Example sentences of "[vb base] have a " in BNC.

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1 For the Profitboss every decision , every action , every piece of behaviour he and his team make have a criterion of success .
2 If you were to tell me that there are people , like the man upstairs to whom you now threaten to turn yourself in , who actually do have a strong sense of themselves , I would have to tell you that they are only impersonating people with a strong sense of themselves — to which you could correctly reply that since there is no way of proving whether I 'm right or not , this is a circular argument from which there is no escape .
3 But you do have a right to be there and to be heard .
4 ‘ People do have a fascination with that , do n't they ?
5 However , some gliders do have a definite change in both speed and characteristics .
6 Do have a seat . ’
7 Whether or not you do have a problem , you need a policy .
8 But then people do have a thing about first albums . ’
9 There is no obvious Hershiser figures in the Giants ' pitching ranks this time , but in Clark they do have a man — like Gibson — in the mood to burn Oakland with the bat .
10 The long history of marriage and the family we are given in The Origin if first and foremost to show that the family and marriage do have a history .
11 They do have a medical examination as part of the process of coming here and in the course of that medical examination it is sometimes disclosed that a woman is or is not a virgin , and that is sometimes noted on the medical report and from time to time some ECO 's have used that piece of evidence in making a decision about the relationship of the wife ; I have always condemned it and by and large it does not happen .
12 I guess I do have a slight leaning towards comedy , but I find if I do a bunch of comedies , I get anxious to do something dramatic , and the other way round .
13 ‘ I think you do have a totally different approach to life than before .
14 ‘ We do have a clear strategy .
15 We have no name for the killing of an older man , but do have a name for the killing of one 's father .
16 Though it does not deny that subjects do have a duty to God to obey their ruler , it insists that rulers are not absolute , and themselves have duties to their subjects .
17 Do have a word with them .
18 There is plenty of psychoanalytical data to suggest that modern women do have a complicated relationship with sexuality involving guilt and pain of complex kinds ; inasmuch as these relationships constitute barriers in the growth of a person she should seek such healing as she may be able to find .
19 ‘ We do have a bit of indie in us , it 's about 10 per cent indie , 90 per cent dance .
20 ‘ Most are used as free-standing units at the fill point , but we do have a few on bowsers and sprayers .
21 In case we do have a hard winter however , it might be worth potting up a few and over-wintering them , if you have n't already saved some of last year 's generously produced and well-ripened seed .
22 I am neither very old nor at all senile , Isabel Lavender thought , but I do have a sister who is selfish and easily led , and in this world , none of us are safe from the navy-blue ambulance .
23 If they do have a distinctive perspective it comes from their belief that Rome and terrorism are further linked in a more roundabout fashion through the ecumenical movement and the World Council of Churches .
24 MV Well , we do have a gutter press here but , of course , it is new , and in a while these things which are , for the moment , sensational , will go back to their proper place .
25 David Preece scored the second-half goal that earned them their first win in seven games and , though they remain in the bottom three , they do have a chance of making the Premier League .
26 Bath do not have a Willie Ofahengaue to launch those killer moves from the back row , but with Barnes , Guscott and Swift they do have a midfield and a right wing fully capable of cashing in on the Campese option .
27 Although the IAAF do have a three-month ban for minor offences like using ephedrine , manipulation of a test is equivalent to a fully-fledged steroid offence — a point Mr Emig twice missed during the proceedings .
28 While an outstretched palm is likely to result in instant dismissal , a deft manoeuvre with the help of a room key — ‘ Here is your key , sir , do have a pleasant stay ’ — is a different matter .
29 ‘ We do not have too many Woosnams , ’ said Mr Schofield , ‘ but we do have a lot of Fehertys and Montgomeries and for them to have survived one of the greatest tests is testimony to how strong we are becoming . ’
30 If you do have a price Mr Palmer , I will offer you ‘ 30 pieces of silver ’ , which history tells us is the price of betrayal .
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