Example sentences of "give little [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They give little thought to , what they have to do in a day and how long each task may take .
2 And yet most people give little thought to their use of the spoken word .
3 A local newspaper has suggested that Indonesians tend to waver between extremes of toleration and banning , but give little thought to the middle ground — restricting becaks to well-defined areas of the city under supervision and control .
4 I give little coverage to the associated subject of the setting up of the model .
5 Give little Laura my love . ’
6 Unfortunately , theological colleges give little specialist training in the area of new church planting or moribund church rejuvenation .
7 Some through passage takes place in spring , between March and early May , and in autumn up to the end of November , but recent records give little idea of the scale of these movements .
8 In this , legislative controls on cosmetics give little help .
9 Hence , their files give little indication of misdemeanours , which take up whole pages when girls were involved .
10 Perhaps conflict between parents and foster parents , or religious dilemma ( coming from an orthodox background , Salomon described himself as ‘ only liberal ’ ) , contributed — the records give little indication .
11 The relevant legislation ( Schedule 1 , Part 2 , Trade Union and Labour Relations Act , 1974 ) and the provisions of the Code of Practice give little guidance to tribunals as to how they should approach the problem of dismissal following on a conviction , and it is to be questioned whether firm guidelines would be beneficial .
12 For example , Ambrose , Harper and Pemberton 's ( 1983 ) small study of men after divorce found that just over half their sample relied on parents and/or siblings for support , but they give little detail about the type of support offered and it may well have been practical as much as emotional .
13 The chroniclers report the campaigns in muted terms , and give little impression of a will to war amongst either the nobility or the community generally .
14 claimants ' knowledge of their rights of review and the procedures was limited , and most authorities give little information and publicity about this ;
15 However , they give little information about the obstetric features of their cases , which might be quite important since matching is essential with such small numbers — for example , were the babies predominantly born during preterm labour or were they delivered electively for some obstetric complication ?
16 Little help for either view may be found in the accounts of the life of Fahreddin Acemi in the early sources , however , for particularly in regard to the critical period after the death of Molla Fenari they give little information .
17 Some of the finest melodies give little hint of the harmonies that go with them .
18 Many vote for the same party every time they vote , and probably give little attention to the personalities or policies of specific candidates .
19 They give little attention not only to how it is understood and experienced but also to the relations between bureaucracies and elected politicians .
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