Example sentences of "[noun sg] had the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who were extremely keen to locate in this county , everything was right for them , Mr Allenby 's borough had the site , my clients had the site should I say , and erm but we lost it to Humberside because it was not possible for either Harrogate or ourselves to look them in the eye and say yes we can guarantee planning consent . |
| 2 | Despite a somewhat smaller stand than the Association had the good fortune to occupy in previous years , Hotel olympia proved to be none the less hectic for HCIMA . |
| 3 | The women weeping over an open coffin in a Rowlandson drawing of c.1760 would have had more reason for grief had the merchandise not come up to their expectations ( Col. 6 ) . |
| 4 | The armoured regiment of 6 Armoured Brigade had the task of piercing the enemy formation . |
| 5 | The emotional complexity of the debate was deepened by the fact that neither side had the monopoly of logic or charm : Dr Colin Blakemore , though known as ‘ Dr Frankenstein' to the yellow press for having experimented on animals ’ eyes , seemed reasonable , persuasive and put-upon ; Douglas Hogg , MP , also on the vivisectionist side , was quite startlingly and pointlessly rude . |
| 6 | But the Lancashire side had the added ingredient of grit and some decisive tackling limited Swindon 's chances to two in an hour . |
| 7 | The Suffolk side had the perfect start , as the impressive Fry waltzed through the visitors ' defence to settle any early nerves and just six minutes later the title was effectively Tuddenham Road bound . |
| 8 | Neither side had the strength to gain the mastery and the Blighted Isle where the Sword of Khaine still rested changed hands several times . |
| 9 | The card had the price IS 3d still lightly pencilled on the back and this seemed reassuringly normal and cosy . |
| 10 | In those days the Continent had the lure of Mecca . |
| 11 | The old Eagle Warehouse had the appearance of a curve at the west end of Bothwell Street , though in fact it was made up of four straight sections each placed at a shallow angle . |
| 12 | He thrust into her ripe fig , obviously believing that his penis had the magic power to make her his slave forever . |
| 13 | Brian Mahon might have skimped on comfort for the rest of the house , but his daughter 's bedroom had the best of everything . |
| 14 | Police sources said the shooting had the hallmarks of a ‘ professional execution ’ : a light handgun was used that would only ensure death if used at point-blank range . |
| 15 | The defendant had the tree felled the following morning , but then , instead of extinguishing the fire with water as he could have done , he left it to burn itself out . |
| 16 | If it can be shown to the satisfaction of the jury that the defendant had the intention , he has very little opportunity to exculpate himself on the grounds that he lacked mens rea , as will be explained further presently . |
| 17 | However , the more difficult question is whether the defendant had the necessary animus possidendi . |
| 18 | To many 19th century chemists the fact that diamonds were made of carbon had the appearance of a blank cheque . |
| 19 | A recent Brooks auction had the asking price for an immaculate Ferrari 400GT at just £16,000 , an as-new E-Type Jaguar roadster was about the same price , and a fixed-head E-Type in showroom condition was less than £10,000 . |
| 20 | The US Strategic Air Command had the bombers and nuclear weapons to make his ‘ retaliation ’ policy credible . |
| 21 | In contrast the American inter-service Harmon Committee concluded in 1950 that the Strategic Air Command had the capacity to destroy only about 30 – 40 per cent of Russia 's industrial power . |
| 22 | The Board of Inland Revenue had the power to serve a notice on any body corporate , requiring particulars that appeared to them to be relevant to a transaction to which s 485 might apply . |
| 23 | It was the first time he 'd realised that a woman 's blood had the power to excite him . |
| 24 | But the old soldier had the last laugh . |
| 25 | The car had the usual teething problems and was not the equal of either the Lotus or the Ferrari , and Jackie 's only victory of the year was at Barcelona . |
| 26 | Clear signs of public impatience with such political manoeuvres were emerging , however , as the canvassing of support by government and opposition had the effect of weakening party allegiance and increasing the level of corruption endemic within the country 's political system . |
| 27 | As his later disastrous interventions in politics would make clear , he was a realist in quite a simple-minded sense , one who was concerned for public life , and believed ( like activists of the Left ) that a poet had the right and the duty to act in and upon that life quite directly ; whereas the oddly distant weariness of Eliot 's political pronouncements , even when he was most engagé as editor of True Criterion , revealed a man for whom the psychological reality of private torments took priority over any reality which announced itself as social and public . |
| 28 | In all my time here I ‘ ve had the final say on the many , many , decisions which concerned playing matters . |
| 29 | Having a mind untrammelled by convention he offered the names ignose or godnose , but the editor of the Biochemical Journal would not accept either of them , so because the vitamin had the same empirical formula as glycuronic acid he called it hexuronic acid , leaving its structural chemistry to be determined later . |
| 30 | Cusick 's original construction drawing had the midriff too narrow to allow the skirt flats to meet smoothly and so the midriff was widened . |