Example sentences of "[noun sg] and have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then moved to the London Borough of Hackney which is arguably the most deprived inner London borough and has a high proportion of ethnic minority residents . |
| 2 | Advisers and inspectors can be a stimulus to more rigorous thinking and have an important role to play in encouraging schools to be more self-critical . |
| 3 | The firm now employs 30 people , exports about 20 per cent of its pro-duct and has an annual turnover of £10m. in various currencies . |
| 4 | … it was very odd that they got the money in the first place … however they had thought a great deal and had a viable project … and may be a certain amount of guilt . |
| 5 | We turned round and have managed to encourage him of his own volition to rejoin the others to make sure that all six enter the Pentland Firth and have a free passage out into the Atlantic . ’ |
| 6 | Caribbean Connection can tailor-make any itinerary and has a good range of special offers throughout the summer . |
| 7 | He believed that it was the official Opposition and had an undoubted right to take its place as the next in line . |
| 8 | Be of good fear and have a wonderful Christmas . |
| 9 | When I 'd had a bite and patrolled the area , I went back home to sit on the garage roof and have a leisurely wash . |
| 10 | Mind you , if the tourist board thought they could get away with it , they 'd probably claim he spent an afternoon at the local petrol station , buying some anti-smear windscreen wash and a fan belt , before moving on to a gift shop to purchase a handmade stuffed velvet Loch Ness monster and having an appreciative sniff at the perfumed candle display . |
| 11 | The department has an international reputation for its research and has a regular programme of seminars given by invited speakers . |
| 12 | We are foremost in research and have an acclaimed information service . |
| 13 | We are foremost in research and have an acclaimed information service . |
| 14 | He was a man of strong ambition and had a doubtful reputation as an intriguer , but he was an able man who had deserved better of his party . |
| 15 | They also toured Ramsden Dock and had a close look at Pacific Pintail with help of dock terminal manager Bob Croft and former PNTL ships captain Malcolm Miller , who is now land-based in the Transport Department at Risley . |
| 16 | The matching full shorts are full cut and have a shaped waistband with belt loops , a fly front fastening and two jetted pockets . |
| 17 | ‘ When you see people weeping as they sing the swelling choruses of Jerusalem , ’ says Peter Morgan , director-general of the Institute of Directors , ‘ you 're listening to people who hate everything about industry and have a bucolic dream — and who are also Fabians , and see business leaders as slave-drivers . ’ |
| 18 | There must be adequate ventilation into the room , and the flue must be in good condition and have a good draught , with no susceptibility to down-draught . |
| 19 | Gedge , with help from Debbie Kaye , did most of the band 's administration and had an unquenchable thirst for hard work . |
| 20 | His height , four inches over six feet , was formidable enough , yet he also carried the muscles to match his inches and this evening he looked even more threatening for he hefted an oak cudgel and had a long-barrelled horse-pistol thrust into his belt and a British army rifle slung on one shoulder . |
| 21 | And when the nightmare of the after-dinner speech was over , we went to the bar and had a proper conversation about cars . |
| 22 | There was both their backgrounds — a boy taken from a bleak past into a glorious future by a dedicated schoolteacher — and furthermore this acting business got him off duty , paid him as much cash as a miner 's weekly wage for a few hours ' easy work and had a satisfying tint of glamour … |
| 23 | The words used in the Act of Settlement , ‘ and the heirs of her body ’ were well known to the common law and had a definite meaning . |
| 24 | They knew also a Law Merchant which was different from the Common Law and had an international character , a law founded on the commercial customs of merchants and seafaring men of all nations . |
| 25 | ‘ I bought it just after passing my test and had a little drive before realising , to my horror , that I could n't park it . |
| 26 | Yes , I did go a bit towards the window and had a quick glance round . |
| 27 | Well er off to have a look at some workmen 's bums out the window and have a nice afternoon Katherine . |
| 28 | Norman pitched his into the heart of the green and had an outside chance for birdie . |
| 29 | And yet the effective auditor needs to understand management and to have a close working relationship with the managers . |
| 30 | Something that wore black armour and had a visored face , and who would not materialise unless a dark and terrible enchantment was spun … |