Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] little [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But because it is happening in Africa it has received little attention . |
2 | The International Stock Exchange has called for more time to implement the changes but so far it has had little success . |
3 | In the west it has had little success ; in the east it has been a smash . |
4 | Although childhood socialisation has been important in electoral studies , it has had little application in decision making studies . |
5 | At the time the UK feed industry was concerned the situation should not escalate , but , in fact , it has had little impact on trade . |
6 | Lastly , where the LDDC has belatedly entered into ‘ agreements ’ with local authorities , such as with Newham and Tower Hamlets , and helped to set up training schemes like SKILLNET , designed to improve the skill levels of local communities , it has had little impact so far on getting local people into Docklands jobs . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | It has had little impact on voting intentions . |
9 | while European Community law has been a source of reform in the sex discrimination field , it has offered little consolation for disability rights activists . |
10 | The more of these properties a dummy possessed the more strongly it was mobbed , but it seemed to make little difference whether the object was a stuffed owl with real plumage or an owl-shaped piece of painted wood . |
11 | Tonight there was a moon , starlight even , and he knew that after a few minutes away from the house it would be possible for her to see with surprising clarity ; but moon or no moon , it seemed to make little difference to her and she 'd been spending hours abroad at even the deepest , darkest point in the cycle . |
12 | Often a change of publisher does wonders for an author , but it seems to make little difference to this man 's sales . |
13 | Gerver ( 1980 , personal communication ) had reported a high correlation between these measures and foreign language interpreting abilities , and it appeared to make little difference which language the text was presented in . |
14 | By 1907 ITF activity was regarded by the shipowners as sufficiently serious to justify the setting up of an International Shipping Federation " to combat the growing forces of socialism and aggressive trade unionism " , but in reality it had made little progress in establishing international standards and the British market for seamen was still being substantially undercut by lower rates of pay of foreign labour . |
15 | Whatever had been achieved by the 1976 Act , it had made little impact on this case except for the removal of her name from the media . |
16 | It had taken them only a short time to realise they were from opposite sides in the Therapeutic Wars , but it had caused little friction . |
17 | One of those no we ai n't got no earphones on , if you got one there , it 's got little things you can ha , like you 've got . |
18 | Yeah well then this has got all glass domes it 's got little patterns and they 're three d and coming out ! |
19 | Yeah , our ones ' actually got something on , especially one of the machines it 's got little spots across the screen saying do not . |