Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [be] have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may also be stronger incentives as a result of management 's having a significant equity stake in the company , and the stringent repayment conditions that banks and other institutions attach to the finance they provide to make the buy-out possible . |
| 2 | Presumably , thought Thiercelin , the defenders of Telnitz were having a harder time , but there was no way of communicating with them . |
| 3 | But the sociology of knowledge was to have a bridging role in the progress towards a scientific truth that would lead to a revelation of human essence ( Stark 1958 : 209 ) . |
| 4 | And concern over highly toxic chemicals released during the bleaching of paper is having a big spin-off on a locally based company . |
| 5 | ‘ I feel almost guilty that so many good things are happening to us , when such a lot of people are having a bad time , ’ Sarah said . |
| 6 | He had explained to her mother how it was an innovation for Hoggatt 's having a clerical officer on the desk instead of a junior police officer . |
| 7 | I mean you can interpret any play you want to Twelfth Night for example is having a political subtext if you look far enough beneath the surface of the play . |
| 8 | However , the best way to keep yourself in cheques and your customers in check is to have a follow-up plan and to work that plan . |
| 9 | The recent changes in Europe are having a great effect on the practice of law in this country , and the 1992 process will change our economic climate and the type of legal service which clients in this country and abroad will need . |
| 10 | ‘ My most important ambition in life was to have a new sports car every year , things like this . ’ |
| 11 | What really impresses me about players is having a unique sound , whether it 's fast or slow . |
| 12 | The solution that Grayling finds the most feasible at present is to have a circular table with a hole in the middle . |
| 13 | Jeffrey : For many people involvement in campaigns around AIDS is having a similar effect to involvement in gay liberation campaigns , in that you get a tremendous sense of common feeling , almost a sort of euphoric sense of working together . |