Example sentences of "they have the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Students may find themselves performing in final productions over two full terms , which means they have the opportunity to play twice as many parts , but this depends on the school 's policy and how they think you have progressed . |
| 2 | No doubt they think they have the interests of the artist at heart , he wrote , but for that reason they must be avoided like the plague . |
| 3 | Ruddles , once a proud independent , now owned by Watneys , promotes its processed beers as though they have the support of CAMRA . |
| 4 | They have the power to send the rest of us into the ranks of the army , if they like , or into prison or the colonies . |
| 5 | It implies , of course , that as long as they have the right kind of causal relations , other machines , apart from brains , can possess mentality ; and it also implies that the study of artificial intelligence and computational modelling is the royal road to understanding mentality . |
| 6 | Tallis invokes Frege 's distinction between ‘ The Morning Star ’ and ‘ The Evening Star ’ , which are different expressions with different senses or meanings , as would be apparent if we tried to translate them into another language , but they have the same referent ( the planet Venus ) . |
| 7 | Chinese and expatriates alike , they have the resilience of refugees . |
| 8 | As a result , they have the knack of employing the best architects , but not getting the best out of them . |
| 9 | The satirical phrase used to embarrass the ‘ Action Men ’ is that they have the ‘ John Wayne syndrome ’ ; the fact it is Wayne rather than Rambo who is used to ridicule them gives a clue that it tends to be the older members of the force who use the term to describe the exuberant younger policemen . |
| 10 | This knowledge is also recursive , in that the competent policeman or woman needs to know which criminals have a common-sense knowledge about the activities and deployment of the police , which requires that they have the additional common sense to confound the criminal 's working knowledge of the police . |
| 11 | To know someone to be a gouger gives some policemen and women cause to believe that they have the excuse to ignore the minor requests for assistance that the person may make , and for his or her minor infringements of the law to be taken seriously . |
| 12 | The money from the sale of the products is put into a trust fund , so that when the youngsters leave at the age of sixteen to make their own way in the world they have the means to purchase a flock of sheep or a horse and cart , giving them a vital start in whatever activity they take up . |
| 13 | Self-evidently these texts are strikingly different from original materials issued by the SI in the sense that they have the status of copyrighted property and have been funded by organisations which in the past may have supported progressive art but which do not sound like the champions of revolutionary causes . |
| 14 | Do n't let the boys know that they have the power to cause a rift between you and your husband . |
| 15 | Already , before he has found a theological universe in which to create them , they have the feeling of lost souls , fodder for hell . |
| 16 | For the pupils ( to keep to the same example ) , it is one gloriously stimulating hour in which they have the chance to pour out all that they have felt and discovered about The Prelude . |
| 17 | But if they succeed , overcoming barriers of language , culture and distance , they have the chance to grow on such a worldwide scale that they could overtake the world 's two biggest car makers , General Motors and Ford , in a decade or so . |
| 18 | They also believe that they have the right to snoop and that the shootings violate the German-Soviet treaty signed last year . |
| 19 | If a husband and wife are the adopters they have the same rights as against one another , and as against the adopted child , as if they were the child 's natural father and mother . |
| 20 | They have the highest income-tax and VAT rates , the harshest drinking laws , the dreariest bars , the dullest restaurants and television that makes you feel as if you are warming up for a coma . |
| 21 | Or perhaps he had heard rumours of my goings-on , and had come personally to find out ‘ what Kirkup 's up to now ’ — the traditional BC phrase wherever they have the misfortune to discover my presence . |
| 22 | They have the political power , they establish and run the legal system . |
| 23 | They have the sort of qualities that have been recognised by gardeners since the beginning of the Victorian era — a good show should never be despised . |
| 24 | They have the whole packet of biscuits , or three or four bars of chocolate , or , with our example in the café , a full fried breakfast followed by a Danish pastry . |
| 25 | If the relatives are able to go to the mortuary or viewing room and be with the person who has died for as long as they feel it to be necessary , then they are more able to start absorbing the fact of their loved one 's death , because again they have the evidence in front of them . |
| 26 | They are also likely to be the most difficult , independent , bad-tempered , and stubborn ; but if they want to work for you they have the strength of character to extend themselves to their utmost limits , and further than other horses . |
| 27 | They have the same sparkling eyes and the same fresh beautiful , face . |
| 28 | Denis Evans , secretary of the WRU , said : ‘ Both men have demonstrated their great commitment to Wales over the last nine months and have shown they have the talent and organisational ability to help generate success for the Welsh team at the highest level . ’ |
| 29 | They have the ability to jump straight back at a moment 's notice . ’ |
| 30 | They have the opportunity to do so when they meet next week , ironically in New Zealand . |