Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Also , you must ensure that there is sufficient time and resources for them to have a reasonable likelihood of success .
2 Although babies do n't really need to wear ‘ proper ’ shoes , it 's nice for them to have a soft covering in ‘ breathable ’ leather to protect their delicate feet .
3 It is difficult for them to have a high profile throughout the whole of the night and into the morning . ’
4 That part of a social policy course that is concerned with describing policies and the institutions responsible for them has a clear face value to the social policy ‘ practitioner ’ .
5 Perhaps in the matter of excitement Davis and Baker between them had a special way of making the blood dance , but ( listen to the Overture , for instance ) Nelson achieves a fine clarity of texture and , even more than Davis , he makes the phrases ‘ speak ’ .
6 It 's a big honour for the choir , who between them have a combined age of 2,500 years .
7 Those who are looking after her have a difficult task and it should not be made more difficult by being harassed by requests for information .
8 ‘ He hates to think of me having a good time , ’ said Camille .
9 At first some of them had a deceptive brightness , but their abominable quality soon revealed itself and decay rapidly set in .
10 None of them had a coherent programme , or strategy designed to bring the mass movement into power .
11 That as it were milkman 's stool with three legs and each of them has a certain amount of power and it is a question of the adjustment of that power and it is not the of the power to my Right Honourable Friend , the Home Secretary and yet when things go wrong , and they do , in police forces and in local auth police authorities , what happens , people turn round to the Home Secretary and say what are you going to do about it .
12 None of them has a sore throat .
13 For example , a man with a hundred head of cattle , sheep and goats trains his son to know them by their colour only or by their size and type of horns , while every one of them has a special name .
14 Could you introduce er the people , your team , particularly as I think one of them has a different name to the label in front of them .
15 One of them has a handle-bar moustache ; another wooden deity , dredged not long ago from Lake Geneva , has a formless face , like those that melt and distort in Francis Bacon 's paintings .
16 Each of them has a large leather money bag .
17 One of them has a fake beard .
18 At various points in this book I have referred to such agents — among them nations , dynasties , social classes , elites of diverse kinds , generational , ethnic and cultural groups — and we have now to examine more closely their role in political life and especially the conditions under which one or other of them has a predominant influence .
19 The hamper would be a present for the three of them and she 'd be thinking of them having a jolly evening .
20 In fact , gardens that are long and narrow are among the more simple to design because they can be broken down very easily into separate garden areas or ‘ rooms ’ , each of them having a different function or theme .
21 Visitors are catered for by hotels , guest houses and a large caravan park and many of them have a regular clientele .
22 Several of them have a vague impression of a coin-like disc near the base .
23 Yet ( while there are more lifers than there used to be ) most of them have a great deal to lose .
24 However most of them have a strong sense that in this celebration of the Church , Christ himself is present and feeds with Word and Sacrament those who come to him through faith .
25 It is important that United Kingdom companies keep themselves informed of developments in these proposals , as many of them have a real effect on the day-to-day functioning of a UK company and its cost structure .
26 Yes , these are for the in-service B Ed. and various other courses like that , yes , and some of them have a scientific aspect to them and we 're involved in those as well .
27 Even if only one of you has a paid job , the death of the other would almost certainly deal a severe financial blow to the household .
28 ( e ) Be sure students on your right and on your left as well as those in front of you have a good chance to see the flashcard and understand it .
29 I mean we hope we 're doing the right thing , and as I say the response we 're getting seems to indicate that , but we have not erm followed through each of we have a large number of participants every year , you see , in the order of about erm a hundred and fifty each year , so very difficult for you to try and follow through the fate of each of them .
30 A number of further points should be noted : ( 1 ) If the financial adviser is acting for a newly-formed bidder ( eg an " off-the-shelf " company ) , the standard of care required of it has a special dimension .
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