Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun pl] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you remember I used the example of agriculture , right , where it is generally observed that agricultural products have a price inelastic demand , okay . |
| 2 | One of the corporate myths is that top managers have a monopoly on stress — the incidence of stress is actually highest at the bottom of the hierarchy among process , clerical and service personnel . |
| 3 | It is extraordinary how few professional organisations have a code of ethics like social works : ‘ Basic to the profession of social work is the recognition of the value and dignity of every human being irrespective of origin , race , status , sex , sexual orientation , age , belief or contribution to society . |
| 4 | He gives an enrapturing spot of rock ‘ n ’ roll , be-bop and soft shoe shuffle in the second act after the cast had larked on with the audience at interval-time and some brave hearts had a bit of a rave-up on stage . |
| 5 | The lead times for the many publications on your media list can vary tremendously , some monthly magazines having a lead time of six months or more . |
| 6 | The former 11th tee box , on what is now the 10th fairway , was sufficiently far back from the road for the majority of golfers to carry the road with their second ( or third ! ) shots , although some doughty souls had a go for the green from the tee using the existing oak tree as being to the left of the ideal line ; ( 3 ) reconstructing the 13th afresh and ( 4 ) taking back the 14th tee box considerably as now . |
| 7 | Such professional groupings have a number of implications for organisations . |
| 8 | By the inter-war years such Sikh artisans had a number of Kenyan assistants adopting their skills ; by the 1950s the Sikhs were moving on to the role of investor and entrepreneur in both construction and industry , leaving the way clear for their former assistants to take on the role of artisan . |
| 9 | The crunch came when it was realised that these competent women had a propensity to marry ( Martindale , 1939 ) . |
| 10 | Many of these insect-feeding birds have a line of bristles around their beaks which at one time were thought to channel weakly-flying insects into the open beak but now it seems more likely that they do no more than protect the birds ' eyes as they deliberately plunge through clouds of insects . |
| 11 | These various approaches have a number of problems . |
| 12 | These various approaches have a number of problems , and it was established that contextual information is necessary in addition to a pattern recogniser . |
| 13 | I do remember saying that these Asian women had a lot to teach us about family life . |
| 14 | It is to say , rather , that mental events have a kind of dependent existence . |
| 15 | Effectively all MAS professionals have a duty to build up a good working knowledge of corporate finance theory and practice ( particularly M&A and valuations ) and maintain this knowledge through regular but selective reading . |
| 16 | Some years ago an argument raged in one of the horse magazines , when some Expert declared that many Arabian horses had a parrot mouth ( a congenital deformity where the upper front teeth extend beyond the lower ) . |
| 17 | Almost all democratic states have a legislature composed of two Houses . |
| 18 | Many male transvestites have a history of being dressed when toddlers by their doting mothers in pretty dresses . |
| 19 | Many little girls have a period of ‘ pony mania ’ and this cake should definitely appeal . |
| 20 | Wordsworth , like Dickens fifty years later , considered that all human beings had a claim upon each other , even though political economists thought that war and poverty were ‘ natural checks upon the species ’ and ‘ kept down the surplus population ’ . |
| 21 | Every city and many large towns have a management company which can open doors and who are in regular contact with A&R staff , anxious for news about outside London . |
| 22 | Many large firms have a matrix structure which is the most complex , since it is dependent on vertical and horizontal flows of authority and communication , as opposed to the divisional and functional structures which depend on vertical flows of authority and communication . |
| 23 | All dried peas have a shell life of up to a year — any longer and they may well need extra cooking , or possibly not soften at all . |
| 24 | Make sure all locked windows have a key somewhere nearby , in case the occupant of the room needs to escape . |
| 25 | All good negotiators have a checklist , something that makes sure they cover all the points in the best possible way . |
| 26 | Similarly , many Eastern languages have a number of names for " rice " depending on the state of growth of the plant and the manner in which it is cooked . |
| 27 | Bar service enabled various different rooms , or cabins within rooms , to be served from a central point ; many late-Victorian pubs had a sequence of separate private bars serve from a single bar-counter , in total contrast to the current fashion for single-room pubs . |
| 28 | All living systems have a history which shapes the way they function today — to attempt to cure environmental ills without understanding their origin would be to operate on a patient without ever consulting the medical case notes . |
| 29 | There is a lift and all twin rooms have a side sea view and balcony . |
| 30 | How many other countries have a Ministry of Civil Aviation headed by a Chief Marshal of Aviation and a state airline under control of military intelligence ? |