Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] have a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The legislation at present does not require delegation to special schools , nursery schools or primary schools with less than 200 pupils , but each of the primary schools has to have a budget share which is managed individually . |
| 2 | Despite the fact that many western European countries have had a core curriculum for some years , prescription through central authority is associated , at least in the public mind , with authoritarianism . |
| 3 | ‘ Clownfish cover themselves with a sugar coating to avoid being stung by their anemone ’ What is true is that Clowns do have a polysaccharide mucus coating to mask the protein taste of their mucus — and thus avoid the anemone trigger mechanism which stings on sensing protein . |
| 4 | Most firms appear to have a target payout ratio of dividends to long-run reported earnings . |
| 5 | The owners decided to have a depot ship to house strike breakers . |
| 6 | Professionals in academic institutions often have an administrative and managerial role within the institution ; and over 80% of managers have had a college education , half of them studying liberal arts subjects . |
| 7 | ‘ The main Parcelforce ads have had a halo effect on international services and have taken the pressure off corporate image building for us , ’ says Parcelforce International 's services manager Andy Young . |
| 8 | Five patients had had a postmortem examination but only one showed evidence of asthma . |
| 9 | Three patients refused endoscopy , two refused sigmoidoscopy , and nine patients refused to have a barium enema or colonoscopic examination . |
| 10 | We have seen how the interaction of environment and genes has had a feedback effect , and how the fossils of primitive horses show they were little more than the size of large dogs . |
| 11 | It is shown in Chapter 8 that the declaration of dividend payments tends to have a depressive effect on share prices and that the larger the dividend payout relative to the share price the greater the impact on the price . |
| 12 | It seemed that both incomers and Shetlanders presumed that the researchers did have a clearcut image of conflict in the area and that they were just fiddling about trying to show it , rather than attempting to do something about it ( e.g. putting the incomers somewhere else , helping out the incomers for once , etc . ) . |
| 13 | Obviously , the Cup is different but the guys know having a home tie against Gloucester is a great opportunity to put themselves and the club back on the map . ’ |
| 14 | This year , the Year of the McLachlan Photographs , Nottingham police decided to have a field day . |
| 15 | This form is to be completed if a group or number of groups wish to have a status report on the entries they are presently working on . |
| 16 | The criteria included having a workplace policy on smoking , encouraging staff to take more exercise and ensuring that the staff restaurant offers a healthy food choice . |
| 17 | Further studies , the researchers believe , should concentrate on pregnant women known to have a zinc deficiency or to be at risk from problems during labour . |
| 18 | Others have had a boomerang effect by wiping out natural predators or by obligingly clearing the habitat for another , though equally troublesome , pest-Herbicides which killed poppies in wheatfields cleared the way for wild oats , so that until the ( very expensive ) sprays had been developed to cope with them , a trip through the eastern counties in midsummer could create the strong impression that oats had made a spectacular comeback as a cereals crop . |
| 19 | During the movement of the narrative , space expands and contracts ; even the objects mentioned have a fluid status and take their places in shifting strings of signification . |
| 20 | He studied engineering in both France and Germany , patenting the first compression ignition engine in 1892 , so it is fitting that while Germany probably had the early lead , particularly with trucks , French makers have had a love affair with diesel cars since the 1930s . |