Example sentences of "have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But Shand is less sympathetic than Cutter , his rage has a dubious moral basis and the film is filled with venom and relish as it watches empires collapse . |
| 32 | The huge Gothic cathedral took 600 years to finish ( this was before builders had to worry about penalty clauses ) , and the museum next door has a 3rd century Roman mosaic floor . |
| 33 | A new product by Carmen , Steam Therapy acts as a facial sauna but also has a nasal inhaler to help alleviate colds and sinus problems . |
| 34 | Alec Stewart 's charge has a stiffer task here , but is getting 6lbs from the favourite which gives her a sporting chance of stopping Daru 's unbeaten run of four victories . |
| 35 | It also has a frantic and improbable storyline , a farcical and tumultuous climax and , lamentably , a kinky vicar . |
| 36 | Britain now has a louder voice in world affairs that needs to be backed by a coherent national military strategy . |
| 37 | On traditional French pattern , it has a triple portal , a wonderful rose window and two towers . |
| 38 | Phosphorus has a triple point at 862.5 K ( 589.5°C ) and 43.1 atmospheres . |
| 39 | Cummings suggests that the microcomputer is a powerful generator of discussion which should be fostered and not ignored and states that Language has a triple function in education : for communication as a thinking tool and a shaper of leanings . |
| 40 | This is an externally refereed journal with a circulation of over 500 copies , and which has a world-wide reputation for excellence in the quality of papers published . |
| 41 | He stands down this summer looking tired and weary after 20 years in office running a metropolis of ten million people which has a world-wide reputation for its crime , its gangs , its murders , its drugs , its violence , its riots , its burning streets . |
| 42 | The arm was developed at the bio-engineering centre at the Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Centre in Edinburgh , which has a world-wide reputation for the quality of specialist clinical care it provides for people with severe or unusual physical disabilities . |
| 43 | Shoulder high This waterproof carrier has a padded seat . |
| 44 | Brrm ! ( jovially clumsy titles are de rigueur ) Clive James has a perfunctory bash as the gap between Eastern and Western morals and manners , but is actually far more engaged by the innumerable conjunctions between his two leading characters ; Tom Sharpe 's world is unrecognizable to any inhabitants of ours , especially now that Terry-Thomas and Kenneth Williams are no longer with us . |
| 45 | Each room has a mini bar , telephone and radio . |
| 46 | Where a junction has a mini roundabout , it will have a sign placed before the give way . |
| 47 | The lure of a weekly wage-packet has a mesmerizing effect . |
| 48 | Here one immediately has a sociological concept to work on — but to what purpose ? |
| 49 | Duncan , at six feet eight inches , has a devastating service , and is now off to Texas to take up a tennis scholarship . |
| 50 | Such a decline in forecasts of demand inevitably has a devastating impact on the need for new generating capacity . |
| 51 | The fourth way in which the underclass is immobilized at the bottom of our society has been through the spread of means-tested assistance , which has a devastating effect on the initiative of people on low incomes . |
| 52 | It is clear from all those in the industry that the recession has a devastating impact on emloyment and on the ability to train . |
| 53 | In chalk grassland in Britain , for example , the removal of grazers , such as rabbits or sheep , has a devastating effect on the fine-leaved bouncy turf rich in species . |
| 54 | Designer John Byrne is probably better known for his stage plays and quirky graphics than for his stage sets , and his work generally has a sardonic and ironic quality eminently suited to Figaro . |
| 55 | Ash , as our hero is called , has a sardonic way with words . |
| 56 | Moreover , Labour has a vocational mission . |
| 57 | Bobby Robson , the former England manager in charge of PSV Eindhoven , has a agreed a two-year contract with Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon . |
| 58 | And in fact , quite fortuitously we did bring along a plan today which has a six mile radius , erm from the Centre of York which was er the subject of some discussion at the greenbelt local plan enquiry and by and large , erm there is some consistency between the outer boundary or the greenbelt erm and the Greater York study area , both at around about six miles from the city centre . |
| 59 | Britain has a political problem — and it is a prime cause of its economic problems . |
| 60 | However , others feel that , because of the speed of change and because of goal conflict between the professionals involved , educational planning is more difficult and has a political rather than rational dimension . |