Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Project experiments have shown that any sound can be distracting as long has it has two characteristics : that is varies on content and that the stream of sound can be broken up ( or segmented ) into separate entities .
2 By tactfully praising and criticizing at the same time , he had pupils flocking into the school , eager to train , rightly believing he had special abilities in this sphere .
3 So let them have one boyl Then glass them .
4 ‘ I only know it has four wheels and it goes , ’ she said , laughing .
5 I personally find I have great fun .
6 The neighbourhood culture workshops specially promoted by her predecessor apparently feel they have insufficient support from her , although in fact only three out of seventy workshops have been scrapped .
7 The one , that , even while giving her a verbal warning about her work , he had handed her a very important file to work on — albeit only to ensure she had little time for anything else — must mean that he had received good reports on her ability .
8 As we stressed in Chapter 9 , the Rover Group may produce a large share of the motor cars manufactured in the UK but this does not necessarily mean it has significant market power .
9 He said the young people obviously thought they had some measure of adult approval .
10 Marxist approaches argue that economic relations more or less determine who has political power and how this political power is exercised , with power being concentrated in the hands of the bourgeoisie .
11 Ma was always at her most unreasonable on do-days , and I must have known it was a do-day because not only did we have extra help in the house , but Nanny had been co-opted into the kitchen to make pastry .
12 Their resources were considerable ; not only did they have vast incomes from taxation and from their own estates , but also they could expect considerable quantities of tribute from the subject peoples east of the Rhine and elsewhere .
13 Not only did she have that reporter to cope with in the morning , but if those rumours about the Russians planning to dump some of their copper stocks on the London market were true … ?
14 So do you have any ideas where Blagg could be ? ’
15 Elizabeth At this time of year , there is more leftover food than usual , so do you have any general hints that you might offer ?
16 Not only do they have better-paid jobs , but society expects that they should work and , for this reason , they may receive more help with looking after children .
17 Alright , not only do we have competing products on the farm , but we have joint products on the farm , in that if you rear sheep , sheep are not only used for the meat that they produce , but also the wheat the er , the wool that 's on , that 's on their backs .
18 Not only do we have inadequate time to deal with important issues , but there is a real risk that unless the other place does its job properly the measures will reach the statute book fundamentally flawed in terms of banding and the special problem of high property values in London and the south-east .
19 Erm , so did you have any friends when on the estate at first ?
20 Many of the latecomers , especially as the afternoon wore on , were furious to find the doors locked , not having heard of the noon closure and so thinking they had all day .
21 Not only had I had three months reprieve , but there had been no confrontation over any further treatment .
22 I only wish I had that opportunity when I was his age . ’
23 ‘ I only wish I had some anecdotes of my own to compete with yours . ’
24 How long have we had that machine ?
25 I said how long have you had this set ?
26 How long have you had these bananas ?
27 Yeah , well I 've only got the one I 've only got the one erm golly how long have I had that yellow must have had it four years or more I 've only worn it about three times I think it 's erm a telly mac and it 's a yellow one erm and it is a bit longer so all these go underneath it , quite well
28 I do not think we have enough police living locally .
29 However , we would not want everyone to have this capability or we would spawn lots of different expert systems .
30 Both Adie Smith and Jason Pratt phoned to say they had only just heard we have two games on Saturday .
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