Example sentences of "[verb] to have a [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SVQs in Business Administration at Levels I and II are expected to have a wide appeal for employers and candidates alike and will probably be of particular interest to Youth Training ( YT ) and Employment Training ( ET ) trainees involved in office work . |
| 2 | People assume , the British especially , who appear to have a unique talent for combining sentimentality and intellectual evasion , that conflict , even massacre , is in no one 's interest . |
| 3 | Most CABx can identify local groups which appear to have a particular need for assistance , and NACAB policy is to encourage bureaux to cater for such special groups . |
| 4 | The Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( MITI ) wants to have a preliminary design for a short-haul 75-seater codenamed the ys-x worked out by 1990 and to have the aircraft in service by 1994 . |
| 5 | As the woman who dreamed up the slogan ‘ A Dog Is For Life , Not Just For Christmas ’ , she needs to have a high profile for campaigning , while still being able to turn her hand to clearing the odd blocked drain that might occur at the kennels . |
| 6 | The head porter needs to have an exceptional memory for names and faces , and be a fountain of knowledge in order to deal with the numerous enquiries of the guests . |
| 7 | Seven other individuals , not related to his family , who had come to have a high regard for Beattie over the years among them were three or four Roman Catholics , including a man whom he had helped to find a new house after he and his wife had been intimidated out of their home by the Provisional IRA . |
| 8 | I seemed to have a separate brain for each limb , but they 'd all broken off diplomatic relations . |
| 9 | She seemed to have a proper regard for the frivolous things in life . |
| 10 | Sarah seemed to have a special liking for angry gestures , even when she had provoked them herself . |
| 11 | But Fenton Marshall seemed to have an apt answer for everything . |
| 12 | But both can be said to have a basic requirement for nitrogen , which they incorporate into their own proteins and nucleic acids . |
| 13 | In 1910 few Liberals had argued for Home Rule in their election addresses or speeches , so they could not be said to have a clear mandate for it . |
| 14 | DARLINGTON Health Authority yesterday pledged to have a special unit for leukaemia patients open and fully staffed by August . |
| 15 | If you regularly knit different garments for the same people , you might like to have a separate directory for each person . |
| 16 | To make your way , you have got to have a proper respect for money . |
| 17 | I 'm going to have a nice steak for my tea tonight and then it 's dancing with the missus . |
| 18 | I happened to have an extra ticket for the recital last night … |
| 19 | But looking back , we seem to have a selective memory for the best bits of the past . |
| 20 | On the whole , algebraists seem to have a slight preference for the latter whilst analysts tend to prefer the former , perhaps because of tradition . |
| 21 | Derbyshire Assistant Chief Constable Don Dovaston said : ‘ People seem to have a total disregard for the safety of themselves and other road users . |
| 22 | Some people seem to have a natural knack for making money , while others have a marvellous ability for getting along without it . |
| 23 | It 's a curious thing but fans of all persuasions , even in the stubborn North , seem to have a soft spot for Spurs — maybe because , for as long as anyone can remember , they have tried to play the game . |
| 24 | Both Joe and his former pupil Steve Vai seem to have a special fondness for one in particular : the Lydian . |
| 25 | The implication of this study is that developing societies need to improve their elementary school system before their economies can hope to have a secure foundation for industrialisation . |
| 26 | The daily broadsheet began to have a double fascination for Charlie , as he started to take an interest in the advertisements displayed on almost every page . |
| 27 | Well I like to have a toasted sandwich for dinner . |
| 28 | ‘ Curry is great value and it is bound to have a big appeal for MPs because we are so often in a hurry . ’ |
| 29 | In general , the philosophy of pragmatism appears to have a particular value for the functionalist style in public law , which may be seen most clearly in pragmatism 's rejection of a systematic and comprehensive philosophy . |
| 30 | The British public appears to have an increasing appetite for the work of sensitive female singer-songwriters telling us about their tangled emotional lives , and Julia Fordham is the latest high-flier to fulfill the need . |