Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] have [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Merry & Co have a special horsemaster looking after them . |
| 2 | In this book , Leonie Archer looks at the effects of this in the Judaism of antiquity , where blood has a major significance in ritual both in the sacrifices in the Temple and in the shedding of blood in circumcision — the ‘ Covenant ’ between God and his people . |
| 3 | A Tantric painting or drawing has a spiritual purpose , to assist the user in meditation . |
| 4 | Because of the difficulties of getting it all together , the chairperson or co-ordinator has a key part to play ( see Chairing meetings on page 28 ) . |
| 5 | Where the parent company or group has a significant holding ( 10% or more shares of an undertaking or more than 10% of the investing company 's assets ) in an undertaking ( which is not a subsidiary undertaking , joint venture or associated undertaking ) the following must be stated : |
| 6 | Feminist vision or imagination has no real resource to turn to . |
| 7 | The affidavit is not specifically required to deal with future loss but it is advisable to indicate what items are continuing so that the master or registrar has a global view of the case . |
| 8 | But the Buddhists also point out that , unless a man or woman has a special gift or potential , these techniques will not work infallibly . |
| 9 | The first great collection or book to have a widespread circulation was the Decretum , which has long gone under the name of Gratian , and which was made in Bologna in the early 1140s . |
| 10 | However , if a landlord or landlady has a resident student , is there any guarantee that the student will not be asked to contribute towards the council tax ? |
| 11 | Some have argued that change has a cumulative effect . |
| 12 | In Committee , the Minister invariably points out that Parliament has a simple way of dealing with orders and that we should stick to it . |
| 13 | In those species where almost all broods are initiated by one foundress , he found that parasitism had no detectable effect on fitness . |
| 14 | What sets up the causal link in this case is the fact that honey has a distinctive taste , which Pooh will recognise . |
| 15 | Since neither hydrogen peroxide nor hypochlorite have an unpaired electron ( free radical ) we shall henceforward use the term ‘ reactive oxygen metabolites ’ ( ROM ) which encompasses all the species so far described . |
| 16 | We have seen that confirmation has an important role to play in science as interpreted by the sophisticated falsificationist . |
| 17 | The idea of a genetic switch that is geometric rather than chemical has a certain appeal . |
| 18 | This new mood of reconciliation was prompted by a recognition that Labour had an unprecedented opportunity to recover from damage inflicted by divisions during the war and strengthen its position in the struggle against socialist currents : |
| 19 | The close integration of labour with the ruling party means that labour has no independent base . |
| 20 | In this company , although management had an enlightened attitude to issues of work organisation , the pattern of work resulting from the introduction of new technology was particularly de-skilling . |
| 21 | Although AMP has a significant stake , other British insurance companies own over 20 per cent of Pearl 's shares . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , the very fact that poetry has a central role in Soviet life means that much of it is conservative in form and predictable in content . |
| 23 | Of non-flowering plants , it has been argued that ferns have a lower associated insect fauna , though it has long been known that bracken has a large number of associated arthropods . |
| 24 | ‘ Still , as a means of attracting my attention that scene had a certain novelty . ’ |
| 25 | Indeed the psychiatrist who first popularised the notion that hypnosis has a special relationship with truth , no less a figure than Sigmund Freud , later issued a retraction . |
| 26 | A subsequent prospective study demonstrated that neither metformin nor glibenclamide had an adverse effect on serum total cholesterol , triglyceride , HDL-cholesterol or the apoproteins A-I and B ( Taylor et al , 1982 ) . |
| 27 | The FASB plans , however , to retain the current practice of using the amortised cost method for debt securities that management has a positive intent to hold to maturity . |
| 28 | Although fibre has no positive food value , it plays an important role in maintaining a healthy digestive tract , aiding in the passage of waste and the elimination of fat and poisonous chemicals which cause constipation , inflammation of the colon and worse . |
| 29 | He seems thrilled to stumble across the notion that war has a technological impetus of its own ; others will recognise in it the familiar railway-timetable explanation of why the first world war proved so unstoppably disastrous . |
| 30 | But it can be argued that marketing has a significant role within any social work agency . |