Example sentences of "[adj] to have the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gaynor Harris , with a fee income of £300,000 , had reached ‘ that size where it was financially sensible to have the support of a long-established stable client base ’ . |
| 2 | Mr Watson said : ‘ It is the intention of Coun Garvey as long as he retains control of his private prosecution to seek that it be directed to the crown court on the basis that the allegation against him is heading towards the crown court and it would be sensible to have the two alleged criminal acts tried arising out of the same incident tried before the same court . ’ |
| 3 | It is at least disconcerting and sometimes painful to have the memories flooding back to spoil the enjoyment of success , and what could be more effective in bringing back the memories than the sight of an unknown stranger receiving an honorary degree apparently for no good reason . |
| 4 | ‘ I rather think he wants me to marry him , and I 'm too old to have the necessary child . ’ |
| 5 | Carol took her daughters along to the audition expecting Dannii to have the best chance of landing the part of Carla , a young Dutch girl . |
| 6 | Should the police obtain an order enabling them to gain access to client papers the order usually specifies the client 's — the practitioner should be prepared to have the necessary files ready on the day they visit . |
| 7 | Not when — if , perchance , Labour Members were in that position in 20 years ' time , would they be prepared to have the whole system of assessing and adjudicating upon genuine claims destroyed by the campaigns that are being organised in some parts of this country ? |
| 8 | What we do have and have had for a long time in this country is an acceptance within our law and an acceptance within our definitions of freedom that there are responsibilities with freedom and those responsibilities in this particular case , we have long accepted the argument in this country , maybe not as much as erm , well more in fact than some of our colleagues abroad and maybe they could learn from us from this , but it is not acceptable to have the freedom to be unnecessarily cruel and in fox hunting we have a sport that is unnecessarily cruel , there are ways in which you can deal with rogue foxes , there are ways in which you can actually ensure that the fox community does not destroy the whole , er farming countryside . |
| 9 | ‘ It is wrong to have the local groups of population clustering about conduits that carry high speed traffic ; it is equally wrong to lead the heavy traffic through places where shopping crowds congregate … |
| 10 | But to me it just seems wrong to have the government involved in any kind of censorship or questions of taste . |
| 11 | ‘ It is easy to have the wool pulled over your eyes if you do n't know the ropes or do n't have someone reliable to operate for you , ’ a contented owner of property in Portugal told me . |
| 12 | It would have been so easy to have the chimney-sweep around . |
| 13 | When there is a different purse and a different bureaucratic structure , it is much less easy to have the sort of fruitful relationship that exists between , for example , St. Kentigern 's school at Blackburn and the Oatridge agricultural college . |
| 14 | in such circumstances it would be appropriate to have the words ‘ save by way of set off against damages and/or costs ’ added to the order and our counsel should be advised accordingly . |
| 15 | The more readily answered questions , nothing wrong with it , it 's great but again er you fall into patterns do n't you I 'm sure you on training courses we know that er one or two people are content to have the answer , so what will the rest of us do ? |
| 16 | In 1245 the king accepted his advice that it would be more splendid to have the leopards , which were planned to go beside the throne at Westminster , made of bronze rather than of marble . |
| 17 | He said he would be relieved to have the operation performed because his hernia was now bothering him a great deal . |
| 18 | I think I was feeling guilty — although we must have been equally relieved to have the subject at our disposal . |
| 19 | But I think she was fairly relieved to have the situation taken out of her hands by her parents telling her what to do . |
| 20 | BBC Radio Kent is fortunate to have the services of a gardening expert who is also such a broadcasting professional — a producer , editor , presenter rolled into one . |
| 21 | We were fortunate to have the loan of a new Citroën BX 4x4 Estate for our weekend trip , which , with its sure-footed permanent four-wheel drive , impeccable road manners and self-levelling suspension , had taken everything in its stride , — including , thanks to its optional electronic ABS braking system , stopping quickly and safely when we suddenly encountered a 5 mile tail back in a contra-flow on the M1 . |
| 22 | We are very fortunate to have the privilege of worshipping Sunday by Sunday in a full church . |
| 23 | In the Department of Public Relations we were fortunate to have the temporary services of U Kyaw Tha of the Burma Civil Service to undertake all this planning . |
| 24 | It may be full of happiness for those who are fortunate to have the right conditions at play in their lives , but there is no doubt how stretching it can be to live in close proximity to your relations . |
| 25 | We are also exceptionally fortunate to have the collective strength of our non-executive Directors , all leading figures in business , and we continue to benefit greatly from their knowledge . |
| 26 | He was delighted to have the opportunity to do it . |
| 27 | ‘ I am delighted to have the support of one of the biggest teacher associations , ’ said Mr Balchin . |
| 28 | I am delighted to have the opportunity to further the work of collaborative ministry in the Church . |
| 29 | He 'll be delighted to have the old hands to call on . |
| 30 | He went on ‘ We would have preferred to build in incremental stages , but we are delighted to have the opportunity of starting from Caernarfon as well as extending from Porthmadog . ’ |