Example sentences of "[pers pn] has little [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the authorities say she has little chance of getting them back . |
| 2 | In contrast to the immediate post-war generation of Conservative leaders , Churchill , Eden , Butler , and Macmillan , she has little sense of guilt ( ‘ bourgeois guilt ’ was the phrase she used in New York to the Institute of Economic Studies on 15 September 1975 ) for the unemployment of the 1930s . |
| 3 | She has little patience with any feminist arguments against such pin-ups . |
| 4 | Except for Sting and George Michael ( 'wonderful voice , writes great songs ' ) , she has little time for most modern pop . |
| 5 | Particularly , she has little time for a group called Yello , the Swiss electro-band with whom she collaborated on a single last year , much in the way Liza Minelli and the Pet Shop Boys or Gene Pitney and Marc Almond have . |
| 6 | Examples of this reciprocal effect lie in the man who is engrossed in his work to the detriment of his married life or the woman who is so wrapped up in her children that she has little time for her husband . |
| 7 | She has little interest in achieving consensus . |
| 8 | However , William Matteuzzi 's Almaviva is so weak that it requires a considerable stretch of the imagination to picture her preferring the young Count to the lecherous old Dr Bartolo ; and although the late Giuseppe Patane conducts the score with obvious affection , he has little flare for dramatic pacing . |
| 9 | He does not go abroad much which is as well since he has little sense of direction and has twice been found many miles from home wandering the streets . |
| 10 | He has little sympathy with those in his party who want more radical action . |
| 11 | He has little sympathy for the Arab nationalism that destroyed the Jews of Baghdad and the Christian Assyrians , and he quotes at length from Stephen Bloom 's ‘ almost lyrical ’ account of a Romanian childhood where Germans , Slovaks , Russians , Greeks , Turks , Armenians and Jews provided harmonious diversity . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , the company seems to have lost its way of late — even Mr Sugar is on record as saying he has little idea of where the next 1512 is going to come from . |
| 13 | He has little difficulty in pulling summer sheets and other light rugs straight over his head , even if there are straps under his tummy , so at night he has a rug with leg straps to keep it in place . |
| 14 | His is a forlorn campaign , however , and he has little hope of success . |
| 15 | But he has little hesitation in declaring that his successor as chairman of Esso has done a better job than he was able to achieve . |
| 16 | And , as he admitted yesterday , he has little knowledge of the racing industry , apart from having been ‘ a very amateur rider ’ . |
| 17 | He has little knowledge of a shepherd 's life since he writes his idyllic poem from the town , as a wealthy poet , and can not possibly see the reality as one would have it from experienced eyes . |
| 18 | In such straits he has little room for manoeuvre . |
| 19 | He knows he has little room for manoeuvre while the government 's popularity is so high and his so low . |
| 20 | It has little sympathy with intruders . |
| 21 | Such beauty may make a strong impact , but , if it has little relationship with the inner nature , it is precarious . |
| 22 | Worse , they feel it has little relevance to everyday business decisions , where right and wrong are by no means always clear-cut . |
| 23 | As presently envisaged , it has little relevance to medical practice in hospitals . |
| 24 | It has little relevance in other countries , though a few ( e.g. Denmark and Norway ) have recorded a formal objection , and it appears to have been used in one case for communication from a U.S. attorney to a French huissier . |
| 25 | It has little impact on local history studies , for gradually the system of numbering the days of the month as a continuous series was , with one outstanding exception , accepted . |
| 26 | It has little effect at low currents but severely reduces voltage at high currents . |
| 27 | Liberals may appreciate that conclusion , but it has little basis in empirical fact . |