Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We would obviously like to have a synthetic surface of our own but we certainly would n't be able to provide such a facility without outside help . ’ |
| 2 | You have to be a specialist , and even then , you can only hope to have a proper grasp of a small proportion of the scientific theories . |
| 3 | And in twelve years as an experienced shop steward , I can only recall having a full time officer in I think on three occasions . |
| 4 | Miquel Tàpies does not want to have a hectic turnover of exhibitions , but a twin programme of major retrospectives and seminars which engender debate . |
| 5 | We do not want to have a future relationship of United States and Latin America reproduced in South Africa , which so many people talk about now when they talk about South Africa as the engine of growth if we have that kind of growth it 'll be distorted and none of the poor in South Africa or the region will benefit from it . |
| 6 | More than one bride 's father has been heard to say that he did not want to have a large engagement party if the wedding was to follow within a year because that would involve him in the organization and expense of ‘ two weddings ’ . |
| 7 | In front of the all-seeing eye of the TV camera , he did not appear to have a firm grasp of America 's problems or a clear understanding of where he wanted to go . |
| 8 | Although we did not appear to have a direct hit in any vital part ( and the engines were spared ) as soon as we dropped our bombs , and the photo-flash meant we had a picture of where we had left our load , we turned for home . |
| 9 | Middlesbrough are in with a fine chance of that second automatic promotion spot , especially as they do not appear to have a difficult run-in . |
| 10 | The sentence does not appear to have a semantic controller ; that is to say , there is no evidence of privileged status for either subject or predicate in respect of semantic relations between sentences . |
| 11 | However , many women in this position do not like having a feminine title . |
| 12 | Family counselling does not have to have a historical basis . |
| 13 | Firms do not have to have a written relocation policy ; although there are obvious advantages if they do . |
| 14 | The dazed expression had almost left her face and I wondered if she might not have had a slight stroke when Celia abandoned her , and was now recovering . |
| 15 | I hope you will not have had a fruitless journey , Mrs er — ’ |
| 16 | ‘ They both might be fit for Saturday and , even though they will not have had a reserve team match , they could well come straight back into the squad , ’ he added . |
| 17 | Thus , prices on Simex may not have had a measurable effect on the index . |
| 18 | However , computer simulations using state-of-the-art general atmospheric circulation models undertaken in Britain , Canada , Germany and the United States all suggest the fires will have added only 2–5 per cent to world emissions of carbon dioxide in 1991 and that this increase will not have had a significant influence on world climate change . |
| 19 | Consequently , other market members ( and their customers ) may not have had a proper opportunity to participate in the trade . |
| 20 | There is no reason to think that people in the past may not have had a profound understanding of God , an understanding which will illuminate one 's own . |
| 21 | If Diana thinks she can just try to have a normal Christmas without the boys she is going to have a very miserable day . ’ |
| 22 | If this had happened the rogue could not have conferred title upon the innocent purchaser ( unless under some other exception to the nemo dat principle ) for the rogue would no longer have had a voidable title . |
| 23 | Instead , structured gestural sequences , or syntagmata as MacNeill calls them , might already have had a rudimentary grammar before they were overlaid by speech . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , we 'll just have to have a male crone for today , ’ replied Miss Thorne in a dangerously quiet voice . |
| 25 | Part of it was my upbringing , of course , but I could easily have had a violent reaction away from that if it had n't been for the inhibiting atmosphere in the company itself . |
| 26 | A good telephone voice does not mean having a middle class or ‘ posh ’ accent — it means developing a friendly , happy and interesting tone , and adjusting the pitch of your voice to suit the situation . |
| 27 | Why not fix to have a light lunch here one day if ever in Edinburgh . |
| 28 | The latter was more likely ; he did not seem to have a great deal of time for God . |
| 29 | And so far , with our results , it looks as if it does not seem to have a major impact on our patients , so we may be doing something that does n't er particularly help the patients , and this is very important since we spend a lot of time doing these sorts of er procedures in our patients . |
| 30 | Moreover , the best lunar analogue for the Mercurian smooth plains are not the maria , which are the best candidates on the Moon for volcanic activity , but the lunar highland plains , which do not seem to have a volcanic origin . |