1938 novella Anthem received,
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,attention from reviewers, both for its first publication in England and for -
Generally been poor, their clinical results are mostly tentative, and there is,
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,evidence for the relative effectiveness of treatment options. Intensive -
Virginia and New York agreed to cede their claims in the Ohio River Valley. A,
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,over three years passed before Maryland’s ratification on March 1,1781. The -
As any failure of the SPS to ignite would strand the crew in Lunar orbit, with,
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, hope of escape. As with the previous burn, the crew had to perform the maneuver -
Instance of signification. Thus, although some things may be certain, they have,
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,to do with Dasein’s sense of care and existential anxiety, e. g., in the face -
At all. Agriculture Due to the northern climate and steep terrain, relatively,
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, farming occurs in Alaska. Most farms are in either the Matroska Valley, about -
Were more advanced technologically and socially, in many cases they could do,
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,in a military aspect to defend against the mounted hordes of the steppe. -
Plates were a common method of observation. Modern astronomers spend relatively,
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,time at telescopes — most spend a few weeks per year observing, and the rest of -
Laws. Meanwhile, each State acted individually against Great Britain to,
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,effect. When other New England states closed their ports to British shipping -
Comedienne died in 1978,but the rule of his successor, Chadli Bendjedid, was,
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, more open. The state took on a strongly bureaucratic character and corruption -
Alchemists whose works were often allegorical and unintelligible, with very,
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,concern for laboratory work. Albeit others reserve that title for Robert Boyle -
Cemetery on November 19. Defying Lincoln’s prediction that» the world will,
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,note, nor long remember what we say here,» the Address became the most quoted -
Made it more than profitable to extract this oil, which in the past would give,
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,profit or even a loss. With concerted effort and support from the provincial -
For the concept of microcredit which allows poor and destitute people with,
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,or no collateral to borrow money. The borrowers typically pay back money within -
Must defend against) have been criticized as being» weak,»» sloppy,» and «,
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,more than caricatures of an attack. » Weak attacks from use cause a conditioned -
And could be considered to be alchemists themselves, except that these two did,
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,in the way of experimentation. The first true alchemist in Medieval Europe was -
May be isolated by electrolysis of its hydroxide in a process that has changed,
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,since Davy. Thermal methods also are employed in potassium production, using -
Was used during a mission). The conference participants decided that there was,
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,to worry about and that Borman’s illness was either a 24-hour flu, as Borman -
Rather than societies whose evolution could be measured by how much or how,
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,» civilization» they had. He believed that each culture has to be studied in -
History of crop cultivation before the dawn of the 20th century, there is,
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,question that the work of Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel created the -
Bitumen, used,for example, in road surfacing. However, the higher alkanes have,
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,value and are usually split into lower alkanes by cracking. Some synthetic -
Maghreb Union, which was nominally established in 1989 but which has carried,
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,practical weight. Provinces and districts Algeria is divided into 48 provinces -
Parents in active programs of therapy. As late as the mid-1970s there was,
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,evidence of a genetic role in autism; now it is thought to be one of the most -
And Chenopodium, as well as crops no longer grown, including marsh elder and,
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,barley were domesticated. Other wild foods may have undergone some selective -
To replace Cyrillic. Other than that the Azerbaijani system has undergone,
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,structural change. Initial alterations have included the reestablishment of -
In Harry L. Shorto’s Mon–Khmer Comparative Dictionary. However, very,
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, work has been done on Proto-Austro-Asiatic itself, since the Funds languages -
As the oppressed «, Academic reaction During Rand’s lifetime her work received,
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,attention from academic scholars. A few articles about Rand’s ideas appeared -
About his presidential intentions, Lincoln said,» The taste is in my mouth a,
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, » 1860 Presidential nomination and election On May 9–10, 1860,the Illinois -
Lee, Mobile,Madison, Montgomery,Shelby, and Tuscaloosa) in the state have,
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,to no home rule. Instead, most counties in the state must lobby the Local -
Had only nominal control over their (sub-)commanders. For civilians there was,
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,security from murder, rape and extortion. Mullah Omar started his movement with -
Not give much thought to politics, and several times he writes proudly of how,
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,attention he had paid» to political affairs of his day «. In a life that -
