Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] have be little " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your German Shepherd feels insecure away from familiar territory and his aggression is a defence mechanism — a typical syndrome of long-term kennelling , where there has been little socialisation . |
| 2 | Mr Yeltsin and the West have a shared interest in claiming the biggest figure for the aid package , so there has been little dissent over the headline-seizing ‘ $13 billion ’ . |
| 3 | If there has been little precise guidance to team members about the professional relationships and operational procedures to be followed , so , equally , there has been little guidance about their relationship to the rest of the service system . |
| 4 | If there has been little theoretical change , or if they are works of art in their own right — and especially if they are decorative — then illustrations can have a useful life much longer than the text which accompanied them . |
| 5 | After all , he was a serving liaison officer between the CIA and the White House , even if he had been little more than a sleeper for several years . |
| 6 | But while there has been little analysis of the social relations of earlier , equally formal though smaller , or less formal and indeed informal institutions and associations , there ought to be some theoretical hesitation . |
| 7 | Since its construction almost thirty years before there had been little capital investment . |
| 8 | There is plenty of evidence of Caribbean influence on the speech of London adolescents , though there has been little systematic study in this area . |
| 9 | What happens to the grief reaction when there has been little warning of the impending death , or for various reasons , where there has been no opportunity to be involved in the preparation process ? |
| 10 | When there has been little substantial work done on course aims and objectives , and just as few examples of documented course aims and objectives at institutional level , it may seem anomalous that evaluation could be attempted or studied in any significant way . |
| 11 | Even when they had been little more than babies he had started to corrupt them . |