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

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1 Decisions taken by other disciplines may have a costly impact over which the nurse manager is powerless to intervene ; the general manager 's control of ward clerks , the contents of contracts agreed before privatisation or the consultant surgeon 's annual leave arrangements are examples .
2 At the same time the existence of strong groups may have a detrimental effect upon the organisation where the group puts forward its own interests at the expense of the organisation as a whole .
3 Within a reasonable period after the end of the year covered by the accounts , those accounts may have a dominant role .
4 A noteworthy recent example of the use of Article 100 in the area of social policy is Council Directive 91/533 on an employer 's obligation to inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment relationship , where it is quite simply asserted in the recitals that ‘ differences in the legislation of Member States may have a direct effect on the operation of the common market ’ .
5 The final conclusions of the national committee were , firstly , that it is not possible with the available data to establish a definite causal relation between the use of gangliosides and acute polyneuropathies and , secondly , that patients diagnosed as suffering from acute neuropathies should have a detailed drug history taken and should be followed up ( Grupo de Trabajo Gangli-Msidos , 18th session of Spanish National Committee of Pharmacovigilance , Spain , 1992 ) .
6 CIVIL and criminal courts should have a new power to impose punitive damages awards on companies which demonstrate wanton or reckless disregard for human life , a lawyer said yesterday .
7 Russians must have an honest rouble
8 I believe that local authorities should have a strong housing function that we as local authorities should be providing good , well managed social housing in which our tenants have a say , where we have good tenant participation , where we have tenants taking a part in the sorts of repairs that they want to see , where every year they are er consulted and asked about where they want us to go next in terms of modernisation and repair .
9 Whether the full extent of their concern , i.e. that local authorities should have a legal obligation to assist these young people , will become part of the Children Act 1989 is , at the time of writing , not known .
10 If latent inhibition and habituation reflect the operation of a common mechanism , then procedural variations that modify the magnitude of one of these phenomena should have a similar effect on the other .
11 Stating that clinics should have a close relationship with general out-patient departments , it goes on to suggest that , where ground-floor accommodation is unavailable , consideration should be given to allocating space at first-floor level , commenting , with rare insight , that this possibility arises because almost all the patients visiting the clinic will be ambulant .
12 ARCHITECTURAL hierarchy should reflect the social : palaces should have a noble character and imposing magnificence ; royal residences merely grandeur and attractiveness ; and the arrangement of the residences of people of different rank — clerics , army offices .
13 First , products must not emit excessive levels of radiation ; and second , products must have an adequate level of immunity to interference .
14 This model allows us to calculate the average trends in the binding energies of nuclei , but it predicts incorrectly that all nuclei should have a spherical shape , which varies as the cube root of the atomic weight , just as the radius of a liquid drop varies as the cube root of its mass .
15 The genius of this country imperiously demands a true taste , or no taste at all , in which case every farm within twenty miles of Langdale Pikes should have a different landlord . ’
16 the medical and nursing groups must have a genuine sense of ownership in the management process
17 One could anticipate far more poisons being put down , and such activities must have a detrimental effect on the environment .
18 The second defining characteristic of compatibility guarantees a genuine relationship of sense : it is that a pair of compatibles must have a common superordinate .
19 They are all legal rules and concepts because such rules must have a given meaning which is established by the courts .
20 Although video recordings may have a strong appeal , in so far as they appear to capture a more complete picture of any speech episode , they have major disadvantages in that they are highly obtrusive , they usually need to be manned and they are relatively cumbersome if the child has to be followed around .
21 After all he 's put the money in to pay pensions and the beneficiaries ought to have a strong hand in saying how that money is used , so we see half the trustees coming from the employer , the other half from the members of the pension fund , and we 've got a pension fund with the very heavy weighting of er pensioners and not so many employees and we would like to see the remaining seats er half the trustees elected , partly from the current employees , partly from the deferred pensioners and partly from the pensioners and reflecting in a broad way the numbers in each of those categories .
22 Medium-sized funds may have a small proportion invested in managed funds , with the majority of assets in its direct control , large pension funds are likely to have totally direct control , whilst smaller funds may simply invest in a range of managed policies .
23 For example , some surgical implants may have a greater durability or offer greater freedom of movement to the patient than others .
24 Nicklaus may have a better record of second and third places , but winning is what matters !
25 I was cheered up by Barbara Amiel 's suggestion ( in the ‘ Sunday Times ’ ) that the winners should have a good gloat .
26 It seems reasonable that larger and therefore , in some sense , more important primary sampling units should have a greater chance of inclusion in the study than small ones ;
27 We 're going to have to close , alas , because it 's been very interesting , and er er er a very diverse , ninety six people think animals should have a better deal , seventy seven think that the use of animals in research is justified at ti , from time to time , and well over seventy
28 DHAs should have a clinical panel whose advice can be sought on GPs ’ pattern of extra-contractual referrals .
29 The steps should have a minimum width of 600mm ( 2ft ) , and at least 900mm ( 3ft ) if people will want to pass each other .
30 Candidates should have an advanced degree in water resources development ( civil engineering ) , substantial background in management ( preferably an MBA ) , and have held key positions in training/educational institutions in the industrialised and developing countries .
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