Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [art] [noun] had the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under this contract the owner had the right to nominate which sub-contractor was to be engaged by the building firm to lay the floor . |
| 2 | The House of Commons would no longer reflect the ancient idea and be representative of " whole " boroughs , county communities , or corporate interests but would be representative of unorganised masses of individual men since at this time no women had the vote . |
| 3 | For duties of a less routine kind the Secretary had the help of two secretaries for foreign tongues — Latin and French — and of his own personal staff . |
| 4 | By the eighteenth century the trade had the total monopoly on the provision of coffins . |
| 5 | One day the aunt had the most terrible toothache . |
| 6 | We can see this idea expressed in international relations between states : the USA could not defeat Vietnam despite the fact that in terms of military equipment the USA had the most powerful weapons . |
| 7 | On May 2nd this same year the ladies had the inconvenient request of asking that the men be prevented from using the ladies ' lavatory . |
| 8 | Eventually this policy was abandoned because it was unprofitable for the Russian state treasury , and from then until the early twentieth century the Chukchis had the distinction of being recognized as ‘ not completely subdued ’ , and were left largely to their own devices . |
| 9 | As they rounded the last corner the leaders had the main field breathing down their necks . |
| 10 | Last year the musical had the audience dancing in the aisles so tickets are selling fast . |