Example sentences of "[vb base] to have a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 The next level are in fact magistrates , who appear to have a similar area of responsibility to our Gown Court judges .
2 And I 'm sorry we appear to have a little bit of a problem with that tape , we have the wrong tape .
3 like before the break when you want to have a permanent record of what you 'd done so that you ca n't turn round and say well I do n't remember them conversation
4 Well I I want to have a big picture of England on the wall on which I can start to tick off bits as we get them .
5 Both teams have lost their first game so a win tomorrow is vital if they want to have a realistic chance of making the play-offs .
6 The small shop area has to be completed and we hope to have a full range of items for sale in the near future .
7 Perhaps it is the fault of the world in which we live , but people seem to have a great fear of failing , forgetting that failing at something does not mean that one is a ‘ failure ’ at life .
8 We seem to have a tremendous lot of seagulls do n't we ?
9 So in spite of it being a mid-turn switch , in this case we seem to have a different type of switch from the one in ( 6 ) , for the other parties to the conversation respond differently to it .
10 Kubrick can posit only a mystical promise of future ( individual ) development because he fundamentally has little faith in human nature or society , unlike Clarke ( most sci-fi writers seem to have a deep-down streak of optimism , even when as downbeat as Philip K Dick or as ironic as Kurt Vonnegut ) .
11 Some people like to have a clear set of rules to live and to work by , while others condemn these same rules as ‘ bureaucratic ’ , restrictive and stifling .
12 Nevertheless I like to have a constant supply of fresh flowers in the house .
13 The Conservatives believe that the government 's role is to ensure that we continue to have a good foundation of basic and strategic science on which industry can draw , to encourage a good supply of up-to-date and creative scientists , and to encourage the right climate for successful innovation .
14 Drivers tend to have a nasty habit of cutting corners without a thought for the cyclist on the inside .
15 So we we we tend to have a different sort of , probably if you 'd , if you ask that question differently you would get a different percentage .
16 Most people are aware , for instance , that a major link between those who suffer heart attacks is that they tend to have a high level of cholesterol in the blood .
17 Both counsellors and clients need to have a real understanding of what constitutes counselling .
18 In order to appreciate the various processes involved in electronic spectroscopy we need to have a reasonable picture of the levels , both occupied and unoccupied , available to electrons in molecules .
19 One way in which gender , ethnicity and class have been seen to fit together is as a consequence of capitalist social relations : women are exploited in the workplace because of the benefit that employers derive from this , and in the home because employers need to have a new generation of workers produced as cheaply as possible .
20 You need to have a thorough understanding of that from your management on how your going to get paid , and what your financing levels are , Okay ?
21 But for more complicated molecules we need to have a systematic way of working out how many of the molecular vibrations will be active .
22 As usual , we need to have a clear view of precisely what we are trying to summarize before deciding which measure does the job best .
23 That 's right , yes it should , erm , these , these are n't completed , but even so the ones that we , we , I have done that too I 've opened out , having performed them , you still need to have a little bit of an idea
24 Bureaucracies need to have a near monopoly of political and administrative information .
25 Do you think we perhaps put kids off an interest in science by our sort of insistence that they have to have a solid understanding of Newton 's laws and all sorts of principles , and we lose the magic too early ?
26 Do you think we perhaps put kids off an interest in science by our sort of insistence that they have to have a solid understanding of Newton 's laws and all sorts of principles , and we lose the magic too early ?
27 He was saying that in order to have a greater life , you have to have a strong awareness of death .
28 I think the main ingredient for success is that you have to have a good sense of timing .
29 To do this you have to have a good understanding of the materials .
30 ‘ To be good at the game you have to have a reasonable level of intelligence , ’ said Cathy Williams , a teacher from the Percy Hedley School in Newcastle which caters for children with cerebral palsy .
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