Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The only thing Stewart has in a nice hair-style … so nice he wo n't head the ball . |
2 | Scotch if you 've got it — or are you waving the emerald flag for the benefit of certain up-and:coming Irish politicians of the lineage of the closest thing we in the States have to a royal family ? ’ |
3 | A friend of the late Giovanni Falcone , one of Italy 's martyrs in its fight against the Mafia , Baltasar ‘ Superjudge ’ Garzon is the closest Spain has to an anti-Mafia crusader . |
4 | Now , upmost in my mind is what John Durnin has as a pre-match meal . |
5 | Sadly Walter L Jacob & Co Ltd , described in this context by The Observer as perhaps the " closest the UK has to an American-style boiler room operation ! has not been the only licensed dealer to recruit clients in this way . |
6 | Which former prime minister 's surname does Teddy Taylor have as a middle name ? |
7 | As we know erm Canning had to a great extent welcomed the end of the congress system . |
8 | Cornwall has in a separate identity with its own history , traditions , custom and language . |
9 | Established as a privately-financed institution by a Planning Board which first met in January 1969 , UCB had at an early stage to consider what awards it might offer in advance of the Charter it hoped to obtain . |
10 | In fact , Caernarfon is the nearest building Wales has to a royal palace having been owned continuously by the Crown ever since Edward I established it in 1283 . |
11 | In his first policy statement as President , Nujoma on March 21 promised to redress the distortions of the apartheid economy , and appeared to assuage fears of the white minority and potential Western aid donors by rejecting the idea of large-scale nationalization , which SWAPO had for a long time held to be a cornerstone of its Marxist ideology . |
12 | Flynn was the nearest John had to a right-hand man . |