Example sentences of "have an [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We have an invitation to a tournament which we must accept . ’
2 ’ ( i ) We have an invitation from Spain to tender for the line Locke has surveyed between Barcelona and Mataro .
3 Let none of these warnings and precautions put you off the adventure and excitement of collecting in this field if you have an inclination that way .
4 They have an influence on an intellectual scene which encompasses a whole host of lesser thinkers , and they act as focuses for movements of thought which find powerful expression in them before passing on , often changed , or with added force .
5 Team dynamics also have an influence on the outcomes and the contribution of members .
6 Targets ( or intermediate variables ) are the variables through which government actions have an influence on macroeconomic objectives .
7 Television and radio in particular have an influence upon the attitudes and preferences of worshippers and their power is not to be ignored .
8 The Homicide Act can affect ( have an influence or bearing upon ) a problem , or it can effect ( bring about ) a result , but we would not speak of ‘ effecting ’ a problem .
9 All I do know is that it seems someone here does believe that they still have an influence . ’
10 ‘ I suppose when you look at it that way , it could be considered that they have an influence by proxy , as it were . ’
11 So they er they agree that they have an influence on market prices , but they , they wo n't , are not prepared to pay any more than they have to .
12 Just looking at these questions … one can … have an influence even through mathematics which I see as being unlike many other subjects …
13 With increasing y it ceases to play a role long before parameters other than those in ( 21.14 ) have an influence .
14 There is a far wider range of hollies available than you might have originally supposed , and some have an elegance that you would n't normally associate with them .
15 The cloches are just as functional as modern designs , but have an elegance that plastic and aluminium can not match .
16 ‘ I still have an apartment in Chelsea , ’ said Laing .
17 I have an apartment on Fifth in New York .
18 The couple live in Arizona and have an apartment in New York .
19 I have an apartment not too far from headquarters .
20 I have an apartment that overlooks the Elbe .
21 They give a proud account of black cultures and kingdoms ; but they also have an agenda — to promote black civilisation as nobler , purer and better than white .
22 Yes I have an apology from Idris .
23 And I have an apology to make .
24 " Most people have an affection for trees and think they 're beautiful and necessary to the landscape and so on , but it 's important that we also realise their value as a national asset .
25 Although many patients are quite fit when admitted to the ward , they will become completely dependent when they have an anaesthetic and may only slowly return to independence after a surgical procedure .
26 Have an olive . ’
27 There is an urgent need for getting out a newsletter — and finding ways of financing it — so that we have an organ of communication with each other .
28 Many countries have an offence of ‘ abuse of authority ’ to differentiate these crimes , in accord with the principle of fair labelling ( Chapter 3.3 ( 1 ) ) , but anxieties about the problem of listing the types of authority ( should it include persons undertaking voluntary responsibility , such as choirmasters and youth-club leaders ? ) have led to the continuation of the pragmatic all-encompassing provisions in England and Wales .
29 These ancient piles of stones , long known as the Three Men of Gragareth , have an origin beyond the memory of man : they stand side by side , mute sentinels overlooking a vast panorama that has never changed and never will .
30 In this class are included all shorelines which have an origin combining at least two of the preceding classes .
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