Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] to have [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We do , however , appreciate that being creatures of habit , many people may prefer to have a similar breakfast each day , for the sake of speed and perhaps taste also .
2 John Watkins University Press I think there 's a copy in the library erm , you may want to have a little look at it , but so what we 're going do is we incorporate both these two hypothesis into a model supply response okay .
3 Aside from running their hands over the dog 's body and legs , checking its conformation , judges may want to have a clear view of the dog 's mouth , to check , for example , that the jaws are neither under or overshot , according to the breed standard .
4 Ministers may try to make a statement ( they secure this every Thursday with the weekly business statement ) ; the Opposition may seek to have a Private Notice Question ; the Government prefer to have a debate on a Government motion or bill ; the Opposition would like to have an Opposition Day when it opens the debate ; and backbenchers seek to get in with points of order and applications for emergency debates .
5 An industrial manager at any level should endeavour to have a clear view of the future , and the role that he would like his business to play in that future .
6 I should like to have a good bath — I have n't had one for weeks — and something to eat , before you begin to cut me up as though I were one of your business opponents laid out for you to hand them the coup de grâce . ’
7 The Library is restricted in its efforts in this direction by the traditional layout of the present Exhibition Room , and it is clearly desirable that , when resources permit , the Library should contrive to have a new Exhibition Room adapted to the requirements of modern exhibitions .
8 Fifth — It is the intention of the Spanish Government and Baron Thyssen that the Gallery in Lugano should continue to have an important rôle in the activities of the Collection .
9 The organisation making the most economic use of nurses may expect to have a good proportion of its staff on part-time contracts .
10 With hindsight , bearing in mind particularly the fatal events leading to Munich and the Second World War , Nizan 's gloomy prognostication might appear to have a certain validity .
11 If you regularly knit different garments for the same people , you might like to have a separate directory for each person .
12 ‘ I was thinking , ’ she began with caution , clearing her throat , ‘ that in time you might like to have a new daddy . ’
13 I just thought you might like to have an up-to-date report .
14 There 'll have to have a ruddy cut down , over this staff over this community charge , there 've been trouble here next .
15 We 'll have to have a new carpet and different chairs and table .
16 I wonder if they got that out , you 'll have to have a new cooker .
17 The Conservatives might seem to have a legitimate claim as the largest single party ; but they had failed to obtain a mandate for Protection .
18 An ideal utilitarian like Moore may claim to have the moral insight that promise keeping is only right or obligatory , where one can not do better or as well by breaking the promise ( taking general account of effects on human trust into account ) but he can not claim that this insight is merely into how words are properly used .
19 Northerners come across as slightly more chauvinistic : they 'd prefer to have a male bus driver or doctor .
20 Ministers could expect to have a parliamentary majority whatever they did .
21 And he added , ‘ Ah 'd like to have a wee chat with those two , find out a bit more about them .
22 I 'd like to have a long talk to you about her . ’
23 I 'd like to have a good head on me .
24 They closed into a scrum and after much teeth-sucking and muttering announced that they 'd like to have a new biopsy performed on the splendid , raised node on my thigh .
25 On some of these P O A's if there 's a big potential , I 'd like to have a dummy net list .
26 I 'd like to have a proper team together right from the start . ’
27 Sit down , my dear , I 'd like to have a little chat with you .
28 I 'd like to have a little talk with you . ’
29 Erm if you 'd like to have a quick glance through them .
30 It sounds nonsense to me , but I 'd like to have a brief resume of the affair to hand , just in case there 's a sudden panic at Number Ten . ’
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