Example sentences of "[adj] or have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Vulnerable people should be aware that there are some laboratories and practitioners who rely on controversial and unproven procedures … which are not considered by independent observers either to be reliable or to have a scientific basis . ’ |
| 2 | Such calls are usually of an offensive sexual nature , e.g. heavy breathers and also come under point 3 , but could be offensive in other ways , e.g. telling a woman that her dead husband was having an affair , was homosexual or had a criminal record etc . |
| 3 | The foetus may become handicapped not because it is genetically abnormal or have a metabolic defect , but because it contracts a disease or infection while in the womb . |
| 4 | Simple denial — the straightforward refusal to accept that something is so and that problems exist at all or have a direct connection with alcohol or drug use : " I can handle it " . |
| 5 | Provided that the authority adopts a meaning which is reasonable or has a rational basis the courts could accept that interpretation , even if it did not accord with the precise meaning which they would have ascribed . |
| 6 | 5.22 Defective premises To give notice to the Landlord of any defect in the Premises which might give rise to an obligation on the Landlord to do or refrain from doing any act or thing in order to comply with the provisions of this Lease or the duty of care imposed on the Landlord pursuant to the Defective Premises Act 1972 or otherwise and at all times to display and maintain all notices which the Landlord may from time to time [ reasonably ] require to be displayed at the Premises The difficulty here is that this covenant could impose an unfair obligation on the tenant and it should therefore be amended as follows : To give notice to the Landlord upon becoming aware of any defect … 5.23 New guarantor Within [ 14 ] days of the death during the Term of any Guarantor or of such person becoming bankrupt or having a receiving order made against him or having a receiver appointed under the Mental Health Act 1983 or being a company passing a resolution to wind up or entering into liquidation or having a receiver appointed to give notice of this to the Landlord and if so required by the Landlord at the expense of the Tenant within [ 28 ] days to procure some other person acceptable to the Landlord [ such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld ] to execute a guarantee in respect of the Tenant 's obligations contained in this Lease in the form of the Guarantor 's covenants contained in this Lease Although this may be perfectly fair and reasonable in that a guarantor 's covenants are expected to last during the period for which they are given , many tenants try to resist this covenant on the basis that it may be extremely difficult for the tenant to produce an alternative guarantor . |