Example sentences of "[Wh pn] has a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other guidebook news includes the next Tremadog guide which is being masterminded by Leigh McGinley , who has a proven pedigree at the game , having written the guide before last ( 1983 ) . |
| 2 | Nevertheless he is one of the few batsmen available to South Africa who has a proven record of being able to put big hundreds together and this is a prime requirement for Test match cricket . |
| 3 | Robin Leigh-Pemberton , who has a full-time job as Governor of the Bank of England in addition to being Lord Lieutenant of Kent , sits on an estate of 2,400 acres . |
| 4 | The price of 36s. has thus some claim to be called the true equilibrium price : because if it were fixed on at the beginning , and adhered to throughout , it would exactly equate demand and supply ( i.e. the amount which buyers were willing to purchase at that price would be just equal to that for which sellers were willing to take that price ) ; and because every dealer who has a perfect knowledge of the circumstances of the market expects that price to be established . |
| 5 | A pro knows within a few yards how far he can hit the ball with each club — unlike the club golfer who has a wide variation from day to day , and even from hole to hole . |
| 6 | ‘ Subject to the provisions of this section , if at any time an institution becomes insolvent and at that time — ( a ) it is an authorised institution … the board shall as soon as practicable pay out of the fund to each depositor who has a protected deposit with that institution an amount equal to three-quarters of his protected deposit . |
| 7 | Elstob , 23 , then punched , kicked and bit Mr Taylor , who has a mental age of between five and eight , leaving him with his nostril almost severed . |
| 8 | The plight of Ian X , a 23-year-old Ayrshire man who has a mental age of six , surfaced when he appeared in court after getting into trouble for the first time with the police , and was sent to Barlinnie in the absence of any hospital or social work establishment willing to take him into care . |
| 9 | Where there is no trust beneficiary who has a beneficial interest in possession in the property , of course , some other way of fixing the rate has to be found ; and in the case of Gartside v IRC ( 1968 ) AC 553 the House of Lords has held that where there was a discretionary trust with a power to accumulate income , the interest of the group of beneficiaries did not constitute an ‘ interest in possession ’ for the purposes of estate duty . |
| 10 | In principle , most people are in favour of more teamwork and better co-ordination , but in practise it often proves difficult , perhaps because it is at odds with the image of the autonomous professional who has a private relationship with his or her client . |
| 11 | After all , it 's not everyone who has a private view of paintings worth £100,000 — a lot of money in those pre-war , pre-inflation days — but which have never been on public view . |
| 12 | In his mind 's eye he sees a girl who has brains ( although he knows that some very dim actresses can read with all the appearance of intelligence , and the converse ) who has a slight resistance to the Hollywoodification of Claudia 's life . |
| 13 | In addition , for any reader who has a small workshop with a minimum of machinery here is an area of work where you need not feel at a disadvantage . |
| 14 | In 1980 , for instance , he claimed , ‘ There 's not been a president in modern history , including Franklin Delano Roosevelt and including Lyndon Baines Johnson , who has a better record of support from the Democratic Congress than has Jimmy Carter . ’ |
| 15 | Faldo , who has a feud-ridden history with some members of the AGW , could be forgiven for thinking that this is yet another example of a lack of sympathy with his cause . |
| 16 | When the mild-mannered and bespectacled Sumner , who has a nice line in polo-neck jumpers , enters the local pub , they look upon him with suspicion , just like a stranger entering a saloon bar in a Western . |
| 17 | Similarly , the person who has a great love of music might find blindness less of a handicap in obtaining pleasure than would the person who had a passion for football . |
| 18 | Even if you are drawn against an élite performer who has a great deal of experience , the fact that you may be younger , hungrier , fitter could be to your advantage . |
| 19 | The hon. Member for Rugby and Kenilworth ( Mr. Pawsey ) , who has a great interest in education , spoke for a long time , as did other hon. Members on both sides of the House . |
| 20 | These impressions he/she could perhaps spell out , verbalizing them for the benefit of the student and anyone else who has a legitimate interest in knowing how the student is seen by people close to him/her . |
| 21 | What about the member of staff who has a poor reputation in the community ? |
| 22 | In the semi-final , in which I ran second , Cameron Sharp was in the lane adjacent to Chidi , who has a side-to-side action with his running which many felt made Cameron run along one of the lines so that he was disqualified . |
| 23 | You have always got to be ready to smile and joke back with everyone who has a friendly jibe at you . ’ |
| 24 | Stone , a man who has a strong sense of his own importance if nothing else , has told Premiere magazine that he hopes the film will be a ‘ Vietnamese Gone With The Wind ’ . |
| 25 | a mature , capable woman in her twenties who has a strong sense of her own individuality … . |
| 26 | A caring relative who has a strong attachment to the old person may find the vulnerability of the loved one nearly intolerable . |
| 27 | How can anyone who has a genuine concern for the people they are trying to help or any genuine concern for the taxpayers who provide the funds have any well founded objection to producing such evidence ? |
| 28 | ‘ If you 're not technical , it 's very impotant to buy through someone who has a vested interest in supporting you , ’ says managing director Tony Gamble . |
| 29 | Desma Hagan , who has a 10-year-old son with special educational needs and a six-year-old daughter at Lady Jane Grey , said : ‘ It is a really very good school . |
| 30 | A family of cow doctors worked in this region for over three centuries ; this family is now represented by Dr John Walker , who has a veterinary practice in Hook Norton , near Long Compton . |