Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | State officials hope that when the treaty is at last ratified , NAFTA will start to bring in more , particularly in the clothing industry where Mexico has a comparative advantage and Merida has experience . |
| 2 | Patrick , much better but still weak , had become a paying guest ( Jack paid ) at Moxie 's house , where Moxie had a self-contained flatlet , often let to a student , and where she could ‘ keep an eye ’ on Pat . |
| 3 | Secondly , on defence , the Foreign Secretary made it clear that , although Europe has an increasing role in respect of threats outside the NATO area , the movements towards building up a European defence identity must not weaken NATO or confront the Americans with a single European view . |
| 4 | Although Laura had a demanding toddler at her heels , she broadened her horizons from researching prints and quality control to overseeing the total production process . |
| 5 | Almost immediately Smith had an excellent chance for Arsenal but stumbled . |
| 6 | in and out of Kuwait they never have to their only restrictions at any time , never , even if Kuwait had a financial crisis because of the crash of its stock market one expected that people might move their capital outside the country because of it , but there was no restrictions , no control , everybody was free , you could walk in and out of the country |
| 7 | I do n't think they 're short of money to be honest cos Valerie has a good job |
| 8 | There was no doubt that Hari would buy from the same supplier as the Grenfells and what if Hari had an outstanding bill ? |
| 9 | This was a cynical hint that , if Spain had an authoritarian regime , it was because the Spanish people were ungovernable otherwise . |
| 10 | Personally , she thought it was fair enough if Connor had a small moment of glory before Jack , armed with the material in the briefcase beside her , hauled her in and finished her little investigation for good and all . |
| 11 | We do this by assuming that it is in fact cooperative , and then asking ourselves what possible connection there could be between the location of Bill and the location of a yellow VW , and thus arrive at the suggestion ( which B effectively conveys ) that , if Bill has a yellow VW , he may be in Sue 's house . |
| 12 | If Washoe has an unfulfilled desire , one can rest assured that the eager and attentive experimenters will gather from context what it is and fulfil it if at all possible . |
| 13 | And if PostScript has a leading light , it is Pierre Bézier , a French mathematician . |
| 14 | But if Charlemagne had a priestly character as a ruler , it lay more in the duty of a priest to teach and preach , than in any function of administering sacraments . |
| 15 | If McQuaid had a big order to fill he might n't come till after dark . |
| 16 | After tea she unpacked her shabby and much-mended clothes ( no chance of getting stockings for Christmas now , unless Felicity had a practical fit and sent her some ! ) and wrote two letters : a polite little note to Miss Henry , thanking her for past kindness , and a lengthy epistle to Gay , telling her the gloomy news . |
| 17 | Maclennan is more optimistic about improvements in forecasting than the Coopers and Lybrand team , partly because Scotland has a unique source of house price information ( known as the Register of Sasines ) . |
| 18 | On the whole Callaghan 's choice of Crosland was wise : not because he was necessarily better as Foreign Secretary than Roy , but because Roy had an important task to perform at the Home Office where , on the admission of both friend and foe , he was the best Home Secretary of his generation . |
| 19 | It caused resentment in Britain , after 1973 however , because Britain had an extensive coastline and a large fishing industry . |
| 20 | The British were clearly a much happier group than the previous year , not least because Annewanter has a great deal of experience with smaller teams . |
| 21 | While Brighton has a superficial symmetry of appearance when viewed from the beach , or in early nineteenth-century engravings , close examination shows almost the exact opposite . |
| 22 | Albert Foundry and the rejuvenated Salisbury are the pace-setters in division two , while Larne have a narrow half point lead over Ards and Willowfield at the top of junior division one . |
| 23 | Millwall is now to join the junior Unlisted Securities Market while Tottenham has a full quotation . |
| 24 | You have to have some enthusiasm to do such a person justice , whereas Jahn has an instinctive antipathy to him and listens with his ears half stopped up . |
| 25 | While Jess had a quiet match by his standards — he shot straight at Main from a promising position in the 58th minute — Richardson was in the thick of things as usual . |
| 26 | A vital British policy objective , therefore , is to persuade the Saudi government to finance Egypt as the regional policeman , since Egypt has a large army and population but little money . |
| 27 | Adam is stockier with as much flair , but is more a passer of the ball who brings other people into the game , whereas Peter has an individual style . ’ |
| 28 | Since Karajan had a love-hate relationship with the camera , loathing its intrusions into music-making in the concert hall and uneasy with formal portraits , Steiner 's observations have to be seen in their context , though it is undoubtedly the case that there was a quality of coolness and detachment about Karajan that shaped some of his music-making and made him , among other things , so formidable an interpreter of Sibelius and late Mahler . |
| 29 | Everton travel to Nottingham Forest for a vital relegation battle , Liverpool aim to bounce back from their European exit at home to Middlesbrough while Tarnmere have an attractive top of the table clash at Leicester . |
| 30 | This is particularly true since London has a pressing need for a shift in acute beds towards those serving elderly Londoners with multiple diseases and away from younger patients with interesting single diseases ( J James , MSD Foundation symposium , 1992 ) . |