Example sentences of "[pron] take little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Magdalen 's communal life I took little part . |
| 2 | ‘ Immediately , though I took little notice of it when I was in Cheshire , I admit . |
| 3 | Although the exercises are ‘ original ’ ( unless otherwise stated ) , I take little credit for them . |
| 4 | Fisher ( 1990 ) has pointed out that the community care reforms are based upon a conception of case management which takes little account of those people for whom services have , mandatorily , to be provided , but who refuse to accept them . |
| 5 | However mistaken he thought that she might be , and that her vision of life was based on a charming naïveté which took little account of the cruel realities of existence , it was , to him , admirable that she should care about such things , and in such a practical way when all was said and done . |
| 6 | But there are so many things to gladden the heart which take little time and no money . |
| 7 | The critic may choose to write about common features in the work of the artists exhibiting ; this may lead to generalisations about the group which take little account of the individual qualities of the artists . |
| 8 | She takes little exercise , does not even walk much , and prefers to use the car or public transport . |
| 9 | IT 'S A fact that a fit 70-year-old has the same heart work-rate efficiency as a 30-year-old who takes little exercise . |
| 10 | IT 'S A fact that a fit 70-year-old has the same heart work-rate efficiency as a 30-year-old who takes little exercise . |
| 11 | She took little interest in how she dressed . |
| 12 | In the dark , she took little steps , her hands out before her . |
| 13 | She took little account of time , and was hardly even aware that she had been placed in Lady Merchiston 's old bedchamber . |
| 14 | She took little notice until it reappeared on her own side , and drew up alongside her . |
| 15 | They drank wine , consulted the menu , ordered , but she took little notice of what she was eating , trying to calm the turmoil within her . |
| 16 | Meanwhile at least one offspring of the NPA flourishes — the ‘ English Through Activity ’ programme in Swaziland , where I found similar activity and enthusiasm in schools , talked to a committed supervisor who saw her role entirely as getting her materials — including issues of English Ladybird books — to rural schools as efficiently as possible and of encouraging ‘ active learning ’ , ( but of what and why she took little heed ) . |
| 17 | But she took little heed of her surroundings ; all her attention was focused on the man himself . |
| 18 | Agreed , there was little he could do to ‘ sweeten ’ the corpse , but so much depended on how the body was ‘ dress 'd and trimm 'd ’ ; few people would be willing to patronize a funeral furnisher who took little care over the presentation of bodies . |
| 19 | We took little William with us into the garden . |
| 20 | You were asleep , so we did n't wake you ; but we took little Billy to see . |
| 21 | Although we took little heed of his departure , Ruth and I watched Alec being interviewed on TV when he returned . |
| 22 | In two successive years , I have pointed out that , although we take serious action on giving access to Members of Parliament , we take little action on , and treat with scant seriousness , the question of access to this place for disabled people . |
| 23 | They took little notice of her , though ; the rough , bawdy crowd were more interested in the fortunes of their local football teams , Millwall and West Ham . |
| 24 | They took little interest in the film and just larked about . |
| 25 | Also , current recommendations for screening for stroke and major coronary events by blood pressure measurements are not rational in that they take little account of the absolute risk of these diseases , specifying cut off levels for blood pressure screening that take little or no account of age . |
| 26 | It takes little knowledge of history to appreciate that relatively few of the battles recorded in history have had a decisive effect upon the future of those involved . |
| 27 | It takes little imagination to foretell the likely consequences of just one peg disintegrating and flinging its spring or its free arm into the cutter gap during a pass ; or the possible knock-on effect(s) on the rest of the makeshift assembly and the astonished operator if this should happen . |
| 28 | It takes little imagination to see that here is a huge resource for the study of consumer and retailing habits , but if we follow the practice suggested recently by some archivists and take the network with its constituent data flows and data tables , software resources and analytical outputs as a whole , as the document itself , this is a major site for examining the cultural effect of these systems . |
| 29 | While the Dutch government is actively planning to reduce the number of hospital beds , particularly those for long-stay patients , it takes little notice of the reality of mental health care in The Netherlands , cherishing various misconceptions regarding institutionalism and community care . |
| 30 | These factors are worthy of emphasis because in practice they are still dealt with very badly in many organisations and yet it takes little trouble or expertise to make an enormous difference . |