Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] to have [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Lone parent families are more likely than two parent families to depend on social security benefits , and are less likely to have earnings from employment as their main source of income . |
2 | ‘ Obviously it is not acceptable to have cigarettes for sale on the trolley service and the Ladies Committee has been asked to remove them , ’ he said . |
3 | It is difficult , but not impossible to have self-esteem without reputation ; easier , perhaps , to have reputation without self-esteem . |
4 | Since Morland J. found that the cases mentioned above demonstrated , without uncertainty or ambiguity , that the council as a local authority was entitled to sue for damages in respect of the libels alleged in the statement of claim , he held that it was not necessary to have regard to article 10 . |
5 | You 're more likely to have problems with cleaning — if it 's hand washable , the pleats will drip-dry and stay in , but dry-cleaning could be expensive as each pleat may have to be hand-pressed . |
6 | They are also more likely to have parents in management posts in industry and commerce . |
7 | Teenage mothers are more likely to have complications during pregnancy , give birth to small babies and have babies with congenital abnormalities , states the report . |
8 | With respect to symptoms they were much more likely to have urgency of defecation , 44% having this symptom . |
9 | With respect to symptoms they were again much more likely to have urgency of defecation ( 44% v 13% , p<0.001 ) . |
10 | A recent study revealed that children who smoke are 3 times more likely to have time off school [ 10 ] . |
11 | It 's always better to have facts in black and white . ’ |
12 | It 's often too dangerous to have tantrums at school . |
13 | We 're very lucky to have positions of trust with Devraux . " |
14 | Thomas Cockburn , a young Berwickshire man serving at Madras , requested his freeholder father to approach his member of parliament to seek letters of recommendation to the governor , Lord Macartney , for as the father pointed out , ‘ every thing goes by interest , and he is very anxious to have Letters of Weight ’ . |