Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] having a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the family were exiled from France there could be no question of the Prince having a political role within the country , even though there was no lack of latent Bonapartist feeling among all sections of society . |
| 2 | In Rome , an advert for a laundry reads : ‘ Ladies , leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time . ’ |
| 3 | The Law Commission in their Report No 160 on Sale and Supply of Goods ( 1987 ) , recommended that s15(2) ( b ) should be deleted and instead a reference to the buyer having a reasonable opportunity to compare the bulk with the sample should be inserted into s34 . |
| 4 | When the yarns are different colours , or different textures , this can lead to the knitting having a streaky appearance . |
| 5 | ‘ My job is to effect the disentanglement , with the University having a clear view of how successful the press is , and the extent to which it is calling on or contributing to University funds , ’ says David Martin . |
| 6 | Lambert et al ( 1985 ) identifies the chief function of advisers as ‘ collaborative evaluation ’ in which an institution seeks the help of an outside agent to undertake a problem solving programme without the outsider having a detailed involvement in the process . |
| 7 | It is not that the Sergeant really objects to the constable having a legitimate excuse for being late , but it is because he too has to satisfy his superior officers that his omission to visit all the constables regularly is due to efficient Police duty . |
| 8 | Both judges decided in favour of the child having a possible cause of action so that each action will proceed to trial . |
| 9 | In view of the disadvantages of the husband having a fixed sum tied up in property at a time of depreciating money values , practitioners might be advised to consider including in the mortgage a provision to the effect that any capital sum received by the wife during the currency of the mortgage ( for example , by way of inheritance or pools win ) should be paid to the husband by way of reduction of the mortgage debt . |
| 10 | It seems that the requirement of special damage may be satisfied by potential damage , and it may be possible to rephrase the requirement in terms of the plaintiff having a special interest in or concern with the challenged action . |
| 11 | But , by regressing to the original occasion and examining the circumstances involved , we can gain sufficient insight into ourselves and our problems to prevent the past having a traumatic effect upon our present and our future . |
| 12 | At a rally they heard the Labour leader John Smith repeat his criticism of the government having a fatal addiction to V A T. Several Conservative MPs have stepped up the pressure on senior ministers to reverse the plans . |
| 13 | He 's lying down on the floor having a nice lie down are n't you Toby ? |
| 14 | ( 4 ) Where the portfolio or account is not specifically established for the purpose of carrying on derivatives business , a statement , if relevant , that the firm may enter into transactions which may result in the customer having a short position . |
| 15 | But you can tell this sort of story without the detective having a particular friend in whom he confides . |
| 16 | The tables have turned , rather than the face having a fixed identity outside the image , it is in fact the image which originally gives us a face , to be perceived . |
| 17 | Had the Government not thought that they could get the Bill passed without the House having a serious attempt to debate or qualify it , those matters could have been discussed with experts . |
| 18 | It was designed for use with a computer having a spare ROM ( or RAM ) location and for which read/write control is performed by a single line producing a write pulse . |
| 19 | This was not an offence under the Act because it does not extend to the domestic situation and a club having a private membership enjoys a private or domestic status . |
| 20 | Battle and a whole belt of Wealden parishes produced no response at all ; since the data were collected by the local parish clergy , the low level of response is hardly surprising , farmers as a rule having a dim view of requests for information which might lead to a rise in taxes or tithes . |
| 21 | Even then , most great men had to be content with ‘ motte and bailey ’ , with a mound having a wooden lookout tower on top as a central defensive position , and a large enclosure surrounded by an earth rampart in which living quarters could be sited . |
| 22 | The boy , with the consent of his father , claims that the accident arose through the fault of the regional council in allowing children to use a room having a heavy door with a power unit attached which could close abruptly , and in failing to show any warning . |
| 23 | How much easier and publicly commendable it is to devote yourself to the parish , however demanding , than to a wife having a nervous breakdown at home . ’ |
| 24 | The brokers then accepted instructions from the insurers ( i.e. a person having a contrary interest to that of the insured ) to obtain a report from assessors . |
| 25 | In this situation the buyer , as owner of the goods , will be able to recover them from a person having a legal authority to sell them , for example , a sheriff acting in execution of a writ of fi fa to which the SGA 1979 will apply . |
| 26 | In particular it will investigate what individual and area characteristics give rise to a person having a high probability of being a victim of crime not just once , but repeatedly . |
| 27 | Double marking is appropriate for a module having a high proportion of assessment in one form ( for example , 100 per cent examination , dissertations and projects ) or if assessment is not objective or quantitative ( such as a performance or presentation ) . |
| 28 | It is also time to insist on a borrower having a good track record in ending hunger in their own country , before they get money . |
| 29 | It is no use having a nice display if people ca n't see it , but I ca n't afford to have this sort of thing happen again . ’ |
| 30 | It 's no use having a fantastic set if you ca n't get it into the building . |