Example sentences of "have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must have hollow legs . |
| 2 | Most adults are well aware when they use expressions like ‘ you must have hollow legs ’ that they are not speaking literally . |
| 3 | If you have n't read it you will have ample chance to read it at a later date and if you have , you would know what I was going to say . |
| 4 | Thus , some of the best examples of British painting could be seen in the National Gallery and the Modern Art Museum , while the less important , but , for some , equally interesting , would have ample space of their own . |
| 5 | A conviction for manslaughter would be sufficient to mark the gravity of those cases in which D was not aware of the risk of death , and the court would have ample discretion in sentencing to reflect the blameworthiness of D's conduct . |
| 6 | ‘ I promise , ’ Katherine said in a small voice , not quite sure what it was she was pledging , though in later years she would have ample occasion to reflect on what he said . |
| 7 | ‘ You 'll have ample evidence of my innocence . ’ |
| 8 | With rolling stacks in a Jarvis Foyer mezzanine , and t with the space allocated to the drawings , the library would have ample storage well into the next century . |
| 9 | I can give him the assurance that both he and the local authority in his constituency will have ample opportunity to express their views on how best to design the line to reduce the environmental impact . |
| 10 | The right hon. Gentleman will have ample opportunity to speak his mind and to record his vote if and when my noble and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor brings forward considered proposals on the green form scheme . |
| 11 | " Though many ( candidates ) may have ample material they mar their chances by solecism , malapropisms , dreadful spelling and grammatical errors sometimes so gross as to obscure meaning " . |
| 12 | You will have ample time for questions when I have completed the reading of this statement . ’ |
| 13 | Is n't it also true that the European union or community or whatever you like to call it , is also intending to introduce a compulsory identity card in the form of a smart card carrying details of the citizen 's health , but which would have ample room to put all sorts of other things on . |
| 14 | The British Medical Association , well they 'll have ample ammunition now to say that boxing is no longer a sport . |
| 15 | 17.29 We believe that , throughout the school years , all children should have ample opportunities to write poetry , either singly or in groups ; this is made explicit in the programmes of study . |
| 16 | Actually , the Governor would have ample reason to feel paranoid if he did but know the gist of the message Jaq intended to send . |
| 17 | He will have broad experience of the industry . |
| 18 | By so doing he changed the very character of the conflict , for through the creation of a wider involvement in its success he tried to ensure that he , and his successors , would have broad support for the continued involvement of England and Englishmen in France . |
| 19 | More difficult to identify are the basic factors which are common to all human beings , but it is in these that the international marketer will be most interested , since they provide a basis upon which to market goods in a way which should have broad appeal . |
| 20 | And those European countries which have not taken part in the fighting may have peace-making credentials in the Arab world at least as good as those who have . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , while many administrative shortcomings have been identified , the scrutiny technique does have inherent limitations . |
| 22 | Among the groups of people who would become British Overseas citizens as soon as the law comes into force would be citizens of the UK and colonies who are living in present and former colonies and do not have British-born ancestors . |
| 23 | But heat-resistant hotelware , earthenware , crockery and china may be used provided it does not have metallic decoration which will blacken and spoil if used with microwave energy . |
| 24 | Yet the distortions of prejudice can have subtle effects on people 's behaviour . |
| 25 | in here , well they must have bloody hamsters then . |
| 26 | Well she 'll have bloody shock if she was here in the summer then ! |
| 27 | Why should we have bloody machines doing work when human beings should be doing it ? |
| 28 | overcharged me Got ta have bloody carpet |
| 29 | And the next time you go in he 'll have bloody rubbish ! |
| 30 | Similarly , most villages today do not qualify by these standards — most are suburban or retirement centres , not more than half a dozen practise communal agriculture , and most do not even have working farms in them . |