Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to have the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boys from unskilled , working-class homes tend to have the hardest time ; at 11 years , 36 per cent were beaten with an implement by the father , the mother or both . |
| 2 | In summary , the most successful schools appeared to have the following characteristics : |
| 3 | He did not know where , and did not particularly care , except that it meant that the Establishment was on Amber Black , and every car had to have the magic mirror wand shoved underneath the chassis . |
| 4 | ‘ Denmark seem to have the easier run-in and they have already beaten Spain in Copenhagen , ’ said Charlton . |
| 5 | MORE THAN any other county , Derbyshire seems to have the sharpest contrasts between urban and rural surroundings . |
| 6 | Given the Drawing Center 's success in attracting first-rate exhibitions — and in attracting corporate money — Beck seems to have the best chance for success of the three . |
| 7 | The chances of winning the two bets are at that point judged to have the same probability , given by the ratio of red to blue marbles . |
| 8 | The chances of winning the two bets are at that point judged to have the same probability , given by the ratio of red to blue marbles . |
| 9 | The stern words and punishment seemed to have the desired effect . |
| 10 | IMP had to have the latest print-outs of the disaster . |
| 11 | The result of this link is that the most efficient producers tend to have the shortest development lead time . |
| 12 | But both firms happen to have the same dividends and the same share price , so that the net and gross dividend yields are the same at 5.31 and 7.08 per cent respectively . |
| 13 | He added that the UK continues to have the highest proportion of people in work than any other EC country except Denmark . |
| 14 | Yet within our legal system , Parliament appears to have the legal power to repeal any law , even to act contrary to the principles of international law . |
| 15 | Antiarrhythmic drugs — Among type 1a antiarrhythmic drugs , quinidine seems to have the greatest potential for causing torsades de pointes and is estimated to produce syncope in 0.5–4.0% of patients as a result of this tachyarrhythmia . |
| 16 | The first column shows that the poorest regions tend to have the highest ratios of foreign debt to social product . |
| 17 | Of the two determinants , maternal age appears to have the stronger influence , although the deleterious effect of fourth and higher birth order seems to be very strong at young maternal ages . |
| 18 | Apart from conviction each new voice of authority appears to have the same weight as the one we believe , and every moment of unreality calls in question the reality of all past experience . |
| 19 | In Washington , meanwhile , Mr Smick struggled to have the five-page letter translated . |
| 20 | And yet Miles appeared to have the same complement of arms and legs as he did , the same disposition of eyes , nose and mouth . |
| 21 | The commission hoped to have the main services — banking , investment and insurance — all liberalised together at the end of 1992 . |
| 22 | Moreover , there remains the failure to refer to the lukewarm approach of the House of Lords to the Barras principle , the presumption that when Parliament continues to use a word which has been interpreted by the courts it intends the word to continue to have the judicial meaning , but the author can no doubt contend that the doctrine has been given a new lease of life by the Court of Appeal in EWP Ltd v. Moore , and A-G v. Brotherton . |
| 23 | Apart for his incongruously white hair , Amaldi seemed to have the mental lucidity and expected energy of a man half his age . |
| 24 | One of the devices thought to have the best potential for ensuring participation in policy-making is the American administrative law initiative of ‘ hybrid rule-making ’ . |
| 25 | In English spelling , if a grammatical word and a lexical word sound the same , the grammatical word tends to have the shorter spelling. : e.g. for , four ; by , buy ; in , inn ; to , two ; I , eye ; etc . |
| 26 | The contest is traditionally a brainteaser for the form-book pundit but Highbrook appears to have the ideal credentials to topple the poor value favourite Daru . |
| 27 | Local government seems to have the upper hand on matters of censorship in libraries at the moment , and national Government often intervenes decisively on major professional issues in professional medicine . |
| 28 | Of the quintet Bradley looked to have the best chance : second in the Gold Cup in 1982 and a gutsy winner of the Hennessy , the nine-year-old Bregawn was clearly a chaser of great ability , though he had begun to show signs of temperament , being reluctant to line up for the start on occasion . |
| 29 | Six-year-old Colin Mwanamwalye proved to have the healthiest attitude of all the children . |
| 30 | At first Japan appeared to have the upper hand . |