Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [modal v] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Had I an opportunity I should have great pleasure in giving you a few hints on this subject which might not be useless .
2 If you go to an estate agent you may have two people to help you out .
3 Obviously , all ministers must have reasonable discretion in such matters , but if they depart from a clear , professional recommendation they must have good reason .
4 The standard of NHS accommodation available to trained staff is variable , and even if you are happy to put up with this in the short term , in the longer term it may have adverse effects on your personal life or hopes of a future career .
5 We have striven to avoid statements of attainment that require assessment which might have undesirable effects in the classroom , for example the use of language exercises out of context or other activities of an arid kind .
6 Sheridan had struck up an acquaintanceship with the actor-murderer Giles , a slightly bizarre eventuality which might have odd consequences .
7 I have , for example , a spare traverse of the Skye Ridge which must have high bargaining value and could be swopped for the Mamores , the Grey Corries , the Aonachs or similar .
8 The core of weekday daytime programming is the ‘ playlist ’ , which has three major uses for Radio I : it provides an overall sound or ‘ station feel ’ ; it is an effective way to monitor how often the most popular records are played ; and it makes a group responsibility out of a decision which may have far-reaching effects for individual musicians and the music industry .
9 Seeking sponsorship is hard work yet the right investment of time and planning could help to set up an opportunity which will have long-lasting benefits to your artistic career and reputation .
10 This kind of worry is expressed more often in relation to the newer modular or semi-modular structures than the more traditional general degree which may have well-established patterns and requirements , but it nevertheless seems to be a widespread one .
11 And so , you know , on the business desk you might have three teams and the first team is only doing the first page and the opinion and the second team is doing a large amount of financial news and the third team is doing the company news , and then the erm there 's a graphics person who 's working on charts and stuff .
12 In your binder you should have this month , last month and next month .
13 Perchance on the morrow we shall have better news . ’
14 ‘ From laughter we can have small victories . ’
15 " Stop talking " can be seen as plain common sense if everyone is talking at once , but if it comes from an over-talkative mother with a shy child it can have serious consequences on the child 's character .
16 so that for instance you can have four stops on one keyboard , three on another and the three sounds that are available on this keyboard are available from those , the four sounds that are available
17 When I was a lad I could have seventy for them , I sat on there and I licked it up , er , a good afternoon , I was just having a break by sands , I said when I was a lad I could have seventy ice creams
18 The article criticised the ‘ hopeless confusion of the post-war years ’ which had created the risk ‘ that in incompetent hands this country may go drifting on either towards a sharp crisis which might have revolutionary consequences , or to dictatorship , or perhaps worse still to gradual decline …
19 It must be added that they were the better team , had the outstanding individual in Gordon Strachan and deserved the victory procured by a touch of finesse which could have Vinny Jones drummed out of the cloggers ' union .
20 If you can learn how to handle the lecture you will have little difficulty when you come to meet seminars .
21 Capital for major expenditure or investment can be raised in a number of ways but as an PLC we would have easier access to the most appropriate funding alternatives .
22 Explaining this they went on to say that perhaps if they did not have to put up with Keith 's trying behaviour every day until evening they might have fewer rows .
23 And er and then there used to be some houses what er we did n't live in one of them but there used to be a lot of houses what used to be railings round , and there used to be steps and you 'd go down the steps , into the And they used to c they used to live downstairs and then well of course when you 're in the house in the side the room they used to have another flight of steps to come upstairs to a l a front room or a lounge or whatever you mind to call it .
24 Of course one may have bad luck , and a less interesting route may be taken , and I fear that happened to her .
25 But I believe she always felt that I had leadership potential and that one day I would have great responsibility . "
26 To develop a test of infant 's cognitive development which would have major uses both theoretically and as a screening measure .
27 To develop a recovery method , Morgan , Saunders and Pickup used a Gem called Pseudomonas putida mt-2 , a modified common soil bacterium which may have wide applications for destroying toxic substances .
28 But forget any notion you might have that sisterhood land secretaries ) are powerful .
29 ‘ Was n't that just the best goddamned fun you can have this side of a blanket ? ’
30 It is appropriate enough in that country where skiing is often confined to one side of the mountain and if you go over the back you must have special permission and be accompanied by a guide .
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