Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] have the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does she accept that it is impossible to explain to them why patients who are haemophiliacs are eligible for compensation but they are not — even though my constituents have the same condition , life expectancy and financial pressures ? |
| 2 | Her words had the desired effect . |
| 3 | For example , in a table showing the highest temperature in each month in a country , a question phrased " When is it hottest ? " has to be interpreted as " Which month(s) has the highest temperature ? " ) — computational requirements ; ( Any requirement to process data spread from a table , no matter how easy , increases difficulty ( e.g. doubling , subtraction ) ) . |
| 4 | They are numerically the largest group of people at risk , they present the most complex problems and their needs have the most impact on families and communities . |
| 5 | Although the government claims to support parents ' ( but not children 's ) freedom to choose , its actions have the opposite effect . |
| 6 | From the 1730s onwards , therefore , it was involved in intermittent but sometimes very bitter disputes with the government , which was notably more orthodox in its attitude to religious matters and often overbearing and insensitive in its efforts to have the papal bull Unigenitus ( see p. 453 ) registered by the Parlement . |
| 7 | For only in the formal processes of the courts was there any common alternative to the use of force ; and in most European countries throughout the period of this book kings and their officers had the greatest difficulty in preventing might from proving stronger than right : disorder was endemic , justice weak — but none the less sought after and admired for being in short supply . |
| 8 | There is evidence that it became the practice for individuals to be named after the day on which they were born and that couples were not allowed to marry if their birthdays had the same numeral . |
| 9 | Which names have the same rhythm ? |
| 10 | Or so he seemed to Sairellen Thackray who preferred her leaders to have the mature dignity of a Richard Oastler , whom she had followed on foot those ninety miles to York and back when they had been campaigning for the ten hour working day . |
| 11 | Does he also agree that a large part of the excellence stems from the fact that its members have the right training from day one , when they join the armed forces ? |
| 12 | She let her eyes roam over him freely , and longed for her hands to have the same privilege . |
| 13 | History teachers need to ensure that their pupils have the basic reference skills that will allow them to make effective use of books . |
| 14 | We must seek to discover through the experimental work of small teams which approaches have the best chances of success , before committing the battalions . |
| 15 | This reversal of the usual pattern always coincides , however , with a situation in which women have the strongest community ties . |
| 16 | And which politicians have the highest truancy rate ? |
| 17 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which councils have the lowest level of community charge collection . |
| 18 | And yet friends and acquiantances of a similar age and background are often those whose views have the most impact . |
| 19 | dried root strongly violet-scented increasing with age ; used as fixative in potpourri , in perfumery manufacture , as part of " frangipani " , the Italian perfume named after the tropical tree whose flowers have the same fragrance |
| 20 | Is not it significant that the 10 authorities with the worst staying-on rates are all Labour controlled and that many of them also figure among the 20 authorities whose students have the worst GCSE results ? |
| 21 | Ironically Langbaurgh council , whose residents have the highest incidence of asthma in Cleveland , has been told it can not have special funding to contribute to the project . |
| 22 | And his views had the full backing of Alan Smith , chief executive of the Test and County Cricket Board . |
| 23 | His eyes have the glazed look of imminent death . |
| 24 | His dress was austere enough , but rich and ample , and worn with an authority that comes only by birth , and his movements had the unmistakable quality of nobility , the absolute conviction of one who has never had to hesitate or use caution and humility in order to placate his betters . |
| 25 | Victory may have been his Down Under if this Honda had n't cooked its clutch , but he 's been expecting his Michelins to have the upper hand in hot weather . |
| 26 | That is not the fault of the prison governor ; it is the fault of the prison service , for which my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary and his predecessors have the unavoidable responsibility . |
| 27 | But neither of his partners had the remotest idea of the existence of Levels Two and Three . |
| 28 | His sheets have the white smell of fear . |
| 29 | In what ways have the social security rights of the unemployed been curtailed in recent years ? |
| 30 | In what ways have the false doctrine of abstraction , and the equally mistaken materialism to which it lends support , been a ‘ great source of errors and difficulties ’ in our search for knowledge ? |