Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they can not be too remote if a school — primary or secondary — is working to a curriculum blueprint which has been sought by successive governments and if we now accept that schools have only a limited choice in any broader expectations which society imposes upon them . |
| 2 | I 'm afraid she has a most irreverent attitude — and some of our gentlemen have quite a wide circle of acquaintances , so of course we must be able to offer complete discretion … ’ |
| 3 | Real travellers will have discovered that most taxi drivers have only a cursory grasp of English so it may come as a surprise to learn that foreign cabbies ‘ drive at breakneck speed ’ while talking eloquently of ‘ local proverbs and giving handy hints about what to buy in the local market . ’ |
| 4 | Unfortunately it may not be this World Cup , for the Scots have just a minuscule chance of qualifying . |
| 5 | Currency movements had only a limited impact on the results for the half year . |
| 6 | Currency movements had only a limited impact on the results . |
| 7 | Currency movements had only a limited impact on the results . |
| 8 | Currency movements had only a marginal impact on the results . |
| 9 | Currency movements had only a marginal impact on the results . |
| 10 | People seem to be able to identify easily with the small local council such as the parish or town council which represents an identifiable local community , such as a village or small town and also with their traditional county , but where areas have neither an identifiable community nor an historical association , problems can develop . |
| 11 | Such distinctions mattered more in Russia or the Dual Monarchy , where the capitalist and professional classes had still a long way to go before winning social acceptance by the old nobility . |
| 12 | It can not be sold ( in the absence of slavery ) and individuals have only a limited ability to transfer non-human wealth into human wealth ( though an individual can , of course , invest in himself through education or by undertaking training courses ) . |
| 13 | Development Needs — many managers have only a general idea of how they want to improve . |
| 14 | A buzzard 's feathers have almost a glossy look to them , and they 're more than one shade of brown . |
| 15 | Twelve patients had both a pathological SeHCAT test and an increased serum concentration of 7α-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one . |
| 16 | Surprisingly , astronomers have only a vague idea of how big the Universe really is because of uncertainties in their ‘ cosmological distance scale ’ . |
| 17 | Hence we argued that , for people already in work , changes in after-tax rates have only a small effect on hours of work supplied . |
| 18 | All 110 rooms have either an ensuite bath or shower/WC ; , plus telephone , minibar and TV . |
| 19 | Roger Short , of the Medical Research Council 's Reproduction Research Unit in Edinburgh , had predicted that in species where females mate with more than one male during a reproductive cycle , the males would have larger testes for their body size than in species whose females had only a single mate per cycle . |
| 20 | Scientists have rather a bad press in these lists , as well as tending to drag down the market value of their places of study , or so it seems to the editors . |
| 21 | there is a deep feeling that academic training gets between a policeman and his knowing and getting the respect of the crude masses of a very crude , very egalitarian and anti-intellectual European race … the police have indeed a general belief that they know more psychology than academics . |
| 22 | The children have rather a low opinion of you , I imagine . ’ |
| 23 | Yesterday 's Times had rather a worried headline . " |
| 24 | Currency fluctuations had only a marginal impact on the results . |
| 25 | These factors have only a limited relationship with the reader 's age but will largely determine whether a young reader ‘ sticks with ’ or abandons the reading . |
| 26 | However , most new shareholders have only a small stake in the companies in which they have invested , and in reality they may have little influence upon the way that the companies are run ( see , for example , the claims of John Scott pp. 57–62 ) . |
| 27 | In fact , rhynchosaur teeth have only a thin layer of enamel , which apparently was readily worn away . |
| 28 | Most mixer taps simply use the hot and cold knobs to control flow and temperature , but some modern one-hole mixers have just a single lever which does both . |
| 29 | Why do sports clubs have both an initial membership fee and an annual subscription for people who are already members ? |