Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The public house known as the Brewery Tap was quite a large and tall building having a big yard with stables at the left hand side .
2 Conduction velocity is average , spatial summation within the receptive field is linear ( they have a null position usually ) , the receptive field has a centre-surround organization , and receptive fields are small .
3 Patients who did not present with bulky or extensive initial disease and who did not relapse after complete remission had a good prognosis , comparable with that of low or mixed grade patients .
4 The European parliament has a wide range of electorate per member and the electoral quota would not be extraordinary were Cornwall to get its own seat .
5 In the overall scheme of things , however , loyalist violence has a different effect — and it is quite the opposite to what is intended .
6 The committee takes the view that government research projects carried out by private industry have a better chance of leading to commercial rewards in terms of new products and processes .
7 But like the strong force , and unlike the electromagnetic force , the weak force has a finite range : it acts only over distances of the size of a nucleus , about 10–13cm .
8 An abacus uses human gall-stones on taut human sinew , the rocking horse has a semi-skeletal head , a set of wooden toy soldiers all have subtle mutations when looked at for a second time , and so on .
9 With the vast literature on this part of history that is available the social scientist has a difficult task of evaluating the information upon which he can draw .
10 And particularly when British Rail have a declared policy of improving access for the disabled .
11 Tofu is available fresh or in long-life packs ; the fresh variety has a firmer texture .
12 Since it is generally agreed that intelligence has a genetic component , can it not be argued that social inequality has a biological basis ?
13 A council of laymen and priests under the presidency of the High Priest had a large measure of autonomy in its government of Jerusalem , but the presence of Ptolemaic garrisons in the country must be assumed .
14 The Old Testament has a nice line in vituperation of other cultures and their beliefs when its writers suggest that non-Israelites worship , not the true God , but satyrs or he-goats or demons … .
15 Symbolic interactionism , as it became known , was perhaps the most vigorous of the variants of social behaviourism having a firm foundation at the University of Chicago .
16 Magnetic saturation has a great influence on the torque produced by a stepping motor ( Fig.3.1 ) and its effects can be included in pull-out torque calculations ( Acarnley and Hughes , 1981 ) .
17 Shoulder high This waterproof carrier has a padded seat .
18 The drowning British electorate has a similar experience , but it sees the future rather than the past .
19 ‘ Any British applicant has a real advantage because English is their mother tongue . ’
20 As English football has a proud record of defensive authority — Warney Cresswell , Wilf Copping , Eddie Hapgood , Stan Cullis , Billy Wright , Neil Franklin , Bobby Moore and Ray Wilson are illustrious names that spring immediately to mind — Cohen 's testimony amounts to a penetrating indictment of prevailing doctrine .
21 Usually players with a strong left-hand grip have a good forearm rotation because the arm is already part of the way there .
22 Very seldom in the history of French sport has a national team found itself under an almost moral obligation to win ’ , said the same editorial .
23 With nationalized industries accounting for more than 25 per cent of the country 's non-housing investment ( compared with less than 10 per cent in the United States and Japan ) , the efficiency of the public sector had a considerable impact throughout the whole of the economy .
24 It is argued here that the public sector has a crucial part to play in initiating the first moves back to full employment .
25 The public sector has a political environment , theoretical foundations , an ethos , a culture and a sheer diversity which makes it distinctive from the private sector .
26 Gently , Anna tried to suggest that a life free of an ageing queen had a great deal to recommend it .
27 Even the very best British tabby had a difficult time competing with such dramatic animals .
28 The cut site was densely populated with many species of forest trees , the tallest of which had developed as coppice , while the burnt site had a loose canopy of pioneering Cecropia spp. 7m tall , and the bulldozed site had a thin layer of herbs , notably Xyris sp .
29 British business has a vested interest in the Soviet Union 's economic renaissance .
30 Light is also obedient to this effect so that light received from an approaching body has a blue shift and from a receding body a red shift .
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