Example sentences of "have had little " in BNC.
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| 31 | In Vietnam and China , where Guinness has had little or no previous presence , test markets and research have indicated good potential and plans to realise this are in hand . |
| 32 | Patient M14 has had little contact with patients M6 , M8 , and M10 , or with other Manchester patients colonised with the epidemic strain . |
| 33 | It is also clear that current merger policy has been somewhat permissive , for while it has been effective in preventing a limited number of individually important mergers , it has had little impact upon the level of merger activity as a whole . |
| 34 | Meanwhile , a price increase of 30 per cent has had little effect on consumption . |
| 35 | The Exxon oil company has claimed that the massive spill from the Exxon Valdez tanker in 1989 has had little lasting effect on the wildlife of Alaska 's Prince William Sound . |
| 36 | The Walsall 26-year-old , whose gold medal hopes in last year 's Olympics were ruined by a groin injury , has had little racing since Barcelona . |
| 37 | He has had little difficulty in attracting many former Shildon players to turn out , including several of the side which won the Durham Challenge Cup in 1969 . |
| 38 | Hogarth also makes a miniature , three-tier ‘ recession beater ’ , but has had little interest so far . |
| 39 | ‘ The sales increase evident from the New Year has had little effect on margins and the key to the future is purchaser confidence . ’ |
| 40 | It has had little impact on voting intentions . |
| 41 | He 'd had little luck with the embassy . |
| 42 | Her sister would blame Claudia for tracking her down ; she would n't believe she 'd had little choice in the matter . |
| 43 | She had always suspected that he 'd had little time for any brain power that she might possess — just as she had always known that her chief value for him had been the almost instantaneous sexual desire they had felt for each other . |
| 44 | She 'd had little to drink tonight , perhaps two glasses of champagne all evening . |
| 45 | We all went home having had little but fruit , cheese and Texas-size shrimps for three days , but it was delicious , convenient and appealing , and there was plenty of it . |
| 46 | The curriculum at the medical schools does not make the study of dermato-venereology compulsory , and it is not unusual for a doctor to qualify in France having had little or no training in these subjects . |
| 47 | On the fifth night they were dog-tired , having had little relaxing sleep in the cramped quarters of the submarine and spending several hours each day writing up their notes on the previous night 's recce . |
| 48 | In addition , whether or not one had attended a catholic school may have had little effect on sexual values or mass attendance but it did increase catholic activism and racial tolerance ( Greeley , McCready , and McCourt 1976 ) . |
| 49 | The extra cost of a harder and more lasting cutting edge was a wise investment — warriors would have had little time to re-sharpen their blades in the heat of battle ! |
| 50 | ‘ But perhaps after all , they would have had little to say to one another . ’ |
| 51 | But Edward 's subjects can have had little faith in these oft-repeated promises of reform : they continued to regard disafforestment as the only effective remedy for their grievances . |
| 52 | It would appear that they can have had little in common with their trading companions , except in the sale of medicines . |
| 53 | The subject may be dealt with in passing by gynaecologists , urologists , and pathologists , but , in general , the newly qualified doctor will have had little cohesive training . |
| 54 | In fact the proximity of the stone might have had little to do with Elsie 's death . |
| 55 | When Menzies opened the door to radio communication , he could have had little appreciation of one aspect of its future impact . |
| 56 | When Michael Marks first wheeled his Penny Bazaar barrow into Leeds Market in 1884 , he can have had little idea that his actions were to one day progress Marks and Spencer to become the nation 's leading retailer . |
| 57 | The King 's desire to join the Queen is a mystery , for , ’ he added bitterly , ‘ he would have had little joy out of her . ’ |
| 58 | Man could have had little if any need for ferrets until the arrival of rabbits here in Britain . |
| 59 | Yet the mega-buck manager of Ewood could have had little complaint — Rovers lost to a side who played revivalist football of a kind manager Howard Kendall has waited 22 months to see . |
| 60 | At the same time , they will find themselves caught up in moves to develop new organizational procedures , new teaching situations and new assessment techniques , many of which , such as one-to-one dialogue and negotiation with pupils , they will have had little or no experience of . |