Example sentences of "had a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had a 100% retention on the mortgage until the major work was done , and meanwhile were managing on a bridging loan — it was a bit like living in a house with no roof , hoping that it would n't rain ( which we more or less were doing ) . |
| 2 | Low grade and mixed grade patients had a 100% actuarial survival at 156 months which was significantly better ( p<0.01 ) than that of 52% for patients with high grade disease . |
| 3 | The presence of HAPCs had a 67% predictive value for not having constipation and the absence of HAPCs had a 100% predictive value for having constipation . |
| 4 | When the ratio of carbamylated haemoglobin to serum creatinine was calculated , to correct for degree of renal failure , a value of less than 0.2 had a 100% sensitivity and 80% positive predictive value for dividing patients with potentially reversible renal failure from those with CRF . |
| 5 | Although a barrow boy at heart , he had a yen for the finer things in life . |
| 6 | She 'll probably write her memoirs : she always had a yen to be a writer , though her pen dribbles cliches . |
| 7 | The Museum of Lincolnshire Life also had a yen for the new security grills to cover its windows ; and the City of County Museum thought it would be a good idea to invest in three differently designed Tree Seats as well as commissioning a spadehandle-back seat for The Gardeners Rest . |
| 8 | Patients receiving cyclosporin in our study had a 20% rise in mean serum creatinine and a 14% reduction in mean iothalamate clearance at two years . |
| 9 | Objective evidence of bronchial hyper-reactivity was obtained in 113 patients : 92 had a positive methacholine test and 21 had a 20% improvement in FEV 1 after bronchodilator administration . |
| 10 | She was 5ft 4in ( ’ though I could make myself 5ft 5in ’ ) , had a 23in waist ( ’ yes , I was a normal girl ’ ) , and could kick so high that two legs became a straight line . |
| 11 | Mr Macdonald said the most significant thing was that Brown had gone back to his car nearby and returned to the fight armed with the knife which had a 12in blade . |
| 12 | Darlington magistrates heard how Jackson , of Yew Walk , Long Newton , placed an advert in The Northern Echo which said the Ereg had a 1600cc engine . |
| 13 | A MORI poll conducted in 1981 found that among skilled workers in the North of England , Labour had a 32% lead over the Conservatives . |
| 14 | The borrowers , Mr and Mrs Clothier , had a £225,000 advance on their home in Silverdale Avenue , Walton-on-Thames . |
| 15 | The blank had a 100mm wide slice of sap wood that was more pronounced on one face . |
| 16 | Each Commando had a headquarters and several Troops , the equivalent of platoons in infantry companies , the usual arrangement being six Troops , one of which was — after late 1942 — the Heavy Weapons Troop armed with medium machine-guns and heavy mortars . |
| 17 | The Model X had a 110hp ACE Cirrus Ensign , later designated the Model B. This was followed by the Model C fitted with a 95hp Menasco Pirate B-4 and the Model D with the 125hp Pirate C-4 ( NC855Y and NC 11043 ) , certificated under ATC.404 in March 1931 . |
| 18 | The Model E was the last and had a 110hp Warner Scarab , ( NC 11041 , ‘ 11044 , ‘ 856Y , ‘ 46V and ‘ 72V ) but the Model F was the original B with the Fairchild 6–390 , but none was ordered as such . |
| 19 | Some assumed , or were given , names other than their own : Jacques d'Espailly was known as Forte-Epice ; La Hire had a cannon named after him , as did Guillaume de Flavy ; while , in the eighteenth century , La Hire was to become the named knave of hearts on French playing cards . |
| 20 | He and Ford had a cannon on the roof loaded with everything that they had been able to lay their hands on : stones , penknives , pieces of lightning-conductor , chains , nails , the embossed silver cutlery from the dining-room , and even some ivory false teeth , picked up by Ford who had seen them gleaming in the undergrowth ; but the greater part of the improvised canister was filled with fragments of marble chipped from The Spirit of Science Conquers Ignorance and Prejudice . |
| 21 | On April 22nd Daimler announced a 5% rise in sales to DM85.5 billion ( $53 billion ) in 1990 , though operating profits fell by 10% ; the company had a 6% rise in net earnings , to DM1.8 billion , only because of a lower tax bill . |
| 22 | At the beginning of 1991 Airtours had a 6% share of the package holiday market and a brand name known to few south of Birmingham ( it is based in Lancashire and two-thirds of bookings come from the Midlands and North ) . |
| 23 | No she , she had a grapefruit or something did n't she ? |
| 24 | We perhaps had a works ' er we had to have a works ' holiday yeah . |
| 25 | Surely seldom had a cavalry commander led a charge with less preoccupation with the enemy ahead . |
| 26 | ‘ My dear , dear fellow , if I had a lira for every time I 've heard that story … well … ’ |
| 27 | Someone in this room once had a geranium on the little sill outside the window , scarlet against the blue of the summer sky . |
| 28 | Last Monday , New Year 's Eve , they had a £22 a head banquet attended by that great Peking tradition , the karaoke machine . |
| 29 | That was before my time , of course , but he obviously passed on some of his skills because during , or just after , very wet weather , Sam would go off somewhere and catch lovely brown trout , which he often gave to people who were ill ; and sometimes when he had a sheep to kill , he would send down the head which would make a really tasty and nourishing broth . |
| 30 | The Fawcetts had a sheep dip and we would take ours there , but the shearing was quite a problem for me . |