Suppose that   $G$  is an abelian group,
 $G$  is an abelian group,   $A\,\subset \,G$  is finite with
 $A\,\subset \,G$  is finite with   $\left| A\,+\,A \right|\,\le \,K\left| A \right|$  and
 $\left| A\,+\,A \right|\,\le \,K\left| A \right|$  and   $\eta \,\in \,(0,\,1]$  is a parameter. Our main result is that there is a set
 $\eta \,\in \,(0,\,1]$  is a parameter. Our main result is that there is a set   $L$  such that
 $L$  such that
   $$\left| A\,\cap \,\text{Span}\left( L \right) \right|\ge {{K}^{-{{O}_{n}}\left( 1 \right)}}\left| A \right|\,\,\,\,\text{and}\,\,\,\,\,\left| L \right|=O\left( {{K}^{n}}\log \left| A \right| \right).$$
 $$\left| A\,\cap \,\text{Span}\left( L \right) \right|\ge {{K}^{-{{O}_{n}}\left( 1 \right)}}\left| A \right|\,\,\,\,\text{and}\,\,\,\,\,\left| L \right|=O\left( {{K}^{n}}\log \left| A \right| \right).$$  
We include an application of this result to a generalisation of the Roth-Meshulam theorem due to Liuand Spencer