Example sentences of "[subord] it has a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company also backed Sunrise Television — which outbid TV-am to secure the breakfast franchise — where it has a 20 p.c. stake . |
| 2 | It 's not just a little bit of science for the sake of science although it has a strong content there . |
| 3 | Although it has a long history , the paradox of the Prisoners ' Dilemma has recently been much studied for the light it may shed on the evolution of altruistic or cooperative behaviour . |
| 4 | Although it has a malevolent appearance , the primary chancre is usually completely painless and , unless secondary bacterial infection occurs , there may be no symptoms . |
| 5 | Chained to the chair is a Daemonette of unusually human and attractive appearance ( although it has a normal profile ) , captured as a concubine by Drachenfels long ago . |
| 6 | Arthur W. Adamson 's Physical Chemistry ( Academic , 2nd ed 1980 ) has less spectroscopy ( 80 pages ) although it has a useful table of 65 spectroscopy abbreviations . |
| 7 | Although it has a high price , this is a top quality tent . |
| 8 | A tennis ball is more curved , so it has a greater curvature . ’ |
| 9 | If a WC is blocked , a large sink plunger may work ( do n't use one with a metal flange which could damage the pan ) , provided it has a long handle ; alternatively , use a length of drain rod fitted with a rubber disc . |
| 10 | TAKE a piece of fish , cook for 20 minutes until it has a wood-like texture , marinate for two days in soy sauce and sesame oil , then serve . |
| 11 | According to Shaw : ‘ If we do what we say we are going to do for investors they will put up the money for T&L if it has a good acquisition opportunity . |
| 12 | If such a program detective had descriptions of all the high-level languages ever written , and knew them to be all there were , then he could presumably work through them all in turn ( the obvious difference from the human brain case being that , even if it has a high-level programming language we have no idea what it could be like ) . |
| 13 | Thankfully , ‘ Dirty ’ , the Sonics ' recent Geffen album , entered the UK Top Ten during the first week of release and , even if it has a long way to go to equal the sales of ‘ Nevermind ’ , things could be taking a turn for the better . |
| 14 | If it has a rounded top , projecting only about 25mm above the gravel , it will not harm the tyres . |
| 15 | There is tremendous customer loyalty involved in the fortunes of Champagne , but this loyalty can only survive if it has a two-way traffic . |
| 16 | If it has a mental map , it must have inherited it . |
| 17 | The Labour party 's policy is , ’ If it has a European label on it , buy it , even if it is worthless ; but if it is the British national interest , sell it , even if it is valuable . ’ |
| 18 | Indications are that costs will compare favourably with , for instance , the cost of a bed in a private nursing home ; additional benefits of a local authority specialist unit may be the ability to provide services such as carers ' support , home care , day care , despite staff training to maximise the use of staff and buildings It is always more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of preventive services but the higher cost of specialist provision may be offset if it has a preventive role in the wider community . |
| 19 | We can speak of an orbital as being full if it contains two electrons , half-filled if it has a single electron , or empty . |
| 20 | In contrast , the value of the option contract can not be negative since it is only exercised if it has a positive value . |
| 21 | Most girls would love a flower picture for their bedrooms , and if it has a sentimental significance as well then it will be even more appreciated . |
| 22 | Q7 " A firm can not be considered to be genuinely marketing-orientated unless it has a thorough understanding of its markets , its customers and their problems . " |
| 23 | This is not only because it has a weak case — as we show elsewhere ( this issue , p 76 ) , there are certainly some doubts about the validity of the CEGB 's claims that Sizewell B will reduce the cost of electricity in England and Wales by allowing the board to burn less coal — but also because it is difficult to see what the inspector can say about economics when he comes to writing his final report . |
| 24 | Of course , the statement that an animal can solve a problem because it has a cognitive map is not the end of the matter . |
| 25 | An act of ill-treatment may be significant because it has a serious effect upon the child . |
| 26 | It was difficult to calculate Hewlett-Packard Co 's margins , he said , because it has a wider-ranging business . |
| 27 | The authority of civil association is an endowment which is not traceable to any particular source and which lies only in ‘ continuous acknowledgement ’ based not on acts of obedience ‘ but in the continuous recognition of the obligation to subscribe to its prescriptions because it has a certain shape ’ . |
| 28 | Kicks , punches and elbow strikes can all be directed at the ball , and because it has a certain amount of give in it , practitioners can get a more or less accurate feeling of how a punch or kick will feel against a human body . |
| 29 | Humber Manure is not easy to get because it has a strong smell and shopkeepers think it drives their customers away ! |
| 30 | The society says that the Crown Estate , the governmental agency responsible for leasing the seabed to fish farmers , is an inappropriate overseer because it has a financial interest in promoting the industry . |