Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] have little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such changes in social and political thought clearly have important consequences for the character and goals of political action in the late twentieth century , and their effects are reinforced by the emergence of new problems and new movements — concerned with such issues as the environment and the use of natural resources , and the subordination of women — which arguably have little connection with class politics ; as well as by the renewed vigour of ethnic and national consciousness , expressed in independence movements of various kinds . |
| 2 | ‘ T was regrettable , of course , though you obviously had little choice but to abandon modesty when the need was so imperative . |
| 3 | If it is possible to mention something in the programme it will allow other fans who perhaps have little contact with the club , to use this excellent free facility . |
| 4 | She thus had little use for cinema which gave great weight to symbolism , and unfavourably contrasted symbolist poetry to the work of poets like Ezra Pound whose world operated , not through meaning , but through the ‘ direct impact of words ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Miss Kenton , you clearly have little idea of what you are suggesting . ’ |
| 6 | Dr Neil wanted to tell her to be careful , that she really had little idea of how hard and cruel the world was outside the privileged fastness in which she had previously lived , but he contented himself with saying instead , ‘ Have a good time , McAllister . |
| 7 | In the south , rebels from another group are pressing the government of President Siad Barre , who now has little authority beyond the capital . |
| 8 | This will have great benefits for residents across the city who currently have little redress against any midweek neighbours making undue noise . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , they will need to address pupils in English , and that will call on a register of English with which they probably have little acquaintance despite their good overall common of the language . |
| 10 | But they now have little chance of making the Anglo-Italian semi-finals . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , they often had little experience in civil administration and although the system may have seemed effective in suppressing Lombard leadership , ultimately it acted against Frederick 's interests due to its inherent inefficiency and unpopularity . |
| 12 | They are people whose lives are full of activity and demands for immediate responses ; they often have little time for reflection and study . |
| 13 | Kubrick can posit only a mystical promise of future ( individual ) development because he fundamentally has little faith in human nature or society , unlike Clarke ( most sci-fi writers seem to have a deep-down streak of optimism , even when as downbeat as Philip K Dick or as ironic as Kurt Vonnegut ) . |
| 14 | Jacobitism became attractive to a variety of different groups in the 1690s , including commonwealth Whigs , although at this time it still had little support in society at large . |
| 15 | He genuinely had little concern with making money for its own sake , but he could not fail to be infected by Marjorie 's martyred attitude to their shortage of cash , and he resented being reminded of it by Kegan 's sleekness . |
| 16 | Despite his many languages , he also had little sense of cultures other than his own . |
| 17 | He probably had little understanding of the intensity of feeling about their rights and dignity which the communal life of the ancient monasteries engendered , and which Anselm shared . |
| 18 | For more than 40 years , since the passage of the 1944 Education Act , central government had no formal role in determining the curriculum of schools ; it probably had little role in practice for several years before . |
| 19 | Apart from predictable duties , like that of sitting through a performance of The Family Reunion ( a play for which he now had little affection ) , he was asked to crown the Swedish snow queen at the winter festival : he told Robert Giroux that he had hoped this might be combined with the Nobel ceremony itself , so that he could wear ice-skates with his tails . |
| 20 | Returning towards the island he saw five Ju88s heading out to sea and although he now had little ammunition left , attacked and thought that he had managed to damage one . |