Example sentences of "had any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We looked at variations in perceptions across the electorate to see whether television , the press , or both had any influence . |
| 2 | On the left , the attitude of Moscow and the Third International , in so far as they had any influence at all in Spain before the war , was to encourage Popular Front democracy and discourage revolution . |
| 3 | But there is no sign that Hugh had any influence on his thought before his long sojourn in Lyons from May 1099 to August 1100 . |
| 4 | The general impression of a biddable Council , given by this response , is supported by the comment of a Florentine , Aldo Brandini , that only one man , Sir Reginald Bray , had any influence over the King . |
| 5 | Whether the addition of cisplatin to 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin had any influence on the apparent beneficial effect of palliative chemotherapy in this study remains uncertain . |
| 6 | Also , although he would have denied it had any influence at all , Ketura had told him Jeopardy used that court , and that he always practised early . |
| 7 | It had dawned on me that not only was I leaving the comfortingly familiar surroundings of primary school but that I no longer had any influence whatsoever on the other pupils at the school which I had had before but I was to be demoted to ‘ the annoying first year ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ He was the only one who ever had any influence with Robert . |
| 9 | The data was submitted on a confidential basis , because of the possibility of future publication , and so it is not possible to ascertain whether or not it had any influence on the deliberations of the Review body , but their conclusions on the quality of post-graduate geological research undertaken in Dundee and Strathclyde Universities were exactly in line with the quantitative findings described later . |
| 10 | Even though the defendant knew the names and addresses of all customers , the quality of contact was not of the degree required in order to establish that he was ever regarded as " being the business " or even had any influence over the customers . |
| 11 | Pale , Bosnia : BOSNIAN Serbs called for a new peace plan for Bosnia after declaring the current one dead yesterday but Muslim-led government leaders said this meant the West no longer had any excuse to avoid decisive action . |
| 12 | If I had any guts I 'd walk out of the front door now , this minute , and I 'd hitch my way to Italy and rent a shack in Tuscany , and I 'd paint trash to sell to the tourists in the Piazza della Signoria , and I 'd paint … |
| 13 | ‘ He said that if the Ministry of Education had any guts , they would refuse to recognize it , ’ pursued Pickerage . |
| 14 | Gentle ‘ But we never had any sign that they had problems with their marriage . |
| 15 | Among the various preproducts of beer tests only those products produced after the addition of years — that is , after the onset of fermentation — had any capacity to stimulate acid secretion . |
| 16 | Incidentally , it was the only part of the so-called garden that had any depth of soil at all ; the rest was very sparsely covered . |
| 17 | ‘ They had any luck d' you know ? ’ |
| 18 | Wonder if Tamsin had any luck selling her house . |
| 19 | Few had any experience of the industry they were investing in . |
| 20 | Few had any experience of combat , although Dave Kershaw had served as a volunteer during the Spanish Civil War . |
| 21 | When I signed up for the trip I really did n't know just what to expect ; when I got my packet information I wondered how I would stand up to it but I soon found I adjusted very well and even though I had never slept in a tent in a tent in a sleeping bag or had any experience canoeing I did OK . |
| 22 | The young man was claimed to be ‘ abundantly capable of the office ’ , but if he had any experience which might justify his placement in a supervisory post , it was not mentioned . |
| 23 | In appropriate cases a commissioner from the Requesting State might be appointed to carry out the special method or procedure requested , e.g. , to overcome the difficulty which a civil law State may have in satisfying a Request from a common law State to take evidence under cross examination , because no judge or local lawyer in the requested State had any experience in that field . |
| 24 | Few had any experience of moving about and getting together , and unless educated , which only a small minority was , had no expectation of improving their condition . |
| 25 | I said yes , that I wanted a farm place , and he asked me if I had any experience . |
| 26 | I do n't think she had any experience but she became friendly with Eleanor Fawcett who had , and Vera borrowed our cheese press . |
| 27 | As the pressures mounted , Lenin was forced to admit that ‘ an unskilled labourer or a cook can not immediately get on with the job of state administration ’ and that only a few thousand workers throughout Russia had any experience of work in government . |
| 28 | dealing with a lot more information er and much more complex switching arrangements so I think Deutsch Aerospace had any experience in that at all did they ? |
| 29 | Making sure that Ryan was already inside , they entered , sat near him , and began a general chat about land , A saying to B , in a casual roundabout fashion , that if he had any land going in Norfolk to unload it quickly because the councils were clamping down on building regulations and that land in future was to be used for agricultural purposes only . ’ |
| 30 | On Sampson 's behalf he denied that he had any history of criminal activity or mental instability — not much point going on if he did n't — and then with the records from the gun case drawer he compiled a list of the weapons that Sampson already possessed . |