Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [noun] had the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | RAPHOE striker Johnny Weir had the rare distinction of scoring at both ends of the pitch in today 's Section Two encounter with a depleted Collegians side at Olympia . |
| 2 | Radio One DJ Jakki Brambles had the bright idea of getting Jason to record As Time Goes By after she and producer Jonathan Ruffle dreamed up the idea of broadcasting her show from Morocco to mark the film 's 50th anniversary . |
| 3 | During the Battle of Britain , Air Chief Marshal Dowding had the incomparable advantage of information from Ultra and he monitored its signals very carefully ; he knew , therefore , that only fifty per cent of the German aircraft were then serviceable , and so , on 15 September he sent up every available fighter plane against the enemy . |
| 4 | In an effort to defuse growing social tensions , the increasingly uneasy government of President Lansana Conte had the previous day announced a two-stage doubling of public-sector pay , improved family allowances , and the halving of ministerial salaries , but these measures were rejected as insufficient . |
| 5 | Perhaps Robert Louis Stevenson had the right idea in his travels in the Cevennes . |
| 6 | Rob Beattie Rob Beattie had the great vision and foresight to launch What Personal Computer back in 1989 . |
| 7 | According to US press reports on May 18 , President George Bush had the previous week overruled the wishes of the Environmental Protection Agency and given industry a major concession over the implementation of the Clean Air Act as amended in November 1990 [ see p. 37847 ] . |
| 8 | Thames Water was allowed ‘ illegal ’ pesticide levels until the last day of 2000 , while in Environment Minister Chris Patten 's own constituency Wessex Water had the same plan . |
| 9 | But he drew the line at including gurls , because gurls were less than zero — J M Barrie had the right idea there . |
| 10 | But former Blueman David McCallan had the last laugh on Linfield with a brilliant winner four minutes from time to put Bangor into the Bass Irish Cup semi-finals for the first time in 25 years . |
| 11 | FORMER Sheffield Wednesday striker Steve Whitton had the last word — snatching an equaliser with only seconds to go for Ipswich at Bramall Lane . |
| 12 | On that tour New Zealand had the great batting talent of Stewie Dempster a their disposal . |
| 13 | Both manager and FA chief executive Graham Kelly had the same one word answer to the question : Will he still be in charge for that Polish World Cup qualifier in September ? |
| 14 | Then Cantona committed his second And if the masses shoe-horned onto the Vicarage Road terraces had the growing feeling it was to be Watford 's night , Cantona 's second howler of the night when Strachan 's cross found the darling of Elland Road unmarked again and just six yards out . |