Example sentences of "having a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defending solicitor tried to fault her on identification but she described the car as having a metallic paint job , wide wheels and a number of triangular stickers in the rear window ; she also thought that she could remember a couple of fluffy dice hanging from the rear-view mirror , and she gave the first three letters of the registration number . |
| 2 | I was the best-known face in East Anglia , but I was having a terrible time . |
| 3 | They are having a terrible life of it . |
| 4 | ‘ You know , St. David , that Welsh rugby has been having a terrible time lately . |
| 5 | Almost all British analyses use a unit similar or identical to what I call a tone-unit , and many writers see this unit as having a crucial role in linking intonation to higher-level grammatical units . |
| 6 | By virtue of having a prior claim on assets and having a fixed and legally enforceable income and redemption , fixed interest debentures are usually assumed to offer less risk to the investor . |
| 7 | There he was , having a grand time pulling off clusters of half-grown green apples and gobbling them up . |
| 8 | Witness the image of the watch : it remained easy to think of the system as having a grand purpose built into it . |
| 9 | Accommodation is of the highest standard , all twin rooms having a private balcony and bathroom . |
| 10 | Harry turned back to Sam , with whom he had been having a private conversation on a quite different subject . |
| 11 | This was not an offence under the Act because it does not extend to the domestic situation and a club having a private membership enjoys a private or domestic status . |
| 12 | As a matter of fact , we were having a private conversation in here . |
| 13 | Cawthorne seemed to be having a private party . |
| 14 | We are not having a private discussion about Aschmann . |
| 15 | But Chester , who had their manager Harry McNally sent from the dugout in the first half for protesting about a high tackle by Smith on midfielder Gary Bennett ‘ I was having a private conversation in the dugout with one of my staff when the linesman interrupted ’ he said later started creating chances . |
| 16 | I 'd have pay the fully thingy you know , with with having a private house you know what I mean ? |
| 17 | The duty of loyalty has generally been invoked to prevent directors from having a personal financial interest in a decision , whilst the duty to act not for any improper purpose has sometimes been invoked to rule out decisions where directors have some other sort of personal but not directly financial interest in the decision . |
| 18 | The trick is to try and look beyond them to the interviewer and talk as though the two of you are having a personal conversation . |
| 19 | ‘ Except that you were right when you once accused me of having a personal prejudice . |
| 20 | ‘ He feels very , very fully occupied , ’ said Mrs Quigley , ‘ but we are getting some very serious indications that he has been … having a personal rethink . ’ |
| 21 | THE great advantage of having a former chief secretary to the Treasury as transport secretary is that he knows a thing or two about raising money . |
| 22 | The notion that this is attributable to having a former royal servant , Reynolds , as archbishop instead of an authoritarian idealist like Winchelsey is to overvalue the role of individuals , of Winchelsey in particular ; for all his principled vigour , Winchelsey had failed to ensure long-term security for the clergy , or much beyond transient relief even during his own pontificate . |
| 23 | That was all very well , but the feel of Molly 's firm large breast in his hand was having a strong effect on his animal instincts . |
| 24 | After that , it was simply a matter of having a strong wind , the sailors climbing up and down the rigging , adjusting the sail to catch every breeze and puff of air while look-outs were posted high above the mast . |
| 25 | However , from our present perspective it is actually more pertinent to turn the question round the other way and ask : why is it that some people , despite having a strong genetic disposition for psychotic illness do not actually break down — or , even if they do , are partly protected from its more devastating effects ? |
| 26 | Having a strong personality , she had battled her way into the medical profession and convinced many doctors by demonstration that at the very least they could n't shut their eyes to the possibilities of her treatment . |
| 27 | She needs reassurance from adults and can take on the worries of the world , having a strong sense of justice and fairness . |
| 28 | Zurich has benefited in its search for profitable target markets from having a strong international network , built up over nearly a century , with operations in 40 countries . |
| 29 | The ones described so far probably represent the major positions available to fans , but it is vital to note that simply having a strong relationship with an occupant of one of these role-position holders also afforded some degree of status . |
| 30 | The proportion of the electorate having a strong partisan identification was on the decrease , and the electorate becoming more ‘ volatile ’ . |