Example sentences of "[subord] have [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite this reserve , the figure of Oedipus has made much more impact upon the theory of male development than has that of Electra upon female development . |
| 2 | Yet this childhood query , already asked and not answered millions of times , is of profound importance , for it is that very question , and its non-answer , or obviously insincere answer that , quite probably , has undermined child respect for adults to a greater degree than has all other causes put together . |
| 3 | A born collector , with good health , strong physique , great will-power , and a deep love of plants , he probably brought more first-class woody plants into cultivation than has any other individual collector . |
| 4 | Now we 're fortunate with with this that if I turn it on it 's very quiet but if any of you had and I 'm sure Jeff you 've probably seen it where you get some older machines and the fan in there rattles like mad and there 's nothing worse than having that thing rattling all all the day . |
| 5 | Spokesman Graham Sharpe is optimistic about a reconciliation and asks : ‘ What better way of proving it than having another child ? ’ |
| 6 | She tried to make light of the situation by telling the child this would be better than having some teeth out , which was planned for the following day . |
| 7 | You mean it 's easier than having some creep loaded with policies pestering me at my digs — ’ |
| 8 | A convention exists when people follow certain rules or maxims for reasons that essentially include their expectation that others will follow the same rules or maxims , and they will follow rules for that reason when they believe that on balance having some settled rule is more important than having any particular rule . |
| 9 | The Conservatives , although having fewer seats than Labour , had a larger share of the vote : Votes Share of vote Labour 8,389,512 37.1% Conservatives 8,656,473 38.2% Liberals 5,308,510 27.7% |
| 10 | What more can the dead ask than to have this wish granted ? |
| 11 | As directors of horror movies know so well , there is no better way to scare their audience than to have some unidentified object flash suddenly on to the screen , very close to the hero 's face . |
| 12 | While artisans certainly had better opportunities than had most of the lower orders , it is probably unwise to insist that a very wide behavioural gap separated them from the " crowd " , at least until the last years of the eighteenth century . |
| 13 | One scholar claims that " the Wildbad group was delving deeper into the emancipation issue than had any governmental or gentry body in Russia before " . |
| 14 | But in Britain we equate acknowledging man 's need for instant sex with approving of it , and rather than have that levelled at us , we reject the idea of licensed brothels . |
| 15 | I tell you , I 'd rather go without than have that lot screw me . |
| 16 | Rather than have that happen she would take her chances on the boat . |
| 17 | Where the person ‘ is not in a position to express a view , the least unsatisfactory test is to ask what one would choose for oneself : would I choose death rather than have that sort of life ? ’ |
| 18 | Angus Crichton-Miller , managing director of the Rank Organisation 's holidays and hotels division and a member of the study group said : ‘ It is not an efficient system to have such changes between busy and quiet periods and it would be better if we could flatten prices over a longer season , rather than have such high-peak-season prices . ’ |
| 19 | Having decided that an environmental impact study was necessary , it wanted the study to be undertaken by an independent group which would be more sympathetic to community concerns and interests , rather than have such a study conducted by a government agency such as An Foras Forbartha . |
| 20 | Well I 'd rather have more to do than have less to cos |
| 21 | It is not surprising , therefore , that cultural influences from Italy have , until comparatively recently , had a greater effect than have those emanating from the Balkans . |
| 22 | We 'd rather lose some riders than have any dissatisfied because they chose the wrong holiday . |
| 23 | Indeed , in most cases for most injuries , anybody would say " I would rather have avoided this injury than have any amount of money whatever in compensation " . |
| 24 | Some zones , notably Corby , Tyneside and the Isle of Dogs , have received a much larger proportion of total spending than have some of the later designations , such as Milford Haven , Scunthorpe — Glanford and Middlesbrough . |
| 25 | I 'd rather fill this page with angry letters attacking people who are entertained/moved by fascism , racism , homophobia , whether it 's Morrissey ‘ exploring its fascination ’ or someone scooping out their own shit and trying to sell it to us as ‘ common sense ’ , than have another letter like yours , the first half ( not printed here , lucky readers ) of which is something incomprehensible about The Wedding Present — DQ |
| 26 | A women quoted in Ethel Elderton 's 1914 study declared that she 'd ‘ rather swallow the druggist 's shop and the man i n't than have another kid ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ Rather than have this turn into a trial of strength between the Government and some sections of the press about my future , I have decided to resolve it myself by resigning . |
| 28 | When asked if has any hope for the future Bruce Harris smiles and replies : ‘ If you promise to keep writing I do . ’ |
| 29 | There were ripples of self-satisfied laughter , as if to have such a mad dream was something for which they could congratulate themselves . |
| 30 | And you 're gon na feel it this time as well because having that cold . |