Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] [adv] have [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This set of keys is intended to be random and so has no order to preserve . |
| 2 | It was tough on the aircrews though , going out night after night to drop bombs on targets they could n't see through the murk and the searchlights , but perhaps this very impersonality kept them going — that and the fact that they were young and usually had a few days between each mission when they could recuperate in the relative peace and tranquility of the English countryside . |
| 3 | Today 's Himalayan climbers must have immense strength and vitality , must acclimatise very carefully , should be fully skilled and experienced , must be alert to danger yet hardened enough not to be critically frightened ( and mountains are very frightening places ) by any unexpected trauma ; be patient during storms , determined in attack and wise in retreat ; be a skilful diplomat and a team player ; be compassionate but sometimes have a touch of selfishness . |
| 4 | Finally , it is clear that besides having a variety of grammatical uses , a word form may well display a split semantic personality , too , even within a constant grammatical frame . |
| 5 | She has an extraordinary gift , as she is telekinetic and so has the power to make things happen through thought-transmission . |
| 6 | This means , of course , that VMP is infeasible and therefore has no efficient solutions . |
| 7 | Vuk , however , was less enthusiastic , and wrote of his own people , ‘ It is hard to induce them to acknowledge that they are Serbs , and we would be crazy if we agreed to abandon our famous name and to adopt another one [ Illyrian ] , which is dead and today has no meaning in itself . ‘ |
| 8 | I 'd applied for Mastermind in three previous years but was unsuccessful and even had an audition in 1989 . ’ |
| 9 | Such thoughts soothed me , and then the reality of what had happened would come shooting through my consciousness like a speedboat churning up a calm sea : how dare he decree that I must wear a badge indicating , for men 's convenience , whether I was available or already had an owner ? |