Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun pl] have a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It 's a fact , most professional footballers have a fetish for the scum .
2 Often a debilitated fish could be saved if it could just be persuaded to feed — perhaps such formulations have a role to play .
3 Only three subjects had a feeling of wind before a period of intermittent need for defecation .
4 We 've got to make sure that at the very least all these reps have a kit .
5 If only more pubs had a commitment to ale and hearty eating
6 Despite the routine use of cyclosporin only two patients had a plasma creatinine concentration above 175 µmol/l .
7 In as much to decide whether or not these sites have a greenbelt function .
8 Thus these qualities have a kind of objectivity , or at least inter-subjective validity .
9 And in the other room , there were two rooms , and the other room had a buttonhole machine , which was quite modern in those days , not many firms had a buttonhole machine .
10 Not many cities have a mountain in their midst .
11 Their average size was of two streets of approaching 200 metres in length , though still more streets had a range of Woonerf features but not the official designation .
12 Hence American voters have a choice between rival sets of plutocrats .
13 Even the most purely agricultural villages had a handful of craftsmen and in a few parishes , notably Spratton , Moulton and Hardingstone , between 40 and 60 per cent of those liable for duty were employed in non-agricultural pursuits for the major part of their time .
14 And then we changed things like the name because we found somebody 's name in all these words , somebody , and we just sellotaped it down , and at the end when we were running out of time , and we did about three times have a look at the time , we did change the script slightly to fit the words that we 'd found so we had responsibilities instead of , I do n't know what it was , but instead of another words , just because we 'd found it .
15 The disk is round ; covered with many large plates amongst which the centrodorsal and usually the primary plates are distinct , often these plates have a knob in the centre ; disk diameter up to 9 mm .
16 Do n't poor children have a right to live and grow-up as anyone else ?
17 There is no need for this today , since even young artists have a place in such institutions .
18 St Andrew 's Golf Club , near New York , was founded in 1888 and today most American resorts have a golf course .
19 Except for very basic or compact travel models , most hand-held dryers have a choice of power settings .
20 ‘ As I see it , around eight teams have a chance of winning the Championship and that makes a welcome change from the two or three-horse races we have been used to , ’ he said .
21 But although these figures do tell us how few families had a grandparent in their own home , they can be misleading .
22 But how many times has a manufacturer of , say , microphones said , ‘ Look at the specification of our new such-and-such ; it beats the Shure SM58 hands down . ’
23 How many legs how many legs has a lamb ?
24 Number four , how many sides has a brass threepenny bit ?
25 It is therefore a legal necessity for almost all goat-keepers to have a copy of the MAFF Code of Welfare of Goats .
26 Yet some things have a point :
27 Parents and those caring for children need to know when local authorities have a duty to investigate and what form that investigation must take .
28 Nevertheless , one has one reservation about making housing associations the main vehicle for the provision of social housing : a housing association is not accountable in the same way as a local authority to the people for whom it is making the provision — that is , of course , in those areas where local authorities have a housing function .
29 True ; but the government has already decided that the fares charged wherever private railways have a near-monopoly ( for example , commuter lines into London ) will be regulated .
30 Even if players become available , very few clubs have a fairy godfather to take care of things .
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