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Meanings of precious little in English

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Usage of precious little in English
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Out in Iowa that January, however, precious little of this was clear.
Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
2
Night had fully descended, and the new moon provided precious little light.
Rock and Ice Magazine
3
There is precious little partner swapping going on in the mortgage market.
The Irish Times
4
There was precious little difficulty in finding the route you had taken.
At the Point of the Sword
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Without it, there is precious little drama in the modern budget day.
The Irish Times
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It all amounts to precious little; there is neither structure nor climax.
The Guardian
7
There is precious little performance in Africa without a deal of talk.
The Ivory Trail
8
But there appears to be precious little obvious dissent about Canopy's presence.
The Guardian
9
Water is what Arizona needs and what it has precious little of.
The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon; Or, The Mystery of Brig...
10
There was precious little of the past that they did not know.
Empire in black and gold
11
There was precious little light: what there was etched the tunnels deceptively.
Complete Books of Blood
12
Search as she would she could not find the precious little packet.
Wild Kitty
13
There were no road builders, and precious little organization for the traffic.
Private Peat
14
And the S3 yields precious little body roll, even at maximum Schumacher.
BBC
15
It was a celebratory milestone in a season offering precious little pleasure.
The Guardian
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Like most people in the country, I know precious little about him.
The Guardian
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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