Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [art] lead " in BNC.

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1 His job is like that of a matador brought on to pitch final one or two innings when Oakland have the lead and need to kill off any opposition rally .
2 But England had a lead of 123 , if much than hoped for , and the light was about to become discouraging for batsmen once more .
3 Les Wray of Stockport-based Recognition Research Ltd reckons the UK has the lead in video monitoring , for example .
4 By now it was the morning of the fourth day and West Indies had a lead of 164 ; clearly quick runs were needed to make sure they had plenty of time to bowl England out again .
5 This is a subject in which Britain has a lead over the rest of Europe and much of the world .
6 Rank , it is said , had to be ‘ blackmailed ’ into showing Woodfall 's The Entertainer ( 1960 ) , even though Laurence Olivier had the lead role .
7 Again on Saturday Bangor had the lead , this time Johnny Magee finding the net before things went wrong .
8 The RUC has the lead role in fighting terrorism and intelligence gathering .
9 ‘ You did say , in Vienna , ’ Gesner reminded him , ‘ that you would be prepared to let Ingrid have a lead role in one of the productions .
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