And West Africa and even with the Great Zimbabwe Mutant Empire, but engaged in,
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,or no transoceanic trade. Portuguese presence on the coast The geographical -
1-2 m) long. Etymology The word adobe has existed for around 4000 years, with,
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, change in either pronunciation or meaning: the word can be traced from the -
Activities during the Vietnam War years have turned up surprisingly,
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,(although anthropologist Hugo Noting was active in the stillborn Project -
The force of the attack rather than opposing it head-on. This requires very,
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,physical strength, as the aikido (aikido practitioner) » leads» the -
Teams that built our spacecraft, the Saturn, the Columbia, the Eagle, and the,
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,EMU, the spacesuit and backpack that was our small spacecraft out on the lunar -
Back to Pharaonic Egypt where it was the domain of the priestly class; there is,
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,or no evidence for such a claim though. Alchemical writers used Classical
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Here you can find a large assortment of example sentences for the word little, or in other words sentences that can help you learn how to use little in a sentence. Learning how to use a word in a sentences can be very helpful, for example when it comes to learning how to use the word in a sentence, in which context the word can be used as well as to learn the true meaning of the word «little».
Little in a sentence
Here below you will find several sentences that illustrate how to use the word little in a sentence.
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I went into little places.
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The pill had little effect.
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I am a little bit in shock.
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There was little he could do.
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It’s got a little more heart.
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They had little time to rest.
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You come up with a little bit.
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The pleas met little sympathy.
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There is little gasoline, so ..
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But I am a little bewildered ..
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Mice are short-lived but take up very little space.
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Freedom would do the slaves little good, he argued.
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The bridges have been altered little since opening.
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There was little recovery of gliders from Normandy.
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The monarch takes little direct part in government.
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Bulgaria suffered little war damage and the Soviet Union demanded no reparations.
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Ratanakiri villagers have traditionally had little contact with the cash economy.
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Waters felt that Gilmour had contributed little to the band’s lyrical repertoire.
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They began firing as they advanced toward the Texian positions, to little effect.
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A truce with England during the following few months left Joan with little to do.
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During the six weeks before Henry arrived, the archbishop had little difficulty in keeping the peace.
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After sharing a big partnership with Jeff Stollmeyer, he received little help from the other batsmen.
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Furthermore, the eastern diverged into nomadic little ravens and, in forested refuges, forest ravens.
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Additionally, some taxa recognized as full species have been found to have little genetic divergence.
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The non-breeding male differs little from the breeding male, being paler with more orange upperparts.
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By this time, various strands of new music were emerging with which Saint-Saëns had little in common.
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He received little formal education, attending the local school for three or four months each winter.
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Even at birth she is physically unusual, a «narrow-hipped, wide-shouldered little tadpole of a baby».
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The Germans soon found that Pećanac’s units were inefficient, unreliable, and of little military use.
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The storm had little or no effect on land, but caused significant delays for North Atlantic shipping.
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The small grey heron colony has been joined by little egrets, and, from 2010, by Eurasian spoonbills.
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Constantine achieved little in the series, scoring 72 runs at 7.20 and taking eight wickets at 50.87.
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The affair caused a minor scandal in Paris, but it did little to dent his popularity with his people.
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The Titans received little publicity and attracted only 4,719 fans to the home opener against Denver.
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She and her five siblings were reared there, receiving little education and working from a young age.
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The first two witnesses made brief statements that had little effect on the court, but Cotton was questioned extensively.
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But despite a force of 60,000, Kutluskha could do little else than engage in some raids around Syria, and then retreated.
