Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] that a [noun sg] has " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt I was n't appreciate anymore and was suffering from the normal jealousies that a father has when the child monopolizes the mother 's attention . |
| 2 | It is also within this group that a fan has the most obvious opportunities for becoming somebody special . |
| 3 | I believe that , if it is established through a proper investigation that a company has been victimising workers for reporting safety concerns , that company — whether it is a contractor or an operator — must be in exactly the same position as an employee who has jeopardised the safety of a platform . |
| 4 | There are , however , a few indications that a header has just passed : |
| 5 | But to take some fact that a novelist has written of and to add it to the mishmash at the back of your mind and then to reproduce it as part of the web you eventually weave : this is the process of creation . |
| 6 | It is the first time in the history of this House that a petition has been presented accompanied by a demand . ’ |
| 7 | These are examples of externalities — the economic effects that a transaction has on third parties . |
| 8 | The mere fact that a vessel has sunk does not mean that there is a recoverable claim . |
| 9 | The mere fact that a warning has been given will not be sufficient to absolve the occupier . |
| 10 | But , in support of the maternal depletion syndrome , perhaps contrary to popular belief , it appears from these data that a baby has better chances of being born alive to a woman in the 40–44 years age group if it is the first than the sixth or a higher order . |
| 11 | But the bald statement that a garage has been sold in Middlesbrough is neither a news story , nor of any help to agents working in the market who need to know such details . |
| 12 | Because of the many opportunities that a designer has of seeing many types and design of kitchen equipment in action , he is able to pick for his client the best type and design for the job in hand . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , Viennese police have found so many rare animals in the possession of eastern Europeans that a magistrate has asked for help from CITES in identifying where they come from . |
| 14 | It felt quite good to get them returned covered with diagrams and comments , I know of no better sign that a project has the attention and support of the personnel involved . |
| 15 | The result is that women typically become ‘ equal ’ by having to do more , to stretch themselves to work as hard as a man , even when experiencing bodily processes that a male has never experienced . |
| 16 | So scratching the scalp is usually the first sign that a child has head lice . |
| 17 | Does anyone know the earliest date that a cuckoo has been heard ? |
| 18 | It is the first time that a country has ever won three successive Test matches , each against a different country ( in this case West Indies , Sri Lanka and New Zealand ) . |
| 19 | It would n't be the first time that a man has been seduced by female beauty and been left the poorer for his pleasure , nor the first time Lotta has attempted by stealth to deprive me of something which I value . ’ |
| 20 | This is the first time that a photographer has been recognised in this way . |
| 21 | This is the first time that a photographer has been recognised in this way . |
| 22 | It 's not the first time that a link has been made between erupting volcanoes and the weather . |
| 23 | It is , in the words of its financial adviser Sohei Nakayama of the Industrial Bank of Japan , the project 's main financiers , ‘ the first time that a corporation has decided to found and manage a whole city ’ . |
| 24 | It is the first time that a lifeboatman has received such an honour since sea rescues began in the town with the historic Zetland lifeboat 190 years ago . |
| 25 | Psychologists used to think that the affection-love bond that a baby has for its mother is based on the fact that the mother provides food and satisfies the infant 's hunger drive . |
| 26 | Part of Einstein 's problems with quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle arose from the fact that he used the ordinary , commonsense notion that a system has a definite history . |