Example sentences of "[num ord] have a " in BNC.

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1 The first fighter to use P–5 Mustangs in the Eighth Air Force , the 357th had a faster rate of kills than any other unit within the Mighty Eighth The 357th featured may top ‘ ace ’ pilots and five survivors , Chuck Yeager , Clarence Bud Anderson , Leonard Kit Carson , Richard Peterson and Tommy Hayes were all present at Oshkosh to be reunited with five Mustangs that had been painted in the markings carried by ‘ their ’ wartime aircraft .
2 Two teams of computer specialists are now at work , one to try and make sure the department 's existing system can cope , the second to have a new computer system at work from 1 January next year .
3 The second had a double bed but was at the back of the cottage and overlooked an overgrown vegetable patch .
4 A common factor in the two studies concerning assessment by non-medically qualified staff is that the social workers in the first study and the nurses in the second had a special interest in dealing with attempted suicide patients .
5 The second had a cap which was sewn with emeralds ; the third bore a pair of the high-heeled boots which great ladies wore to walk about the city ; and behind them , their faces solemn with barely suppressed mirth , came three women , a high-collared cloak folded lengthwise between them .
6 The Three- Ninetieth had a reputation on the record that enemy fighters never forced you to turn back and that 's some special form of courage .
7 The second , often third and fourth have a compressed axe-shaped tip .
8 The first has a tangy , modern taste , the second hails from days gone by and the third brings a hint of traditional Danish flavour to our shores .
9 The first has a high impedance input and a 3-band graphic EQ with a parametric midrange control , and the second has low and high impedance inputs in conjunction with a 2-band graphic .
10 The first has a very awkward ( though avoidable ) crack to start before climbing up easier grooves , while the second is balancy wall climbing on quartz holds , some of which slope disconcertingly .
11 The vice-chancellors should enlist its support , but the universities must first have a clear view of what is needed in the future , and the model need not be uniform .
12 When did we first have a general election in this country ?
13 It is debatable whether it was the cylinder or the disc that was the first to have a formal ‘ label ’ physically attached .
14 Russia chose the latter option , and her campaign in the south was at first to have a most promising outcome .
15 ‘ The high school I was at was among the first to have a tiny in-school radio station , news , views , interviews and a touch of music , and consequently we 'd attracted quite a bit of somewhat condescending attention from real stations around town .
16 And that was Stronsay there were about the first to have a diamond jubilee .
17 Ifan Tegeryn , four-month-old son of farmer Owen Arfon Jones , 29 , and his wife , Anwen , of 300-acre Bronmiod farm at Llanaelhaearn , near Pwllheli , was the first to have a tree planted in his honour .
18 Nothing really constructive got done there But it was where we first had a serious go at turning ourselves into a real band .
19 I first had a painting included in the Summer Exhibition 40 years ago .
20 STEVEN Richard was 11 when he first had a girlfriend .
21 Under part 1 of the 1980 Act , local authorities first have a duty to promote the welfare of children by making available such advice , guidance and assistance as may diminish the need to receive children into care .
22 AFTER being ill-served for many years by the investment industry , the small investor at last has a choice of funds which follow share indices .
23 The next has a pseudo-Renaissance façade by A. Baum , 1879–80 , and the third is from the early years of the 19C with arcades beneath .
24 When my right hon. Friend next has a free Saturday , will he fly up to Manchester , look at what has been achieved by the airport , and then pop over to Old Trafford to watch a first-class football side in action ?
25 She wondered when he had last had a bath .
26 In Ernest and Elizabeth 's awful old kitchen , which had last had a re-fit in 1926 and in which Cecilia herself would not have so much as peeled a potato , though nothing would have made her say so , Tina was baking a birthday cake for Bienvida .
27 If and when that event occurs , the United Kingdom will at last have a distinct and workable law of civil liberties as opposed to its present vulnerability to the whims of Parliament and government from time to time .
28 Getty museum director Dr John Walsh said his institution were ‘ very pleased ’ to at last have a work by one of Britain 's greatest artists .
29 Colin Calderwood was next to have a go
30 Now I 'm finishing a college course as a book-keeper and ready at last to have a career .
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