Example sentences of "[det] had any [noun] " in BNC.

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1 None of this had any effect on the two Williams drivers , and they made their customary start .
2 The doctor suggested that she might avoid milk , cheese and butter for a while , to see if this had any effect , and prescribed some tablets to give her extra calcium .
3 Few had any experience of the industry they were investing in .
4 Few had any experience of combat , although Dave Kershaw had served as a volunteer during the Spanish Civil War .
5 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 .
6 Although Smith 's contemporaries held him in high regard for his remarkable administrative skill and consummate powers of conciliation , few had any understanding of his real scientific achievement until the Academy 's prize brought him posthumous international recognition .
7 Relatively few had any A-level passes and only one in seven were skilled manual workers .
8 She had made four previous films : Shenandoah ( 1965 ) , The Singing Nun ( 1966 ) , Mr Buddwing ( 1966 ) and Games ( 1967 ) , but only the first of these had any merit .
9 I lost an Emperor , a Pearl Scale and a Pakistani , and none of these had any marks on them .
10 But it seems that neither had any connection with a much more notable and wholly bona fide development , the National Union of Ships ' Stewards , Cooks , Butchers and Bakers which appeared in Liverpool in 1909 under the charismatic leadership of Joe Cotter , known as " Explosive Joe " , who , it has been claimed , had been fired by the Cunard Line for agitating against the influx of continental cooks and stewards on to British ships .
11 Neither had any inkling of Gooch 's worries as he reported for two days pre-tour training at Lilleshall in each of the weeks leading up to Christmas .
12 We looked at variations in perceptions across the electorate to see whether television , the press , or both had any influence .
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