1.   Amelia seemed a little more cheerful today than last week.

2.   He seems a little more cheerful today.

3.   Michael Heseltine talking to me a little earlier today.

4.   Although those markets steadied a little today, the fall in Italian bonds yesterday took bond yields to their highest level in almost three weeks.

5.   But a little less today.

6.   Feeling a little slow today?

7.   Given how things have gone recently, it could be a little raucous today.

8.   I got a little lucky today.

9.   Most of the Southeast Asian currencies rose a little today, after large declines yesterday.

10.   Those concerns were soothed a little today, as regional share markets rose.