Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun pl] have a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As income level rises , it seems to become less important for men to have a career .
2 Any new module needs to have a distinct identity and market — SCOTVEC feels that it would be confusing to employers to have a proliferation of modules and titles and so the Catalogue sub-committee will not accept a new proposal if it thinks that the same outcomes can be achieved by suitable fleshing-out of an existing module .
3 This most elegant of bridges has a centre span of 702 feet .
4 Banks that have been repeatedly successful with mergers have a blueprint for consolidation ready to be used the moment a merger is complete .
5 A legally aided party who is successful in proceedings has a duty to claim costs if it would be in the interests of a paying client to do so in the same circumstances .
6 Within a year he had given detailed and authoritative evidence to the House of Commons and been instrumental in the passage of two bills which abolished gaolers ' fees and enabled counties to pay for a proper service ; which allowed discharged defendants to be set at liberty in open court ; and which not only improved sanitation and health arrangements but made it obligatory for justices to have a concern for the health of prisoners .
7 In these often lonely circumstances people 's desire for medical advice may be acute , and with nearly nine tenths of households having a telephone in 1990 ( up from three quarters in 1981 ) , advice is becoming more accessible .
8 More interestingly , he found that ‘ economies of scale are insignificant in villages having a population of up to 2,000 and that the unit costs in these villages are not significantly higher than in a town of 29,000 … ’
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