Example sentences of "[conj] have [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The Hampton Court Horse Rangers , unlike their six fellow branches around the country which are attached to riding schools , owns all its horses and ponies , and either fund-raises money to buy them , or has mounts donated by anyone from Capital Radio to pop group The Moody Blues .
2 ‘ It is n't that Constance is naughty , or has tantrums , ’ she said to her cousin on the telephone , ‘ it 's as if she has just turned her back on me .
3 In selecting the best method of prophylaxis much depends on whether the farm consists primarily of permanent pasture or has pastures which are rotated with crops so that new leys or hay and silage aftermaths are available each year .
4 The design right does not apply to designs recorded ( or having articles made in respect of them ) prior to 1st August 1989 .
5 That first walk was open to those living or having businesses within six miles of Bradford , but in 1906 the walk was opened to all amateurs in the country and was considered to be the unofficial championship of England .
6 This can be one time when a young writer has to compromise on some immediate ambitions in order to progress on to the next stage of securing a record deal or having artists cover his or her songs .
7 So it was a dream come true , like having a number one single or having grandchildren . ’
8 Consider adding a border to the leading edges and making tie-backs to match ; or having tie-backs where none existed before .
9 ‘ A person exposing goods for supply or having goods in his possession for supply shall be deemed to offer to supply them . ’
10 But there are concessions in respect of the first accounting reference period , or on a change of the accounting reference date , or in the case of a company carrying on business or having interests outside the British Isles .
11 Despite everything Alice had said about never marrying or having children , he did n't entirely believe her .
12 He had n't imagined being married , or having children , for years .
13 One can indeed imagine a tree without anyone perceiving or having ideas of it , but in imagining it one is oneself having ideas of it .
14 Or having morals — anyhow none give in …
15 This found that girls who had felt isolated and embarrassed about being pregnant or having babies felt less stigma about this after they had attended the units and could take a much more realistic view of their situation .
16 Good racehorse trainers recognise this , and try to avoid their horses being beaten or having confrontations with riders .
17 If I promise not to shriek or have hysterics , will that do ?
18 This may seem to violate the definition of policy making as involving more than isolated decisions , yet individual professional judgements of this kind may cluster or have similarities that suggest implicit if not explicit policy decisions that are being made at the operational level .
19 Her ostensible job is something in advertising or public relations , but this is laughable : people are always rushing off to catch planes or to have showdowns with clients or engage in unmotivated conspiracies to deceive the public .
20 Moreover , a similar or larger proportion claim either to enjoy the frequent change of tasks and environment , the flexibility of " temping " and of being able to take spells off between assignments , or to have commitments which make continuous working impossible ; even if , as one recent survey ( Manpower , 1986 ) showed , this was Sometimes to be set off against a feeling of employment insecurity .
21 Quite apart from the leisurely beginnings and ends of terms , the examination time , unexpected holidays , and festivals , requests for children to parade or sing or help with community work , there are the apparently inevitable absences of teachers : the headmaster to collect salaries , the senior teachers to mark and supervise examinations or attend panels , the married ladies to nurse sick children or to have babies .
22 had found that plough carriers mounted on one of the bogies tended to throw the ploughs about , particularly if the pony wheels were worn or had flats .
23 A substantial number of these students have either been speakers of RP or had accents only slightly different from it , and their usual reaction to being told to use for the vowel at the end of ‘ easy ’ , ‘ busy ’ has been one of puzzlement and frustration ; like them , I can not equate this vowel with the vowel of ‘ bit ’ .
24 All tumours were solid or had elements of er capillary and solid tumours and , routine sections were stained with a standard aminohistochemical technique , using anti C D thirty one anti-clotting .
25 As far as I can tell , Alec never went with a woman again , or had dealings with women .
26 Did the Scarabae still dine , or had customs changed ?
27 In 1985 , 63% of lone parent families ( with nearly a million children ) were either in receipt of Supplementary Benefit ( SB ) or had incomes below the level of SB , compared with 10% of two parent families with dependent children .
28 In 1985 some two-thirds ( 63 per cent ) of one-parent families ( with nearly a million children ) were living in poverty — that is they were either receiving supplementary benefit ( now income support ) or had incomes below the supplementary benefit ( sb ) level .
29 The proportion of one-parent families living in poverty has increased since 1979 when 4 in 10 ( 42 per cent ) were either receiving sb or had incomes below the sb level .
30 It is not enough for the defendant to show that he was aware of the contents of what he was distributing or publishing , but did not himself think that it was insulting if the jury or magistrate should come to the conclusion that he suspected or had grounds to suspect otherwise .
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