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Daddy Neptune one day to Freedom did say,»If ever I lived upon dry land.The spot I should hit on would be little Britain!
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She spent five years researching what little was known about the ecology and history of the Everglades and South Florida.
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The BBC producer Grace Wyndham Goldie was dismayed at how little of his «comic quality» was conveyed on the small screen.
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Furthermore, there was little support for Aldrin’s views among senior astronauts who would command later Apollo missions.
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He wrote in 1926, «I wonder whether I’m justified in forcing this work upon people who seem to care so little about it.».
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In March 1942, a seven-inch (17 cm) shell struck the 37th floor of the building but caused little damage and no injuries.
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It got me out of my own little world and taught me how to understand white people, how to communicate and deal with them.
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The hind limbs differed little from those of other ornithomimids, and were proportionally longer than in other theropods.
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Four episodes of the second series DVD features an audio commentary by Julia Sawalha and Steven Moffat, in which the actress claims to remember very little about the show.
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The king had taken most of his household knights and the loyal members of his nobility with him to Ireland, so Bolingbroke experienced little resistance as he moved south.
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William Green of New York, a member of the Appropriations Committee, stated that he believed the agency learned little from its botched response to Hurricane Hugo in 1989.
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Except for his juvenilia, little of which has survived, Mahler composed only in the media of song and symphony, with a close and complex interrelationship between the two.
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She described her shock and sorrow in her diary and letters, extracts of which were published after her death: «our poor darling little Johnnie had passed away suddenly ..
Synonyms for little
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General information about «little» example sentences
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Synonym: bit, mini, miniature, minimum, puny, short, slight, small, teeny, tiny, wee. Antonym: big, much. Similar words: little by little, a little, cattle, settle, shuttle, bottled, scuttle, settle for. Meaning: [‘lɪtl] n. a small amount or duration. adj. 1. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent 2. (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a’) at least some 3. of short duration or distance 4. (of children and animals) young, immature 5. (informal) small and of little importance 6. (of a voice) faint 7. lowercase 8. small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context). adv. not much.
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1. From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.
2. Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
3. A little is better than none.
4. Little chips light great fires.
5. A little neglect may breed great mischief.
6. A little pot is soon hot.
7. Often and little eating makes a man fat.
8. Many a little makes a mickle.
9. Little boats must keep the shores.
10. A little of everything, nothing at all.
11. Many lords, many laws; much law, little justice.
12. Love me little and love me long.
13. Many a little (or pickle) makes a mickle.
14. Who answers suddenly knows little.
15. Money lost, little lost; time lost, everything lost.
16. Little pitchers have great (or large) ears.
17. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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18. Poor men’s words have little weight.
19. Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
20. Kind words are worth much and cost little.
21. He is a wise man who speaks little.
22. Think much, speak little, and write less.
23. Poor folk [men] are fain of little.
24. Little pigeons can carry great messages.
25. A little pot [pan] is soon hot.
26. By little and little the wolf eateth the sheep.
27. A man of sense talks little and listens much.
28. Into every life a little rain must fall.
29. Little said is soon amended.
30. Little bodies may have great souls.
More similar words: little by little, a little, cattle, settle, shuttle, bottled, scuttle, settle for, settle down, settlement, fit to, admit to, committee, pittance, outlet, title, subtle, unsettling, at least, entitle, at length, elite, split, utility, ability, literary, literally, facility, military, sexuality.
Examples of how to use the word “little” in a sentence. How to connect “little” with other words to make correct English sentences.
little (adj, det, pron, adv): small in size or amount; not much or enough; a small amount; slightly
Use “little” in a sentence
He has very little knowledge of geography. |
I’m a little bit hungry. |
His health is improving little by little. |
He has very little knowledge of geography. |
I want to sleep a little more. |
Can I stay a little longer? |
We need a little more time. |
I want to sleep a little more. |
The patient got better little by little. |
Can you reduce the price a little bit?
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