Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the nineteen fifties each base has had a side . |
| 2 | In recent years , the life-history technique has had a revival in sociological research , being used by those who wish to develop ‘ oral history ’ . |
| 3 | Amstrad Plc 's Personal Digital Assistant due for launch on Thursday sounds like a pretty hot property : the Daily Mail has had a sneak preview , and says that it is a £300 device that fits a jacket pocket with a pen-enabled screen on which the user can write notes and draw pictures that can be dumped onto a personal computer — ‘ looks good , feels good and is very clever ’ says the guy that saw it . |
| 4 | Presumably the regret that Flaubert was n't more involved in life is n't just a philanthropic wish for him : if only old Gustave had had a wife and kiddies , he would n't have been so glum about the whole shooting-match ? |
| 5 | In West Germany , every residential facility has to have a residents ' committee by law — this may not work in every case , but it speaks of a different attitude to the residents themselves . |
| 6 | This argument does have a loophole . |
| 7 | Several teenage mothers in this book had had a home tutor and most had enjoyed it . |
| 8 | This bottle seems to have a plastic stopper , ’ he murmured as he filled two glasses . |
| 9 | Since the introduction of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 , this country has had a system of strategic planning and site licensing for waste management . |
| 10 | Helpfully , the council added that : ‘ It should be pointed out that this action would be taken against all allotment holders , whether or not any individual holder has had a bonfire prior to the service of a notice . |
| 11 | And if the diverse references of the materials used in such music do have a coherence , it mainly rests on a kind of formalist and/or surrealist playing with sound-combinations and their mental associations and images , characteristic — in its implied position of social isolation — of almost all avant-garde music in the twentieth century . |
| 12 | Already in Carolingian times the imperial army had had a nucleus of fully trained warriors who served their lord in exchange for holding substantial fiefs . |
| 13 | Farm effluents are khaki , milk is white , … treated domestic sewage tends to have a sort of pale golden straw colour to it — depending on how dark the straw is it 's a fairly clear indicator to you . |
| 14 | When the first person returns , the second takes over and the game continues until each person has had a turn . |
| 15 | The long night had had a result ; he was back in control again . |
| 16 | We will take steps to ensure that individuals who need residential or nursing care continue to have a choice of homes , including independent homes . |
| 17 | Two disadvantages of such techniques are that each word has to have a tag field added to it ( and this may need to be quite long to hold a suitable range of values ) , and execution of each instruction becomes more complicated ( and therefore possibly slower ) . |
| 18 | The problem had arisen because the first plan used had a river running through the property — what no-one had realised was that the course of the river had changed , leaving a piece of land unconveyed . |
| 19 | One policeman had suffered a detached retina from the blast and one onlooker had had a heart attack . |
| 20 | One trader happened to have a case of brylcream in stock and over the course of several months he saw the retail price of his 144 jars increase : it doubled , trebled , eventually quintupled . |
| 21 | The trees were too close together and the snow-covered gorse seemed to have a life of its own , blocking our passage with its thick stems . |
| 22 | Yes , I know it looks like an inverted yacht and that the garde that the D series was avant never materialised , but a production-line car which combines such a ridiculously optimistic view of the public 's aesthetic sensibilities with so much understanding of daily long-distance driving has to have a lot going for it . |
| 23 | There the rise and swell of incomprehensible Latin seemed to have a grandeur that aroused the spirit of poetry in the Gaels , as if they stood on a rocky shore communing with the waves . |
| 24 | Anyone seeking temporary work beyond his own parish had to have a certificate ( signed by the minister and an overseer ) which acknowledged legal responsibility . |
| 25 | Then the American millionaire had had a heart attack . |
| 26 | This was that although the District would be explicitly recognised as the Responsible Body for Chapter III courses throughout the rural areas scheme , if any class wished to have a Chapter III category course organised by the Cambridge Board the WEA would agree to the Board assuming providing powers for the purpose of meeting the wishes of the students in the class . |
| 27 | Immediately after doing so , before her new skin has had a chance to harden , she is particularly vulnerable , so before the event , she ties down the door from the inside with ropes of silk . |
| 28 | After six months , when the new employee has had a chance to settle in and learn the ropes , make a thorough and honest assessment of how well she/he is fulfilling the requirements . |
| 29 | On the occasions when I have tried this , I have found that I enjoy admiring what I have done much more than usual — the finished job seems to have a glow , which lasts longer than one would expect . |
| 30 | Indeed , this refusal to even recognise that the populations of the Arab world do have a role to play in establishing the future stability of the Middle East and North Africa typifies the current state of Western strategic thinking over the region . |