Example sentences of "[noun prp] had the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was buried with the kings of France until Napoleon had the remains removed to the Invalides in 1800 . |
| 2 | If a state failed to develop or execute a satisfactory plan , the EPA had the authority to intervene directly . |
| 3 | Lave and Omenn ( 1981 ) claim long-term trends conceal that during the 1970s ‘ dirty air got cleaner and the clean air got a little dirtier ’ , for it was not until the 1977 Amendments that the EPA had the authority to prevent the worsening of air quality in pristine areas . |
| 4 | But Mr Stein had the backing of some thoughtful advisers , and tried hard to push serious economic and fiscal issues higher up the electoral agenda . |
| 5 | Huddersfield 's Clem Stephenson had the ability to beat the offside trap of the old-style full-backs ; that it was possible to beat the stopper Chapman showed by pointing to the example of Robert Gurney . |
| 6 | Like any good soldier , Colebrooke had the garrison working to break the tedium caused by the freezing weather , as well as to take his own mind off the recent murders . |
| 7 | Tammuz had the feeling he must be appearing like a predatory beast at that moment , and wished Zambia was there to put the kid at his ease . |
| 8 | ‘ Neil had the vision to see what needed to be done to carry Labour forward , he had the courage to take on the task , and he had the determination to see it through , ’ he added . |
| 9 | Dr Neil had the baby upside-down and was smacking him to make him cry — having been born , he no longer seemed to want to survive in the harsh world outside his mother 's warm body . |
| 10 | Morley had the concept ; in Paul Rutherford 's words , ‘ Morley had his strategy all worked out , he wanted it to be like the Sex Pistols — all the outrage , controversy — but this time with all the sex ’ , and it was rumoured that he was first interested in Bronski Beat for the Frankie role — they turned him down . |
| 11 | But Adams had the final word with a last-minute try . |
| 12 | There 's none left , Becky had the last one . |
| 13 | But former Blueman David McCallan had the last laugh on Linfield with a brilliant winner four minutes from time to put Bangor into the Bass Irish Cup semi-finals for the first time in 25 years . |
| 14 | Sharif 's latest disavowal concerning Pakistan 's nuclear programme came amidst renewed controversy prompted by United States Senator Larry Pressler , who claimed during a visit to the country on Jan. 12-13 that Pakistan had the components for at least two nuclear weapons . |
| 15 | Pakistani Foreign Affairs Secretary Shahryar Khan was quoted by the Washington Post of Feb. 7 as saying that Pakistan had the components and expertise to assemble at least one nuclear explosive device . |
| 16 | US senator Larry Pressler said on Dec. 1 that according to the US Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) Pakistan had the components to build at least seven nuclear bombs . |
| 17 | In January Pressler , sponsor of a 1985 law under which the USA had suspended economic and military aid to Pakistan in October 1990 on the grounds that it might have developed nuclear weapons [ see p. 37764 ] , had claimed in January 1992 that Pakistan could manufacture two nuclear weapons [ see p. 38726 ] , anticipating a controversial admission by Pakistan 's Foreign Affairs Secretary , Shahryar Khan , who suggested that Pakistan had the expertise to assemble one nuclear device [ see pp. 38762-63 ] . |
| 18 | Only Ceauşescu had the energy left to push on even in his seventies in the hope of fulfilling the dream . |
| 19 | Watford had the best of the early exchanges , but Leeds should have taken the lead after 16 minutes . |
| 20 | Yet when he lowered his arm Meredith had the odd sensation that she 'd lost . |
| 21 | Meredith had the distinct impression that a hint of triumph had flashed in Lucenzo 's eyes . |
| 22 | Lucenzo let out a warning stream of Italian , and Meredith had the distinct impression that he was telling Benito not to speak to her . |
| 23 | Grob had the wisdom . |
| 24 | Hari stared around the silent building , there was no-one about , the silence hung heavily over the rows of seats , the stage was hidden by a thick curtain and yet Hari had the eerie sensation that she was being watched . |
| 25 | Mrs Watts sat in a deep chair in a dark corner of the room but Hari had the impression that the woman was like a cat sleeping with one eye open , watching everything that went on . |
| 26 | Only Leicestershire had the soil type and climate to allow a comfortable change of enterprise . |
| 27 | Leicestershire had the lowest hours per week for the wives perhaps because family were present on all but two farms . |
| 28 | This was a pity , since Hitchcock had the assistance of no less than Hein Heckroth as production designer and fellow-cockney expatriate Albert Whitlock ( who had also worked on The Birds and Marnie ) to do the matte paintings — he created most of the art gallery that figures in one sequence as a meeting place . |
| 29 | Ruari had the knack of plaiting leather ropes , and Ranald raised blisters on his hands cutting out long strips round and round cowhides . |
| 30 | Centrophenoxine had the strongest biological activity , producing a mild stimulation of the central nervous system . |