Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] had little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reinforced my interest in the subject , but as I soon became involved in postgraduate studies in busy medical , surgical and then paediatric units I had little time to pursue it at that stage . |
| 2 | Although the farmer expected his wife to cope , in many cases she had little preparation for the job . |
| 3 | Over a thousand students left their dormitories and protested outside the campus administrative building by putting up posters and calling for the resignation of key officials who had little understanding or sympathy with their plight . |
| 4 | The existence of a fundamental ‘ life energy ’ has been postulated for thousands of years in many different civilizations , and crops up independently from sources which had little contact with each other . |
| 5 | The poor relationships between siblings was more common in families which had little organization , poor discipline , and monitoring of the children by the parents . |
| 6 | In individual cases catching criminals depended on the usually less than willing readiness of the village constables to act ; since they were chosen by vote annually from middling tradesmen and farmers they had little hope of dealing with many common incidents unless the rest of the community felt sufficiently outraged to support them . |
| 7 | But without several key players they had little chance against winners Leicestershire . |
| 8 | This was undertaken by one of the more experienced older women who had little understanding of possible complications . |
| 9 | Amid all these shattering events I had little time to try to find out what had happened to Eric . |