Example sentences of "[adv] have the slight [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not have the slightest doubt that in Nottingham the money is available to do whatever is necessary to keep open those old people 's homes , and so remove once and for all the worry of hundreds of residents in those homes . |
| 2 | I assured him that I did not have the slightest idea where the Derby Cup was and had not made away with it . |
| 3 | In connection with a suggested airport perimeter path , I think you would find that the route would not have the slightest attraction for the ‘ misbehaving minority ’ on mountain bikes — simply because the terrain is flat . |
| 4 | He wanted to win the ball and did not have the slightest intention of injuring Uzzell , he added . |
| 5 | The Laird of Quarrel did not have the slightest intention of sharing the spoils of office with Craigbarnet , but he was unlikely to get anywhere near the office without strong interest , and those upon whom he relied were ready to see the wisdom of returning to the old practice of sharing the office . |
| 6 | Now I did not have the slightest intention of going down for a drink : all the drinking I was going to do was at the reception — if I ever got to the wedding . |
| 7 | ‘ I would not have the slightest objection to living the rest of my life here , ’ said Jose Rizal . |
| 8 | The plans would become the absolute copyright of the Government , to choose from the several plans the whole or such parts as might be found desirable ; but the architects would not have the slightest claim to be employed in the execution of the works . |
| 9 | The Stalinist town-planner , L. Sobsovich , emphasized that ‘ communal life ’ was to take priority over personal privacy in Soviet architecture : ‘ The idea of the one-family , isolated house , whose charms may be obvious from the petit-bourgeois , individualist point of view , will no longer have the slightest justification in the agglomerations of the socialist type and will consequently no longer be considered … ’ |
| 10 | If the little creatures were really blank paper at birth , nobody would ever have the slightest difficulty in writing on them whatever their particular culture required , and it would be impossible for them ever to surprise their elders by unexpected conduct . |
| 11 | I said , ‘ I do n't have the slightest idea . ’ |
| 12 | Geraci clearly did n't have the slightest idea what Zen was talking about . |
| 13 | Geraci clearly did n't have the slightest idea what Zen was talking about |
| 14 | There was nobody in a position of power in Iran , he believed , but ‘ irrational lunatics ’ , with whom ‘ we did n't have the slightest possibility of getting any kind of an improved relationship ’ . |
| 15 | But after the triumph , I do n't have the slightest doubt that women will ensure that their true rights are respected . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't have the slightest desire to see the restitution of my father 's property , ’ he added in that 1968 interview , and ‘ I was always in favour of socialism in the sense of nationalisation of major means of production . ’ |
| 17 | They do n't have the slightest understanding of what I 'm trying to do . ’ |
| 18 | If I were a woman I would n't have the slightest interest in it either . |