Example sentences of "[noun pl] have a considerable " in BNC.
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| 1 | In specific areas such as space exploration , computer science , and popular music , an author can expect many young readers to have a considerable ( not to say a remarkable ) amount of existing knowledge . |
| 2 | But universities have a considerable and jealously guarded degree of independence . |
| 3 | The Leicestershire farms had a considerable amount of land rented on short-term leases : this land was being used at the time of the survey but might not be available in future years . |
| 4 | Compared to mammals other than humans , chimpanzees have a considerable learning capacity . |
| 5 | The constituents of my hon. Friends have a considerable amount to gain from weighted capitation and from the commitment to ensure that the total resources available to the NHS continue to grow year by year . |
| 6 | I think children had a considerable amount of respect for the police in those days . |
| 7 | We have also seen that these collectivities have a considerable pertinence within popular ideology . |
| 8 | The religious houses had a considerable importance in Sussex life for four centuries or so . |
| 9 | A House of Commons Select Committee found that local authorities had a considerable amount of discretion over what to include in or exclude from the secular curriculum . |
| 10 | However , because the process of declaring certain kinds of policies to be social policies , while disregarding others having a considerable impact on the well-being of our society , seems a particularly arbitrary exercise , it is necessary to look a little at the rationale for doing this . |
| 11 | Moreover , since letters had a considerable social function in creating and maintaining bonds of friendship , which could be exploited for political ends , the continuity of this literary tradition may also imply the continuity of patterns of political influence . |
| 12 | In 1086 there were 278 salt-pools in Lincolnshire , in Sussex 285 , and many other coastal counties had a considerable salt industry at this period . |
| 13 | The coming of the railways had a considerable effect upon the prosperity of canal companies but was not the sole cause of their decline . |
| 14 | These decision-making systems have a considerable number of assumptions built into them and there must be an agreed value system . |
| 15 | The large amounts of money involved mean that , though small , the percentage shifts have a considerable effect on resources received by each region . |