Example sentences of "[conj] have a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hogarth devised a line of beauty that has an uncanny similarity to a woman 's back ! |
| 2 | There was a letter from her bank manager that had a nasty look to it . |
| 3 | But then he elaborated in a tone that had a sudden edge to it , ‘ Let's just hope that 's where the similarities end . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , it 's the ones that have a sharp look to them that you 've got to watch out for . |
| 5 | ‘ Our efforts are to develop exhibitions that have a high appeal to the general public , while helping to educate and inform as much as possible ’ , explains Mr Kyle . |
| 6 | For though you and your ancestors got your property by murder and theft , and you keep it by the same power from us that have an equal right to the land with you by the righteous law of creation , yet we shall have no occasion of quarrelling … |
| 7 | This , Schell et al. believe , may one day facilitate the production of crop plants that have an inbuilt resistance to the specific insects that feed on them . |
| 8 | This boot is slightly more flexible than the K-SB3 L GTX , is more generously sized and has a distinct curve to its sole . |
| 9 | ‘ The firm is very departmentalised and has a strong commitment to legal aid work . |
| 10 | Thus could a parent make a fairly reasonable answer which would acknowledge that the child is not silly , and has a perfect right to be treated in an adult way when he asks a serious question . |
| 11 | Each of our forces is autonomous and has a different approach to security . |
| 12 | Eau de Cologne mint is M.x piperita citrata , and has a purple tinge to the stems and dark green leaves , and purple runners . |
| 13 | The registered nurse tutor is involved in the education of the learner throughout training , and has a heavy commitment to teaching in the school of nursing . |
| 14 | Obviously this is highly selective , and has an uncertain relationship to non-documentary reality ; this might be called the problem of ‘ rose-tinted documentation ’ . |
| 15 | The town predates Richmond in Surrey , whatever the latter may say , and has an unshakeable claim to be the home of the ‘ sweet lass of Richmond Hill ’ , Frances I'Anson . |
| 16 | These moulds on a smaller scale , filled with earth and grain , and having a similar function to corn dollies , are also found in tombs . |
| 17 | For Warr , however , the issue is historical as well as moral , the reflection of an age-long struggle for rational laws rooted in ‘ a spirit of understanding big with freedom and having a single respect to people 's rights ’ . |
| 18 | Lord Dulverton was a leading wildlife campaigner and forester and had a lifelong dedication to forestry and to deer . |
| 19 | Oh yes , she 's got the house , and had a good talk to me , and help |
| 20 | Rose at six dressed hastily got some breakfast and had a pleasant row to the island . |
| 21 | They were , generally speaking , well informed about international politics and had a sceptical attitude to news ; they discussed their government 's internal policies and decrees , in particular relating them to different conceptions of government , freedom and justice : their talk of socialism , democracy , dictatorship was by no means purely theoretical . |
| 22 | This meant that farming was the likeliest occupation for RCM boys , even though they mostly came from urban professional and commercial backgrounds and had a positive aversion to rural life . |
| 23 | The second prejudice against dissection was held by religious people who took in a literal sense the resurrection of the body , and had an emotional commitment to this doctrine , even if intellect told them that an incomplete body could be no bar to the miracle of rising from the grave with the sounding of the last trump . |
| 24 | The first was an 87-year old widow with an OBS score of eight , living on her own in a local authority flat ; she had very poor mobility , was subject to falls , and had an increasing tendency to incontinence ; she could not manage her own personal care nor the care of her home . |
| 25 | The rink was on two levels and had an Alpine atmosphere to it with pine trees and the snowflake effects . |
| 26 | The deposits themselves carry a fixed interest rate related to LIBID and have a fixed term to maturity , so can not be withdrawn before maturity . |
| 27 | She suggests that this was perhaps because women have traditionally been seen as having a passive relation to language which is similar to that of a simultaneous interpreter who translates the ideas of others but does not produce any of her own ( 32 ) . |
| 28 | This is quite understandable if the non-specified version of the infinitive 's support corresponds to a " generalized person " : since this person is the virtual sum of all persons ( first , second or third ) , if to snow is not explicitly referred to it , the infinitive is felt as having a possible reference to " me " or " you " , which corresponds exactly to the impression produced by the sentence above and explains why it does not make sense . |
| 29 | This model sees local authorities as having a subordinate relationship to central government with little or no discretion in the task of implementing national policies . |
| 30 | As well as having a structured approach to content , there is also a need for a structured approach to concepts . |