Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] have [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In this passage J. S. Mill resolutely turns his back on allowing sensations to have a universal character .
2 Now it wants to stimulate more investment by reducing the bureaucracy and allowing foreigners to have a controlling interest in hotel and tourist developments .
3 In opposition to this , Kay and Silberston ( 1984 ) argue that competition would not necessarily lead to equal efficiency , since publicly owned concerns have the deep purse of public funds on which to draw .
4 Whereas territorial individuals are dominant in their own area but subordinates in other areas , hierarchically grouped individuals have the same status wherever they go .
5 Test kits have a limited shelf life which may only be twelve months in some cases .
6 Comdex organisers had an independent survey done at the last mammoth fall show and discovered that 35% of the attendees were interested in Unix .
7 But the full integration of special needs students has a long way to go , and requires much more commitment to the adaptation and modification of plans and a further shift of resources to those whose need is greatest .
8 Yeah , you do n't need boys to have a good time .
9 ICARDA 's multidisciplinary staff of over 60 senior scientists and 600 technical and support personnel has an international mandate for barley , faba bean and lentil production improvement and — with other centres — a joint regional mandate for wheat and chickpea production improvement .
10 At adolescence , adopted children have the normal crop of teenage problems .
11 On a priori grounds we would expect humans to have an auditory area corresponding to temporal visual cortex since speech requires the categorical perception of sounds .
12 ‘ I am not a missionary , ’ he said , ‘ but I do believe schools have an important part to play .
13 Compared with tennis players , or even footballers , racing drivers have the worst hair-grooming in sport .
14 There is no doubt that this encouragement to grow potatoes had a disastrous sequel some fifty years later .
15 The same applied to the acquisition of land by local authorities : since they had to meet the cost of compensation there was a danger that they would attempt to avoid sites having an admitted claim under the 1947 Act .
16 Basic page printers such as the Hewlett Packard LaserJets , the Canon A1 and A2 and most of the Ricoh or Kyocera based models have no internal intelligence .
17 Today , the rose , especially the H.T. and its offspring , the Floribunda , is very big business indeed , and played for huge winnings , with large multi-national companies paying fortunes to have a new rose variety given the company name .
18 Duration of onset was recorded in a sub-group , and showed Asians had a shorter duration than both other groups , but particularly when compared with Afro-Caribbeans .
19 Guide writers have a traditional obligation to honour the historical record , alongside their duty to point out present circumstances .
20 In fact , all butfour patients had a pre-trial ultrasonagraphy that invariably showed no gall bladder stones .
21 In one case , it was said that ‘ it was the 15-year-old girl who was the dominant partner in the relationship ’ with a 28-year-old woman separated from her husband , while in the other case ‘ a pretty 15-year-old schoolgirl skipped lessons to have a lesbian love affair ’ ; however the defence counsel said that her mother had told police she thought there was nothing wrong with a lesbian relationship and ‘ if it had not been for the age of the young lady , none of us would be here today ’ .
22 Finance experts have a clear role to play , along with accountants , in improving the specification of market attractiveness and competitive strengths .
23 FlyPast readers have a decided soft-spot for what are universally regarded as ‘ propliners ’ .
24 It is essential that these rights be such as to allow citizens some autonomy in their private lives as non-citizens , but also that they should enable citizens to have an effective input into the national political system and into their local communities .
25 However , because the process of declaring certain kinds of policies to be social policies , while disregarding others having a considerable impact on the well-being of our society , seems a particularly arbitrary exercise , it is necessary to look a little at the rationale for doing this .
26 Bessie Parkes more prudently replied that she thought it was " undeniable " that it would bring lower wages but " it was only fair to let women have a fair share in the competition " .
27 The UK nevertheless drew attention to the fact that denitrification processes are in an early stage of development and that further research is necessary and that the protection of water sources may take years to have the desired effect … ’
28 To ensure Consultants had a first class knowledge of the industry , all were obliged to obtain the Financial Planning Certificate awarded by the Life Insurance Association and Chartered Insurance Institute .
29 Mr Bergg said suspicions were aroused when the people asking questions had a vested interest in getting a certain answer .
30 Christmas Day in Bart 's Kenton ward was a children 's delight as staff pulled out all the stops to ensure patients had a magical day .
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