Example sentences of "[vb infin] have a [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't need to have a dull garden in winter : a few well-chosen evergreens will ensure bright and cheerful splashes , as will a few winter-flowering bulbs and plants like Christmas roses ( Helleborus niger ) and Algerian irisis ( Iris unguicularis , also sold as I sylosa ) . |
| 2 | Although we did not appear to have a direct hit in any vital part ( and the engines were spared ) as soon as we dropped our bombs , and the photo-flash meant we had a picture of where we had left our load , we turned for home . |
| 3 | However , with their formidable array of entertaining and experienced batsmen they would look to have a distinct chance in two the one-day competitions . |
| 4 | The recriminations and angst of an unhappy marriage that reverberated through my head could well have had a self-destructive influence in that lonely , haunting valley and finished me off for good , no doubt . |
| 5 | These will have had a firm foundation in play and the talk that accompanies it , particularly if the learner has had the social and material opportunities provided by playgroup or nursery school . |
| 6 | The great chamber , we do n't have great chambers now , but sort of the master bedroom , private sitting room , erm would have had a big bed in it . |
| 7 | His determination to deny them the ‘ improved living and working conditions , proper social protection , dialogue between management and labour ’ aspired to by the Maastricht social chapter suggest he may have had a different community in mind from the sort outside the gates of Timex . |
| 8 | It may have had a different meaning in a different place ( e.g. " cot " means a child 's bed in British English , but also a bed for adults in Indian English ) , or at a different time ( e.g. " gentle " used to carry the meaning of " upper class " , as in " gentry " , but which now can be used as an approving description — something like " sensitive " — of anyone 's character ) . |
| 9 | This would be expected because , first , they would have been socialized into a version of mathematics nearer to that of the university ‘ modern ’ pure mathematicians than that of their elders and because , secondly , they would have had a potential interest in changes that could , within schools , challenge the seniority of their elder colleagues or , at least , they would have had less of a vested interest in current practice . |
| 10 | The site is only four miles from Corinium and this has led to the speculation that the establishment may have had a special function in a large estate . |
| 11 | They will have to agree the plan and will no doubt wish to have a significant part in discussions . |
| 12 | Well certainly I mean , one would want to have a substantial majority in favour of a call to issue it . |
| 13 | Monitor theory and reinforcement theory would seem to have a good deal in common . |
| 14 | Drugs will continue to have a key role in preventing and treating disease and in ameliorating symptoms . |
| 15 | This is not only to their credit , but to the credit also of the staff of the choir schools , whose dedication ensures that such schools will surely continue to have a special place in our educational system . |
| 16 | Yet , however great the pain , the effect of a technical tactic may fail to have a lasting impact in such a bear market . |