Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A user may have a deep knowledge of business problems , but knowing little about computers , has no idea how they should be tackled . |
| 2 | Maternal nutrition may have an important influence on programming . |
| 3 | But they can just look through so they can say I ca n't think of an accent let's have a quick look through this list . |
| 4 | For instance , an ill-judged price reduction may have an opposite effect to that desired . |
| 5 | Possibly photography may have a new life as trompe l'oeil . |
| 6 | The Hector 's story may have a happy ending , as the establishment of entanglement . |
| 7 | Finally , if agencies are able to ‘ control the agenda ’ by offering only one expenditure programme as an alternative to the ‘ reversion level ’ if the plan is not accepted , then variations in the reversion level may have a perverse effect on spending . |
| 8 | A lectern should have a minimum depth of 38cm and a minimum width of 5Ocm — space to hold two A4 sheets alongside each other — and a ‘ lip ’ of at least 1.5cm to stop papers sliding off onto the floor . |
| 9 | The drafter must have a clear idea of what the terms are intended to achieve ; broadly , he/she must have ( 1 ) a sound grasp of the relevant law applying to contracts of supply and ( 2 ) a clear understanding of the nature of the client 's business and the client 's particular needs . |
| 10 | In order to achieve these objectives the drafter must have a clear understanding of the following matters . |
| 11 | To be effective , the programmer must have a clear objective , and be able to predict areas of difficulty and provide subroutines to deal with them . |
| 12 | Of course , in order to be able to establish an option contract on an underlying futures contract , the futures contract must have a prior existence . |
| 13 | To be successful , a futures contract must have a liquid market with low transactions costs associated with trading in the contract . |
| 14 | The Committee fails entirely to discuss , however , whether mistakes of a similar kind should have a similar effect . |
| 15 | Whether classed as amateur or professional , full-time sportspeople must have a good head for business and develop basic marketing and PR skills . |
| 16 | Every boiler should have an efficient thermostat to govern its output . |
| 17 | The drafter should have a clear idea of the matters on which instructions are required . |
| 18 | As Nourse LJ held : The description must have a sufficient influence in the sale to become an essential term of the contract and the correlative of influence is reliance . |
| 19 | An industry inside the bloc may have a comparative advantage and benefits may be reaped from internal economies of scale , learning effects , and inducements to alter production processes . |
| 20 | Hence , just the introduction of backflush accounting may have a significant effect in reinforcing the JIT ( low stockholding ) philosophy . |
| 21 | We also agree that hysteroscopic biopsy may have a useful role to play in the investigation of these patients . |
| 22 | Robespierre 's experiment was , scarcely surprisingly , a dismal failure ; and while the delicious dream of a universal , natural and reasonable religion may have an understandable attraction for those who are influenced by but not wholly committed to Christian ( or some other ) belief , it does not appear capable of offering any very stable resting-place , or any adequate defence against the more radical challenges to religion as such which have been raised from without and within Christian theology in modern times . |
| 23 | Such thinking may have a particular appeal to Catholic Christians , who tend to think in terms of an evolving revelation . |
| 24 | We fear , too , that the proposed change in the Tax System with regard to the Mining Industry may have a detrimental effect on the Industrial Development Programme , by discouraging foreign interests from establishing planned new industries here unless they are assured of a continuation of the tax incentives and grant aid already in operation . |
| 25 | The significance of this was discussed in Chapter 1 , and it might be added here that there is some evidence to suggest that concentration may have an adverse effect on the level of invention and innovation in the economy . |
| 26 | Land sold at auction may have a reserve price and the site will only be sold when bidding reaches the reserve , the auctioneer advising at that point that the site is ’ in the market ’ . |
| 27 | A. The partnership may have an advantageous cash basis for accounting for profits without any work in progress calculations . |
| 28 | ( i ) An applicant should have a basic grounding in personal injury work as well as basic grounding in medical negligence work . |
| 29 | Reluctantly I agreed that goalie John Slack should have a ten-man defence in front of him . |
| 30 | Good gossip must have an esential core of truth to it , and a dose of compassion , concern or at least good humour attached ; it is bad gossip that has no basis in fact , that is driven obviously and primarily by maliciousness . |