Example sentences of "[conj] have [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I was struck by the fact that the majority of people visiting our stalls at summer shows had either not heard of us , or had only the vaguest idea about what we do .
2 ‘ Is there anything in this abbey that has even the vaguest reference to Jordan 's water or the Ark of Moses ? ’
3 Basically , water passes through a coarse strainer which needs a weekly rinse ; through foam that needs a weekly rinse and changing every four months ; through carbon that has only a two week life ; through two ceramic sponges that need rotating and one discarding every six months ; through the reusable Hex-Nodes and through a final polishing screen .
4 The SRP60N ribber can be set like this , but you can also use the autoset lever to produce a fabric that has only a single colour on the reverse .
5 He picked out the small nematode that had just the right characteristics , and single-handed , he established a thriving field from scratch .
6 I can evoke the wind at will and make it rustle the stiff papery blades of the bamboos and sing , through the comb-like leaves of the yew , as a worthy accompaniment to the voice that on that day and on all other days , even to the final silence , spoke words that had always the same meaning .
7 It is unusual outside some strictly regulated professional courses to find two courses covering the same content ; it would be difficult to find two that have exactly the same pattern of assessment ; and impossible to find two that are taught in precisely the same way .
8 This was first published in 1968 , is still in print — and has over a hundred illustrations .
9 She earns between $800 and $1,000 a month , lives in one furnished room , and has just a few possessions of her own .
10 He stands over 13.2hh now and has just the right mixture of quality and substance .
11 The method adopted by Ministers for discussing policy questions is however essentially a domestic matter ; and a decision by a Cabinet Committee , unless referred to the Cabinet , engages the collective responsibility of all Ministers and has exactly the same authority as a decision by the Cabinet itself .
12 ‘ What you can be sure of , ’ said Thorfinn , eluding the question , ‘ is that the Pope and the Emperor Henry both know , and that one is dying while the other enjoys indifferent health and has only a three-year-old son to succeed him .
13 But at that time the plaintiff had no actual existence ; was not a human being ; and was not a passenger — in fact , as Lord Coke says , the plaintiff was then pars viscerum matris , and we have not been referred to any authority or principle to show that a legal duty has ever been held to arise towards that which is not in esse in fact and has only a fictitious existence in law , so as to render a negligent act a breach of that duty .
14 The amazing naked cat — the Canadian Sphynx — lacks both guard and awn hairs and has only a soft fuzz of down hairs on its extremities .
15 RCT , based in Arizona , is a non-profit making trust fund , and has much the same relationship with US academic institutions as BTG has with UK ones .
16 2 Two or more words normally associating with each other and having much the same meaning as the nominal phrase , eg the very poor , a summit meeting .
17 Whichever bone it was , it was a crotch in shape ; that is , a forked bone like a wish-bone , and having precisely the same shape as the frog — the horny elastic pad — in a horse 's hoof .
18 If this trend continues , we can expect greater numbers of each successive cohort to reach pensionable age and to have both a longer expectation of life and fewer chronic illnesses and disabilities when it does than its predecessor .
19 Victoria seemed to bypass teenage awkwardness , and had already an instinctive ease of manner which reassured the boys .
20 He had been at large in occupied France and had quite a tough time of it , but at least he survived and came back to Baldersdale .
21 ‘ My husband lived practically next door to a children 's home when he was young and had quite a few friends in there , ’ said Jackie .
22 On the whole , they had either been through the English education system and had therefore a good command of English and a limited domestic register in their other languages , or they had been educated abroad and learnt their English as adults when they arrived in this country .
23 He never found work , made no male friends and had only a passing acquaintance with people in a local pub , including the 20-year-old barmaid .
24 We had never seen a soffit ventilator before , and had only a vague idea about dry-verge ridging , but the excellent catalogues and leaflets provided most of the instructions we needed .
25 The Czech orchestra were by this time a pretty good ensemble , and have just the right timbre and tonal blend for Dvořák .
26 no no no , you could be very very clever very very clever and have absolutely no common sense , you might be , still be a very clever person , be brilliant at maths but have absolutely no common sense .
27 Please forgive the shortish letter , but I am trying to catch up for the time I was ill , and have quite a heavy teaching programme .
28 This statement may make you angry and have quite the opposite effect from the one they actually want .
29 BARE ROOTED : This means the trees have been pulled up by their roots and have only a small chance of survival if planted out .
30 Light chemical washes simply task the edge off the harsher colours , reproducing a degree of the tonal mellowness that comes with age , and have only a minimal effect on the integrity of the pile .
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