Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [noun pl] have a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 One might suppose in reading this chapter that teachers have a lot to answer for ; after all , they are the ones who are responsible for accentuating sport by turning a vague , ill-formed image into a seemingly realistic pursuit for sporting excellence .
2 However , it is also the case that schools have a lot in common .
3 It may be necessary to advertise but it is my experience that relatives have a way of surfacing after a death . ’
4 For information which was on the file , there were very different approaches to letting parents or children have a look .
5 Now , much of what they were saying — particularly their insistence that women had a right to control their bodies and therefore a right to family planning — was welcomed by all sides of the population industry .
6 If the display contains a short written piece by the teacher giving a little background about its purpose and merits then attention of visitors and others has a focus and they can join in fully with the celebration .
7 Well I can I can remember when I was a child and kids had a lot of time to do hobbies and a favourite hobby was to make a a garden and I never made one , but a friend of mine was ooh forever making these things and giving them away as presents you got the lid of a biscuit tin or something of that sort and you I do n't know what they used for grass they used to model little ducks and things and he had a piece of mirror to make a pond have you ever seen this done ?
8 There is a discipline element in education and both parents and teachers have a role to play in asserting the right habits and respect for education . ’
9 Some chalkboards and whiteboards have a metal surface which can therefore be used as a magnetic surface .
10 Yesterday 's public enemies and villains have a habit of becoming present-day cult figures .
11 Moreover , in keeping with my earlier remarks , I would argue that racialized and ethnic discourses and encounters have a tendency to be contradictory and ambivalent in character .
12 Some machine-code assemblers or monitors have a facility for high-speed copying of memory data from one location to another .
13 Crocodiles and lizards have a fossil record extending back to the Triassic , snakes to the Cretaceous .
14 Their writings and comments have a confessional tone , and no wonder .
15 The cherry and whites have a lot stronger team out this time and the good news is that Marcus Hannaford who fractured his jaw when he was knocked out against the Saracens is back at scrum half .
16 Legislation has a part to play in maintaining safety but individuals have a responsibility to control personal behaviour for their own benefit as well as for the survival and well-being of others .
17 We can not conclude with confidence whether pigeons have a map sense at all , and if so whether they use the sun or magnetic co-ordinates .
18 And there now is the knowledge that women have a breath of sexual desires , and lives , as well as men , and in that area there certainly has been advances .
19 Memos and letters have a habit of being decorated with dozens of fonts or cute little pieces of artwork .
20 The jacket and trousers have a Pertex outer material , waterproofed with Nikwax 's TX10 , and a waterproof breathable lining made from soft polyester .
21 But , in addition , the muscles and tendons have a mechanism whereby they join up with whatever element is next to them .
22 Vendors and purchasers have a duty to inform the unions .
23 Sir Christopher said : ‘ I have already referred to my belief that Chairmen have a shelf life of somewhere between five and 10 years .
24 When we consider the regulation that will be imposed and the rights of consumers in Northern Ireland , my hon. Friend will find that consumers will be much better protected and safeguarded under privatisation than if they had been left to continue with a publicly owned monopoly which too often had a life of its own and was not subject to the outside pressures that consumers have a right to bring to bear .
25 Before colorectal perfusion studies , the patients and controls had a bowel preparation as for flexible rectosigmoidoscopy , that is — diet restriction and oral purgative the day before and a non-irritative enema two hours before perfusion .
26 Boots and shoes have a tongue which may also be padded to protect the foot from the pressure of tight lacing .
27 The VHPB believes many bodies and organisations have a role to play in reducing current levels of occupational hepatitis B infection .
28 It was the first appeal court ruling that relatives had a right to claim compensation over damage to a foetus which later caused the child 's death .
29 More often than not champions and sponsors have a management position within the formal structure .
30 Visits of inspection to the cookhouses and latrines had a squalor about them that scarcely repaid even average keeness .
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